• 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.

What did you think of TNA Bound for Glory PPV? Leave a comment below.

• The Beautiful People defeated ODB & Tara

• X-Division Title Match
  Amazing Red (c) (w/ Don West) defeated Suicide

• Gauntlet Match
  Hernandez defeated The British Invasion

• Christopher Daniels defeated “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero

• Falls Count Anywhere Match
  Ayako Hamada defeated Alissa Flash

• Stretcher Match
  Bobby Lashley defeated Rhino

• AJ Styles (c) vs. Kurt Angle – ends in a draw

Notes: The Main Event Mafia came out in the middle of the iMPACT! zone to rally the troops for the upcoming PPV, Bound for Glory. Kurt Angle reminded everyone that this is the one anniversary of MEM’s union. He spoke to the rest of the MEM members, specifically to Kevin Nash and Somoa Joe, to dominate this Sunday. AJ Styles comes out, followed by Matt Morgan, Hernandez, Team 3D, & Beer Money Inc. Brother Ray declared that they were three days away from ending MEM. Then another brawl broke out in the middle of the iMPACT! zone and security had to come out to restrain the wrestlers. How many brawls have broken out in TNA in the last few weeks?

Awesome Kong couldn’t keep her hands off of Tara as she interfered in the Knockout 3-on-2 match. It was more like 3-on-1 with Tara busy fending off Kong. ODB was unable to tag in her partner was vulnerable to a Beautiful People gang up.

“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero gave a great promo. It seems that keeps coming up with new vocabulary with new promo he does every Thursday. Halleyouyurrr? Hey! I’m loving it. I wasn’t loving the product placement in his promo. He plugged the stacker 2 drink in the beginning and end of the promo while calling out Christopher Daniels.

Don West supported Amazing Red from ringside in the X-Division Championship Match. After the match, West announced that he has become Amazing Red’s official promoter….so does that mean he’ll sell Red’s t-shits?

Mick Foley came out with a bucket of popcorn, a paper mask, and sat in a lounge chair in the middle of the ring. He showed the crowed in the iMPACT! zone a movie featuring clips of Abyss. He was pointing out how Abyss has dressed like him for many years and has copied his career exactly. He referenced his match with Edge at WrestleMania 22 and I shook my head. Did Mick Foley reference the WWE again? Abyss came into the ring, interrupting Foley’s little film. He was carrying a barbed wire bat and ready to attack Foley, who spilled his popcorn all over the ring. Then, onscreen was Dr. Stevie who has seemed to have tied up Lauren and taken her hostage. Abyss was torn between attacking Foley and saving Lauren. Foley was egging him on to leave the ring. Eventually, Abyss left the ring to save his friend.

The last match of the night was great. Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles had the crowd at its feet. Angle suplexed Styles three times and it still wasn’t enough to get him for the pin. Angle did all he could to get Styles for the pin, but was not successful. He then pulled out his submission moves, which did not work either. In the end, Kurt put the ankle lock on his opponent, but Styles did not tap out. The bell rang and Kurt rose in what he thought was victory. Then the announcer went to speak to Hebner and he declared it a draw. Kurt seemed very upset.

Then the rest of the hour went out to a long promo for Bound for Glory. I basically tuned out.

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

• The Beautiful People vs. ODB & Amazing Kong

• X-Division Title Match
  Amazing Red (c) (w/ Don West) vs. Suicide

• Gauntlet Match
  Hernandez vs. The British Invasion

• Christopher Daniels vs. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero

• Falls Count Anywhere Match
  Alissa Flash vs. Ayako Hamada

• Stretcher Match
  Bobby Lashley vs. Rhino

• AJ Styles (c) vs. Kurt Angle

The interview began with a discussion about Bobby Lashley. Dixie Carter restated the things that she said on the last TNA iMPACT!. She contacted Bobby Lashley when he left the WWE and wanted to help him become successful in both MMA and professional wrestling.

The Taz/Don West sitautation was brought up in the discussion. Carter explained that TNA needed to “try something new” by placing Taz in the commentator position with Mike Tenay. She praised Don West’s work in the last few months as a heel commentator and said that it might not be the last time that we will see him on television.

The TNA PPV format was also discussed. Dixie Carter said that she does not like the once-a-month PPV format and might change it to a few PPV’s in one year. She brought up the fact that she wanted to air additional  TNA programming to compete with the WWE. Their additional shows overseas have been beating the WWE in ratings.

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Don West will still be employed by TNA. He has apparently received a promotion in the merchandising department.

Somoa Joe vs The Amazing Red:

Homicide wins the X Championship:

Homicide Speaks after winning the gold:

Interview w/ TNA newcomer Sarita:

Sarita makes her TNA debut:

Don West w/ the TNA Knockouts:

Tara has words for the Beautiful People:

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