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iMPACT! Wrestling 7/20/06

dabirdmanPosted on 07/29/06 at 09:34:24


TNA Studios
Orlando Fl
7/20/06






TNA Explosion exclusively on TNA.com:

Bull Buchanan pinned Norman Smiley after a powerslam in 0:13:34.
Rating: *** 1/2

Simon Diamond defeated Sonjay Dutt by disqualification in 0:00:17.
Rating: *


TNA Opens with a shot of the crowd then to our announcers Mike Tenay and Don West

Tenay and West welcome everyone to Impact. Were just 10 days away from Victory Road. Tonight the tag team gauntlet will take place, winner will face NWA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D. Rhyno will face the "Alpha Male" Monty Brown, Samoa Joe will be in action. X Division action as Homicide will face Brother Runt. The big 4 way between Cage, Jarrett, Sting and Scott Steiner and the main even contract signing. Lets get the action started.

Tag Team Gauntlet Round 1:

The Hardy Boys(Jeff & Matt Hardy) vs. AJ Styles & Chris Daniels

Round 1 of the Gauntlet pitted 2 of the top teams in TNA as the winner moves on to face America's Most Wanted. The match went as expected as both teams showed great team work. Late in the Match AMW came to ring side to get a closer look at their next opponent. Daniels and Harris badmouthed each other till it got to the point you knew one would attack the other. In the ring Jeff hardy and AJ Styles were battling it out when Jeff hit a jawbreaker on Styles. Styles rolled to his corner and made thee tag to Daniels. He came in and started to work on Jeff. Matt came into the ring and soon was back out as Daniels clears him out. Styles who was on the outside still shaking off the effect of the jawbreaker was pulled down from the ring by Harris as Kim commanded her guys to attack. Daniels noticed his partner taking a shot and went out the ring to help Jeff Hardy made his way back in the ring as the ref counted to 10 giving the win to the Hardy Boys. Storm slammed Daniels into the ring post and slid in the ring and started to go after Jeff. Round 2 was on it's way.

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) defeated AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels when J. Hardy defeated C. Daniels by countout
in 0:04:07.
Rating: ** 1/4


Tag Team Gauntlet Round 2:

The Hardy Boys (Jeff & Matt Hardy) vs. America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm)

The action was non stop as soon as the 10 count was called in the last match; Storm slid into the ring and attacked Jeff to start the 2nd round. The arena was in buzz as Storm went after Jeff with repeated blows to the head and punishing back breakers and slams. Daniels and Styles were still at ring side now jawing again at Harris. Gail Kim kept her eyes on the two and tried to make sure Styles didn't try anything. Jeff was in need of a tag as the crowd was trying to urge him over to his corner Harris whipped Hardy into the ropes but he ducked out the way and hit a clothesline of his own. Both men were down as the ref counted to 10. Jeff slowly made his way to his corner and mad the tag. Storm went to make the tag but Harris wasn't there! He was on the side fighting off Daniels. Matt Hardy went to work on Storm. He then goes for a sit out Power Bomb and goes for the pin The ref counts to 3 and amazingly the Hardy survive round 2 and will face LAX when we return.

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) when M. Hardy pinned J. Storm with a sit out powerbomb in 0:04:10.

***COMMERCIAL BREAK***

Tag Team Gauntlet Round 3:

The Hardy Boys (Jeff & Matt Hardy) vs. Latin American Exchange (Machete & Konnan)

We return with action already in the ring as the Hardy Boys have survived 2 incredible matches. TNA Security has cleared the area during the commercial but I'm sure the action is still going on back stage. Matt Hardy was in the ring as Jeff looked like he may have injured himself in the last match. Konan had Matt in an abdominal stretch trying to ware down the already tired Hardy. The crowd once again behind the Hardy Boys encouraged Matt to get to the ropes. Mat started to drive a couple of elbows into the ribs of Konnan and finally was able to break free. He made the tag to Jeff at the same time Konnan tagged in Machete. The two exchanged blows but after a big kick to the gut, Jeff hit a DDT and went for the pin. Konnan went for the save but Matt blocked him as the Hardy move on the the final match against Team Canada.

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy Latin American Exchange (Machete & Konnan) when J. Hardy pined Machete
With a DDT in 0:08:56.
Rating: ***

Tag Team Gauntlet Final:

The Hardy Boys (Jeff & Matt Hardy) vs. Team Canada (Bobby Roode & Masked Canadian)

The Hardy Boys were on fumes by this time as they faced the new looking Team Canada. Scott D'Amore led Roode and a masked man into the ring. Roode overpowered Jeff who by this time showed a pronounced limp Roode tagged in the Mask Canadian who just manhandled Matt Hardy and hit a pump handle suplex for the finish picking up the 3 count.

Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Masked Canadian) defeated The Hardy Boys (Jeff & Matt Hardy) when M. Canadian
pinned M. Hardy with the Niagara Falls in 0:02:50.
Rating: ***

Scott D'Amore jumps into the ring and raises the arms of his victorious team. He grabs a mic. He says that some folks thought that when Eric Young left that was the end of Team Canada. Well I'm sorry to report that the roumers of our demise are a little premature. Now I'll let our newest member fill you in on the details. He gives the mic to the masked man He says that he wasted more time then he should sitting on the shelf at that other promotion going from one bad gimmick to another. I have had enough and so you may think you know me but believe me you know nothing about me. He takes of his mask and it Test, His blond hair gone now its jet black. He continues. You may know me as Test but I am Andrew Martin and you don't know Andrew Martin.

***COMMERCIAL BREAK***

Tenay welcomes the viewers back and reminds them that there will be no Impact next week on the 27th but a special 1 hr TNA Explosion to recap the action and set you up for the big PPV on Sunday. New match just signed for Sunday, AJ Styles & Chris Daniels will face AMW in a 2 out of 3 falls match. After what we seen tonight you don't want to miss that one. Lets head to the ring.

Samoa Joe vs. Konnan

Konnan was doing double duty tonight. This time he was facing Joe. Konan looked pretty good despite wrestling earlier but Joe got the best of him late. After hitting an elbow, Joe went for the Kokina Clutch and got konnan to submit.

Samoa Joe made Konnan submit to the Kokina Clutch in 0:07:47.
Rating: ****

West reminds the views to check out TNA .com for all the up to date news and information. We head back to the acton.

Ryhno vs. Monty Brown

Both men are riding healthy winning streaks as Rhyno tries to reestablish himself after his injury earlier last month and Brown wants to continue proving he is a NWA title contender. Both men looked even till Rhyno took Brown down with a vertical suplex. After a head bunt, Rhyno took the match with the Rhyno Gore.

Rhyno pinned Monty Brown with the Rhyno Gore in 0:04:26.
Rating: ** 1/4

In the ring was set up a table with 2 chairs ready for the contract signing between Raven and A1 for the Main event at next weeks Victory Road PPV. Jim Cornette makes his way down with a briefcase and calls out both men to come to the ring to sign the contract. Raven first came out to the wild reception from the crowd. He took a seat then A1, followed by Scott D'Amore. A1 stared at Raven and Raven stared back at A1. Cornette told both men to sit down. This is just a signing event. You 2 can go at each other next week. A1 took his seat as Cornette took the contract out of the case. First he had Raven sign on the line marked challenger. Before A1 signed he told raven to take a good look at the belt , this will be the closest he will ever get to it. Raven slowly stood up and looked at the belt then suddenly flipped the table over and onto A1, Dropped kicked D'Amore out the ring and hit the Raven Effect on A1 onto the table. He picked up the pin put it in the laid out hand of A1 and signed his name on the line. Raven then picked up the belt looked at it then dropped it over A1.

***COMMERCIAL BREAK***

Tenay welcomes everyone back and reminds them that tickets are still available for Victory Road July 3oth at the Orlando Arena. If you can't make it to make sure you contact your cable or Satellite provider and purchase the PPV.

X Division Non Title Match:

Brother Runt vs. Homicide (c)

This was more of a tune up match for our X Division champion as Brother runt put up a good fight but Homicide demonstrated the moves that made him the champ. Homicide picked up the win with the Cop Killa.

Homicide pinned Brother Runt with the Cop Killa in 0:03:28.
Rating: ** ¾

It was main event time as these 4 men have been at each others throat for months.

**Main Event**
4 Corners Match:
Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Scott Steiner vs. Christian Cage

As predicted it didn't take long for this one to get ugly. Here is the last few minutes of the match:

Jeff Jarrett goes for a back elbow, but Christian Cage ducks out of the way. Christian Cage goes for a snap mare, but Jeff Jarrett blocks it.
Jeff Jarrett goes for a DDT, but Christian Cage counters it with a small package. Rudy Charles counts: One, two, kickout. Christian Cage uses a double-axhandle to the back on Jeff Jarrett. Christian Cage takes Jeff Jarrett down with a stomp. Christian Cage whips Jeff Jarrett into the ropes, but Jeff Jarrett reverses it. Jeff Jarrett nails Christian Cage with a side suplex. The arena is exploding in a chorus of boos. Jeff Jarrett covers Christian Cage. Rudy Charles counts: One, two, kickout.
Jeff Jarrett nails Christian Cage with a dropkick. Jeff Jarrett executes a bodyslam on Christian Cage. Jeff Jarrett uses a flying dropkick on Christian Cage. The decibel level in the building is unbelievable. Jeff Jarrett hits Christian Cage with a facerake. Jeff Jarrett runs into the ropes. Christian Cage nails Jeff Jarrett with a Hotshot. Christian Cage has the crowd going wild. Christian Cage whips Jeff Jarrett into the ropes. Jeff Jarrett hits Christian Cage with a kick. Jeff Jarrett nails Christian Cage with a flying cross body press. Rudy Charles counts: One, kickout. The bell rings. The time limit has expired.

Four Corners Match:
Jeff Jarrett drew Christian Cage, Scott Steiner and Sting in 0:20:00.
Rating: ****

Were out of time will see you at Victory Road!

Victory Road July 30th Orlando Arena

NWA World Heavyweight Title Match
Raven vs. A1 (C)

NWA World Tag Team Title Match:
Team Canada vs. Team 3D (C)

TNA X Division Title Match:
Petey Williams vs. Homicide (C)

# 1 Contenders Match
Christian Cage vs. Jeff Jarrett

Grudge Match
Scott Steiner vs. Sting

Best 2 out of 3 Falls
AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels vs. America's Most Wanted

This just signed
Samoa Joe vs. Senshi

More information Next week on TNA Explosion!

*Card Subject to change
dabirdmanPosted on 07/29/06 at 09:49:19

TNA Circuit Update



The Numbers

Can anyone guess what the card rating was for tonights show? Anyone? Anyone? if you said ** 3/4 then you are correct. seems we are stuck on that rating. The TV Ratings were solid at 3.95 with an attendance of 8750. TV revenue was $13,800, merchendise sales were $5,250 and we took in $6,125 at the gate for a total of $25,175. Production cost was $36,050 for a loss of this week of $10,875.

If you have been keeping track TNA has lost $66,978 so far in the promotions run.


Injuries

Jeff Hardy injured his left knee durring his match with AMW, He will be out for approximately 5 weeks


Commings and Goings

Andrew Martin (Test) Has signed on with TNA . Details of the contract were not released.
americamamushiPosted on 07/29/06 at 10:01:45

Little sad to see Styles & Daniels fall to the Hardy Boys because I feel that they make a good tandem, but with the way they lost they definitely don't lose face.

After the first win I expected them to get the second.  Daniels & Styles were going to "do unto others"

Not surprised by their third win over LAX, but I was a little surprised to see them go all the way to the end and get beat.  I was thinking they'd take it.  Not bad surprised though.  :)  I'll be interested to see what you do with Andrew Martin.  He's not someone I can picture fitting into TNA well IRL at the moment.

Poor Konnan, doing double duty and all.  Surprised he lasted as long as he did against Joe considering he'd already wrestled once this evening.

Wow... a 4 minute win over Brown for Rhyno.  I'm not sure whether to think Rhyno kicked it up a notch or Brown has lost a step.  :)

A really quick win, but not a bad one for Homicide.

Good way to end the 4-way leading up to the PPV.  Gotta build the anticipation and all.  :)

Good showing old bean :)