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dabirdmanPosted on 07/25/06 at 08:10:06


TNA Studios
Orlando Fl
7/06/06



TNA Explosion exclusively on TNA.com:

Sonjay Dutt pinned Machete after a backslide in 0:03:14.
Rating: * 1/4

Simon Diamond made Rhyno submit to an armbar submission in 0:05:33.
Rating: ** 1/4

Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated Scotty 2 Hotty and Samoa Joe
when BRD defeated Scotty by disqualification in 0:05:31.
Rating: **


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

Tenay welcomes the views to another addition of iMPACT! Wrestling and that tonight show looks to be a great one. Sabu will face Brother Runt; the "Alpha Male" Monty Brown will face Norman Smiley. Christian Cage and Sting will team up against Bull Buchanan and Konnan. The Hardy boys will face Team Canada, Homicide and Senshi will once again batte for the X Division Title. Raven will face the NWA world Heavyweight champion A1 in a non title match, He also lets the viewers know that July 29th at the Orlando Arena TNA will host Victory Road. More info later on scheduled matches, ticket prices and PPV information.

Backstage

We see cage enter the office of Management Director Jim Cornette He demands Jarrett in the ring tonight. Cornette tells Cage to slow down, He has no problem scheduling the match but let's put in on the big stage, You and Jarrett live at Victory Road. Just then Jarrett came in asking what the Hell was going on? Cornette told Jarrett that he and Cage will face off at Victory Road at the end of the month. Jarrett agreed on one condition, that this be a #1 contender's match for the NWA heavyweight title. Cornette agreed and the match was set.

Sabu vs. Brother Runt

Sabu has been on a tear recently and this week Brother runt was the opponent. Sabu controlled the match from the start showing why he will be a factor in TNA for some time. Sabu got Runt to passout in the Sleeper for the win.

Sabu defeated Little Runt when Little Runt passed out in a sleeperhold in 0:05:48.
Rating: ****

Tenay talks about the match then recaps the event that took place just before with Jarrett and Cage. The first match of Victory Road will be Jeff Jarrett and Christian Cage in a #1 Contenders match.

Norman "The Smile" Smiley vs. "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown

Smiley had a busy week last week first finding out that imitation sometimes is not the best form of flattery as the Rock laid Smiley out with the "People's Elbow", then Stuck his nose into the main event that may have cost Samoa Joe the title. Now he faces the "Alpha Male" in what has to be considered a lop sided match. This one was over before it started as Brown man handled Smiley and ended his night with a huge Power Bomb.

Monty Brown pinned Norman Smiley after a power bomb in 0:01:08.
Rating: **

***COMMERCIAL BREAK***

Tenay welcomes everyone back and informs everyone that next week a 6 man X division Battle Royal will take place to see who will be the #1 contender for the X- Title. Those 6 competitors have not been announce yet but will be after tonight's show so make sure you go to TNA.com for update information.

Backstage

Raven is talking to Jeremy Borash about his match tonight against A1, He says that A1 is sickness and he's the cure. Tonight A1 will fall just like everyone else.


Christian Cage & Sting vs. Bull Buchanan & Konnan

There was no real history between these 4 guys but you couldn't tell by the action in the ring. Cage and Konnan seemed to have issues as they jawed at each other all match. Sting looked good as he moved around the ring and kept Buchanan looking unsure most of the match. Cage picked up the win by hitting a swinging neckbreaker on Buchanan. After the match as Sting and Cage played to the crowd Scott Steiner interrupted the celebration by sliding in the ring. Konnan distracted Cage while Steiner laid into Sting. Steiner looked good for someone who hurt his back a few weeks ago but after a few kicks and slams Sting was put in the Steiner recliner in till cage was able to get back into the ring. Steiner slid out the side and held up his hand as Cage checked up on Sting.

Christian Cage and Sting defeated Bull Buchanan and Konnan when Cage pinned
Konnan after a swinging neckbreaker in 0:16:52.
Rating: *** 1/4

***COMMERCIAL BREAK**

Interview

Jeremy Borash has A1 and Scott D'Amore backstage talking about his match tonight against the undefeated Raven. A1 says Raven doesn't scare him in fact Raven needs to fear A1. He said he defected 12 of the toughest men to win the NWA title and tonight Raven will go down like the rest. Borash asked him about Smiley, on how he almost lost to him. D'Amore told Borash to shut up right now this interview is over.

The Hardy Boys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) vs. Team Canada (Bobby Roode & Petey Williams)

Team Canada came down to the ring already upset with he last interview came down to take on newcomers to TNA The Hardy Boys. A1 took a set at the announcers table as the match got on the way. The match went back and forth till Roode and Williams collided in the ring when Williams missed the drop kick from the top rope. Then the NWA Tag Team Champions Team 3D came down to ringside that seem to upset D'Aomer who complained to the ref. Roode was pushed into the ropes win Brother runt from the other side hit him in the back with a chair. Andrew Thomas seemed to have lost control of this one as all 6 guys are at it now. During the commotion. Jeff Hardy hits Roode with a Swanton Bomb as Thomas made the 3 count.

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) defeated
Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Petey Williams) when J. Hardy pinned B. Roode
after the Swanton Bomb in 0:08:48.
Rating: ** 3/4


Tenay recapped the events leading up to tonight's rematch for the X Division title as we get set for the match.

TNA X Division Title Match:
Senshi vs. Homicide

This one was a continuation of last week as both men went at each other trying to get the advantage. Senshi looked to be in control as he laid Homicide out with a shoulder block. Senshi went for the Tidal Crush but Homicide moved out the way, Homicide hits a bulldog followed with a missle drop kick. He then set up for the Cop Killer and that was the end for Senshi.

Match for the vacant TNA X Division Title:
Homicide pinned Senshi with the Cop Killa in 0:12:18.
Rating: ** 3/4
(Homicide won the TNA X Division Title.)

***COMMERCIAL BREAK***


Tenay welcomes everyone back and announces the second match scheduled for Victory Road. This just handed to him. July 29th at the Orlando Arena, Sting will face Scott Steiner. You could see this one coming. That should be a great match.

America's Most Wanted (James Storm & Chris Harris) vs. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels

This was a rematch from the Tag Tourney a couple of weeks ago and this one did not disappoint. This one went almost to its time limit but after the smoke cleared it was Storm picking up the win with the 8 second ride.

America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated
AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels when J. Storm pinned C. Daniels with the
8 Second Ride in 0:16:46.
Rating: **** 1/4

**Main Event**
Raven vs. A1 (C)

This was a non title match and A1 best be thinking Cornette that it wasn't Raven was all over the champ and in 3 minutes it was over leaving A1 on his back and everyone wondering who can stop Raven.

Raven defeated A1 with the Even Flow DDT in 0:03:24.
Rating: ** 1/4

Next Week on iMPACT!

AJ Styles vs. Chris Harris

Bobby Roode vs. Norman Smiley

Christopher Daniels vs. James Storm

Scott Steiner vs. Rob Van Dam

6 Man X Division Battle Royal for #1 Contender

Petey Williams - Brother Runt - Samoa Joe
Simon Diamond - Senshi - Sonjay Dutt

Non Title Match

The Hardy Boys vs. Team 3D

Sabu vs. Monty Brown

Raven vs. Sting

*Card subject to change
dabirdmanPosted on 07/25/06 at 08:28:23

TNA Circuit Update


The Numbers

This weeks iMPACT! was another sollid card with a rating of ** 3/4. TV ratings were higher then last week with a 3.96. Attendance to the show was 9,050. Number wise the TV revenue was $13,800 Merchendise sales were $5,701.50. Gate fee was $7,326.50 for a show total of $26,828. Production costs were $46,700 so again TNA posted a loss for the week of $19,872. Management has announce a tenitive road schedule for August make sure to check TNA.com for the latest.

Injuries

Scott Steiner has been cleared by doctors and will make his return to action next week.

Commings and Goings

Scott D'Amore has stated he has found a replacement for Team Canada to replace Eric Young who left TNA Wrestling a few weeks back. Lots of talk on who it is but nothing official. Will have more when it is released.
rey619Posted on 07/26/06 at 09:21:09

Well, taking up Snabbit's challenge, I chose your TNA circuit because I think there's a lot of potential there, but that the real TNA falls through pretty much.

I take it you run mostly (if not all) unbooked? Seeing as A1 is the champ and all...

The Good: Impact getting a longer timeslot. 1,5 hours, is it? Enough time to get your storylines across and to avoid too many squash matches.

Your style is easy to follow, you don't get drowned in too much text, while still able to get a picture of the match (I know I tend to drown my readers from time to time... just can't help it).

Tag division stronger than ever with the Hardy Boyz in the mix as well. Have you broken up LAX? Seeing as Konnan tags with Buchanan? Either way, putting Homicide in the X-Division and having him beat Senshi for it gets a bonus point in my book. Not only because of the history between Low-Ki and Homicide (which you could possibly have played at some more... they have been allies in RoH and are trainer and student), but because Homicide deserves more than tagging along with Konnan. The only problem I see is that he's probably not as well-known as Senshi and Joe (for the TNA crowd at least), and may have gotten the title a tad early.

The bad: Even though I suspect it's unbooked, A1 as the champ doesn't make sense at all. He's probably the blandest among Team Canada, and would have been chucked out the door at once if I were in charge of TNA.

A 3 minute main event is also not good in my eyes, but if you do run unbooked (and not willing to use the C or the R button), there's really not much you can do. Hopefully, Raven or someone else can take the belt away from him sooner rather than later.

The Ugly: You had quite a few spelling mistakes that made it a little hard to follow, like consistently misspelling Tenay Tanay, tense endings mixed up, random words being capitalized and so on.
dabirdmanPosted on 07/26/06 at 09:41:39

First of all I want to thank you for your comments and believe me i do not take anything personal.

The Circuit runs I would say is 95% booked. The 1st 2 cards were unbooked as to see what TNM would give me to work with, I.E A1 as Champ.

Thanks for the complement on the recap style as it has taken many tries to get it to a format I believe gives enough information and not bore the reader with information.

To tell you the truth I did not know the history of Senshi and Homicide till now, and i will try to play it up more as the circuit continues. I have plans for Samoa Joe so having him win the X title now didn't work into the mix.

LAX are still together but there not. With Homicide running solo in the X division I have Konan and Machete team sometimes but in this match Konnan teamed with Buchanan.

The 3 minute Main event was not by choice. I gave TNM who I wanted to win and they decided how and when.

On the spelling mistakes I have no excuse then bad proof reading. I write most of this up at work when most of humanity is in bed. I will make the effort to correct the issues.

Again thanks for your comments and I hope you continue to read.

Bird