TNA Impact spoilers for August 21, 2008.

– Hernandez d. Robert Roode

TNA Impact spoiles for August 14, 2008.

(1) Consequences Creed & the Motor City Machine Guns d. the Prince Justice Brotherhood.
(2) Christian Cage & Rhino d. The Rock ‘n Rave Infection.
(3) Matt Morgan d. Johnny Devine.
(4) Sheik Abdul Bashir d. Jay Lethal. After the match Sonjay Dutt came out and attacked Lethal.
(5) Taylor Wilde d. Christy Hemme with Traci Brooks as the special referee. After the match, Kong came to the ring and destroyed Taylor until Gail Kim made the save.
(6) Hernandez d. James Storm.
– Jim Cornette announced the main event for No Surrender. It will be Samoa Joe putting his title on the line in a Fatal 4 Way match. There will be 3 matches to decide who his opponents will be and the first one will take place next week with Booker T vs Rhino.
(7) AJ Styles d. Kurt Angle. The lights went out at one point and when they came back on Angle had a black bat. As he went use it they went out again and when they came back on this time AJ had a guitar which he used on Angle and got the win.

TNA Hard Justice results.

TNA Hard Justice Results – 8/10/2008
Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey
Report by: Richard Gray of WrestlingNewsWorld.com

The pay-per-view goes on the air with a ‘Dragnet’ intro leading into the promotional material promoting the feuds that will culminate at Hard Justice. TNA — Cross The Line.

TNA Impact spoilers for July 31, 2008.

TNA iMPACT! taping in Orlando, airing this Thursday night on Spiike:

* Beer Money defeated Christian Cage and Rhino to earn a TNA Hard Justice Tag Team title shot against LAX after Team 3D interfered. Cage and Rhino challenged 3D to a match at the PPV.

* Jay Lethal & Shark Boy & Curry Man defeated Johnny Devine & The Rock and Rave Infection. Lethal takes the mic and was going to propose again to So Cal Val, but she says she lost the ring. Lethal gets upset and walks off.

* Booker T comes to the ring to give Samoa Joe a “tour of the Six Sides of Steel.” Joe comes out and they start to brawl. Someone drops a bat from the rafters and Booker nails Joe with it. AJ Styles comes out to check on Joe. He takes the mic and demands Sting show himself, saying he’s tired of making excuses for him. Sting’s music plays, but out comes Kurt Angle, who nails several Olympic Slams on Styles and leaves him laying.

* In a non-title bout, Consequences Creed defeated X-Division champion Petey Williams.

* Backstage, AJ Styles challenges Kurt Angle to a Last Man Standing bout at the Hard Justice PPV.

* Matt Morgan pinned Sal Rinauro. He called out Tomko and they brawled until security broke it up. They break free of security and Morgan lays out Tomko.

* Gail Kim & TNA Knockout champ Taylor Wilde defeated The Beautiful People. Awesome Kong hit the ring after the bout, laying out Kim and Taylor. ODB and Roxxi chased her off.

TNA Impact taping results for 7/3

from PWInsider.com:

*Impact opens with AJ Styles and Karen Angle in the ring. AJ challenges Kurt Angle to come out and face him but Team 3D attack him. Before they can put him through a table, Rhino makes the save and challenges Angle and 3D to face he, Styles and Christian Cage to a Full Metal Mayhem match at Victory Road.

*Don West and Mike Tenay interview LAX via satellite. Robert Roode and James Storm come out and rip on LAX. This sets up Roode and Storm vs. The Motor City Machineguns….

*Roode and Storm lose to the Machineguns, then handcuff and lash them. The referees and security try to stop them and get lashed as well. They drag Dave Penzer into the ring and lash him Jim Cornette comes out and says he is going to find the two angriest and meanest guys to face Storm and Roode.

*Moose defeated Roxxi, who was busted open around her eye during the bout.

*Rey Bucanero pinned Alex Kozlov in a World X Cup Match.

*Milano Collection AT pinned Curry Man.

*Kurt Angle comes out and complains his blind dates were horrible and calls out Team 3D Brother Ray says he lost his little black book so he used Devon’s and apologized. They bring out a hot girl named Sandy but Angle says all women are pieces of sh** and the Beautiful People attack her. Karen Angle comes out and tries to protect Sandy but gets surrounded. AJ Styles, Rhino, ODB and a few others make the save.

*Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash teasing dissension, defeated James Storm and Robert Roode. Sting’s music played and the lights flickered.

*Doug Williams defeated Masato Yoshino.

*Shantelle Taylor defeated TNA Knockout champ Awesome Kong in the $25,000 challenge to win the Knockouts title.

*In a World X Cup match, Kaz defeated Ultimo Guerrero.

*Booker T comes to the ring and calls out Samoa Joe. Booker says Kevin Nash is right and he can’t beat him. Booker runs down a list of names he has beaten in the past. Joe says he will beat Booker in Houston in front of his friends, family and wife. Sting’s music plays and he comes out and says he will be at Victory Road to see who wins.

*AJ Styles & Gail Kim & ODB defeated The Beautiful People & Kurt Angle. MMA star Frank Trigg attacked Styles. Kim got paperbagged.

Xplosion:

*LAX & Eric Young defeated Kip James & Petey Williams & Johnny Devine.

TNA Impact! Spoilers for June 12, 2008.

*TNA champion Samoa Joe defeated Kaz in a very good match.  Booker T came out on the mic and said Joe got lucky at Slammiversary and they went back and forth.  Booker claimed the only reason he lost was because Nash interfered.  They are building Booker vs. Joe for the title at Victory Road.
*Backstage, Kurt Angle said he’s going to take Karen Angle out, but since she signed a talent contract with TNA, there’s a no men on violence rule.  So, he’s put a hit out on her for a Knockout to take Karen out…and she won’t know when it’s coming.
*Former WWE star Shawn Daivari is interviewed backstage, announced as the captain of Team International in the World X Cup.
*The Motor City Machineguns defeated Team Japan’s Naruko Doi & Masato Yoshino.  Really fun stuff here.  They all shake hands afterwards.
*Karen Angle is being interviewed in the back, but the Beautiful People interrupt the segment.  They are upset about Karen getting paid more than them.  They try to paperbag her but AJ Styles shows up.
*Kevin Nash is interviewed by Lauren.  She asks him if he agrees with Booker T saying that the only reason Samoa Joe was victorious at the King of the Mountain was Nash powerbombing Booker.  Joe comes to the ring and calls out Nash.  Nash tells Joe that an apology is in order for coming out.  Joe tells Nash he is riding Joe’s coattails and Joe is sick of it.  Nash tells Joe that he should be careful because he can’t defeat Booker one on one because Booker has already gotten to him mentally.  Joe tells Nash to take his predictions and stick them.
*Robert Roode & James Storm defeated LAX to win the TNA Tag Team champions after Storm struck Hernandez with a loaded boot.  Hector Guerrero argued with the referee, who re-started the bout.  LAX won and retained the titles.  Afterwards, Roode laid out everyone in LAX with a chair, then handcuffed them to the ropes, whipping them with a belt.
*Gail Kim defeated Velvet Sky, then paperbagged her.
*Team International’s Alex Kozlov defeated Curry Man.
*Backstage, TNA champion Samoa Joe accepted Booker T’s challenge for Victory Road.
*Sonjay Dutt defeated Consequences Creed.  Jay Lethal attacked Dutt and challenged him to a match next week.
*Kurt Angle defeated AJ Styles in a Lumberjack Match.  The Lumberjacks were Team 3D, Rhino, Christian Cage, Tomko, Matt Morgan and Tomko.  3D hit the Dudley Death Drop on Rhino, who was taken to the back.  AJ went to hit a splash through a table on Angle, but Kurt moved and put him in the Anklelock.  Karen Angle ran out but Awesome Kong made her way to the ring and laid out Karen.

TNA – current card for Slammiversary.

Here is the complete lineup for tonight’s TNA Slammiversary PPV in Southaven, Mississippi:
King of the Mountain TNA World Title Match
Special Enforcer: Kevin Nash
– Samoa Joe defends against Robert Roode, Booker T, Christian Cage and Rhino
– AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle
TNA X-Division Championship Match:
– Petey Williams defends against Kaz
TNA Knockout Championship Match/ $25,00 Challenge
– Awesome Kong has an open challenge out
TNA Tag Team Championship Match
– LAX defends against Team 3D
A Match Made in Heaven:
– “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal marries So Cal Val with appearances by American Idol’s Ace Young, George “the Animal” Steele, Koko B. Ware, Jake “the Snake” Roberts and Kamala.
– Gail Kim & ODB & Roxxi vs. The Beautiful People and Mickie Knuckles.

TNA – Who is Mickie Knuckles?

Mickie Lee (born May 16, 1984), better known by her ring name Mickie Knuckles, is a professional wrestler who has worked for a number of major independent promotions (primarily IWA Mid-South and Chikara, but also IWA East Coast, Chickfight, WXW Germany, Full Throttle Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Unplugged and CZW.) also currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling She is most notable for her hard-hitting style and inter-gender deathmatches.

Mickie’s Wikipedia page.

Mickie’s official website.

TNA Sacrifice thoughts.

First my notes and results from watching the show.

TNA Sacrifice PPV May 11, 2008.

Kurt Angle arrives at the building, announces that due to the neck injury he received in South Korea, he cannot wrestle tonight.
Scott Steiner shows up, along with Petey Williams, Rokka Khan, Rick Steiner and Kevin Nash.  Petey looks ridiculous.
Samoa Joe shows up.
All the men cut promos on the match when they get out of their limos.

Already we have controversy.  Why is Nash with Steiner and not with Joe.

Deuces Wild quarterfinal match for the vacant TNA tag team titles
Team 3D vs. James Storm (with Jacqueline) and Sting
James Storm annoys Sting throughout the match.  Sting ends up putting Storm through a table.  Team 3D pins Storm and advances to the next round.

Frank Trigg is asked about Angle’s neck injury.

Deuces Wild quarterfinal match
Robert Roode and Booker T vs. Rhino and Christian Cage
Rhino hits the gore on Roode for the pin.
Booker raises Christian and Rhino’s hands in a sign of respect.  He then leaves the ring, grabs a steel chair and blasts Cage and Rhino over their heads.

Jeremy Borasch interviews Scott Steiner.  Steiner wants Nash to help him win the title tonight.  Steiner promises him the first title shot if he wins.

Deuces Wild quarterfinal match
Kip James and Matt Morgan vs. LAX
Hernandez pins James after Morgan accidentally kicks James in the face.

JB in the back with AJ Styles.  AJ talks about his Deuces Wild match until Angle comes in and confronts AJ whether or not he’s seeing Karen Angle.

Deuces Wild quarterfinal match
Super Eric and AJ Stlyes vs. BG James and Awesome Kong

Who exactly are the fans supposed to cheer for here?  AJ is a heel, but is, you know, phenomenal.  Super Eric is super over.  Awesome Kong is awesome, and BG is a permanent favorite in TNA.  Botched finish by AJ but a great, veteran recovery for it.

Lauren interviews Rick Steiner about tonight’s title match.

Terror Dome match for #1 contender to the X Division title.

Chris Sabin, Consequences Kreed, Curry Man, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy, Jimmy Rave, Kaz, Alex Shelly, Johnny Devine, Jay Lethal

Jim Cornette comes out and announces that not only does the winner become the #1 contender for the X title but will also be added as the third man to tonight’s title match.

Kaz with a move I’ve never seen before, almost a backwards piledriver.
Super tower of doom, begun by Johnny Divine who does a hurra cunranna off the dome.

Kaz escapes the cage.

JB interviews Samoa Joe

Deuces Wild semifinal match
Team 3D vs.  Rhino and Christian Cage
Johnny Devine comes down to the ring with a kendo stick.  He hides, hands the stick to Brother Ray.  Devine jumps into the ring to distract the ref while Ray hits Rhino with the stick.  Devon pins Rhino and Team 3D advance.

JB interviews Kevin Nash.  Nash finds out that Joe threatened to choke him out, Nash and JB go looking for Samoa Joe.

Deuces Wild semifinal match.
AJ Styles and Super Eric vs. LAX
AJ rolls up Homicide for the pin.  Salinas distracts the ref while Hector Guerrero comes in the ring and switches the roll up.  Homicide pins AJ.

Lauren interviews members of Samoa Joe’s family about tonight’s title match.

Knockouts Battle Royal
Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, Rhaka Khan, Salinas, Christy Hemme, ODB. Roxxi Laveuax, Jacqueline, Traci Brooks, Gail Kim
Order of elimination
Salinas
Velvet Sky
Traci Brooks
Christy Hemme
Rhaka Khan
Jacqueline
ODB
Angelina Love

It is now a ladder match between the final two women.  The winner gets a #1 contender shot for the Knockouts title.  The loser gets her head shaved.  Gail Kim has immunity from having her head shaved, so if she comes in second Angelina Love has to have her head shaved.

Gail Kim wins the match, Roxxi has her head shaved.

Excellent match.  Everyone has motivation, storyline, drive, and play their characters to the fullest.  Plus, a lot of great spots.
The Beautiful People beat up Gail Kim after the match.  Roxxi comes in for the save.  A bloody beaten Roxxi gets her head shaved.  All the other Knockouts watch from around the ring.  Honestly, am I the only one reminded of Raven.  Long hair, blood, head being shaved.  Traci Brooks, ODB, and Salinas sit with Roxxi for moral support.

Backstage confrontation between Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash.

Deuces Wild finals for the vacant TNA Tag Team titles.
Team 3D vs. LAX

Hector Guerrero dropkicks Johnny Divine from the top rope through a table on the floor.

Homicide pins Brother Devon for LAX to win the tag team titles.

Eric Young comes to the broadcast booth and says he will find Elvis in Memphis during the Slamiversary pay per view.

World Title match
Kaz vs. Scott Steiner vs. Samoa Joe (champion)

TNA analyst Frank Trigg joins the broadcast team for this match.

Steiner is, dare I say, a suplex machine in this match.
Kaz bumps like no one else in TNA.  He makes the other guy look good, yet doesn’t make himself look ridiculous in the process.
Scott Steiner and Kaz fight on the top turn buckle.  Steiner knocks Kaz off and to the floor.  Samoa Joe picks up Steiner from the top and hit’s the muscle buster for the win.

End
Further thoughts:

The only memorable part of this show a year from now will be the Knockouts match.  Roxxi will eventually be TNA Knockouts champion because of moments like this.  There she was, makeup running, blood caked to her head, her newly shaved head at that.  One of the best visuals ever in TNA.

Which the Terror Dome was not.  I love X Division spot fests as much as the next person, but matches like this become a clusterfuck.  Too many people, brand new gimmick match that even the wrestlers are still trying to figure out.  A few less people in the match will make the next one (because of course there will be a next one) that much more enjoyable.

Deuces Wild?  We got new tag champs and Booker T turned heel.  Other than that it was just a way to get a lot more people on the card.  Seriously, the pay per view bonuses for TNA must be hell for their accounting.

If Samoa Joe has matches like this for a few months, against top talent that he still dominates, then we are looking at a well deserved much enjoyed, if long overdue, title reign.  In theory TNA is booking long term and has a plan here.  We’ll see at King of the Mountain.

TNA Impact taping results for May 15, 2008.

from PWinsider.com

Xplosion:

*Robert Roode defeated Curry Man.

Impact:

*TNA champion Samoa Joe comes out and announces the main event of the 6/8 Slammiversary PPV will be the King of the Mountain match. Joe says that there will be eight competitors total including himself – Jim Cornette has told him he will pick four challengers and Joe will get to pick the rest. Cornette has picked Robert Roode, Matt Morgan, James Storm and Tomko. Joe says he will name the other challengers next week. Booker T comes out and demands to know why wasn’t picked and tells Joe that if Joe doesn’t pick him, there will be serious consequences. Booker slaps Joe and they brawl. Christian Cage and Rhino hit the ring. Booker challenges them to a match later tonight and says he’ll find partners.

*Kaz & Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt defeated Johnny Devine & The Rock N’ Rave Infection. After the match, Lethal asks So Cal Val to marry him at Slammiversary and she accepts. Sonjay didn’t look happy and had some great facial expressions here.

*TNA Knockouts champion Awesome Kong defeated Gail Kim with the help of Angelina Love.

*Kurt Angle came out and read a letter to Karen asking to take him back and said he hoped she would come to Impact next week.

*TNA Tag Team champions LAX defeated The Motor City Machineguns in a non-title bout.

*Angelina Love and Velvet Sky, now given the team name “The Beautiful People” defeated ODB and Roxxi.

*TNA champ Samoa Joe & Christian Cage & Rhino defeated Team 3D & Booker T. After the match, 3D attacked and bloodied Hector Guerrero.