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PRE SHOW

In a match that had some good action but not much in the way of heat, The Amazing Red defeated Prince Nana in 6:21 by pinfall with a Code Red. C

 

Impact

Sunday, week 1, June 2005

Broadcast on Spike on Monday night, week 2, June 2005

Trask Coliseum, Wilmington, NC

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TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes comes to the ring to start Impact and is carrying the X Division Championship belt. He says that due to injury, AJ Styles will be unable to defend the X Division Championship at Ultimate X and therefore he has had to make the difficult decision to relinquish Styles of the championship and Ultimate X will be for the vacated title. A sixth qualifying match will now take place on next week's Impact. Potter questions on commentary what else Rhodes could have done in these circumstancces. C+

 

Following Rhodes announcement, backstage an argument breaks about between Air Paris and Caprice Coleman, both men saying that they will be the next X Division champion. D+

 

WILD CARD QUALIFIER

Doug Williams & Billy Kidman v 'Cowboy' James Storm & Adam Bomb (with Jimmy Hart)

Fluency was not in abundance between these two teams but then with it being a wild card tournament all sorts of pairings can be conjured up. Bomb looked like somebody who hadn't seen much action in recent weeks and this was detriment to him and Cowboy, as Williams sealed his and Kidman's passage to Slammiversary III in 6:46 when Doug Williams defeated Adam Bomb by pinfall with a Chaos Theory. C-

 

EZ Money and Mike Sanders talk about the Wild Card battle royal. The Fringe pairing discuss working together to ensure that one of them wins and gets the World Championship match. C

 

Elsewhere backstage and the Dudleys are finishing up giving a brutal looking beatdown to Little Guido, who is unable to get up once the Dudleys are done with him. C

 

ULTIMATE X QUALIFIER

Bryan Danielson v Jorge Estrada

A match of considerable quality and one where the ever threatening Danielson was gaining control of, until John Layfield appeared. He distracted long enough to allow Estrada to hit Greetings from Graceland and in turn qualify in 9:15 by pinfall. C+

 

After the match, John Layfield viciously attacks Bryan Danielson, laughing as he does so. He stands over his scheduled opponent for Slammiversary III with an arm raised as Danielson doesn't move. C+

 

Backstage and Arn Anderson is having a heated discussion with Curt Hennig over his failure to oversee the Attitude monthly broadcast. D+

 

It's a night of arguing, now D'Lo Brown and Mr Wrestling IV are in one, two opponents at Slammiversary III. Security has to step in to stop this one getting physical. C-

 

Austin Aries (Tag Team Champion) v The Miz (with Jimmy Hart)

A match that drifted a little but still acted as a taster for the Tag Team Championship match at Slammiversary III between the respective teams. Here, Miz succumbed to Aries in a battle of two men who are not short on confidence. Aries' win came in 9:46 by pinfall with a Brainbuster. C

 

Joel Maximo is making some rather vile comments, saying that he wants his brother's blood. Jose then sprints to the ring, only for Joel to escape through the crowd, seemingly not wanting any part of his brother after all. C

 

Goldust speaks from a room decorated entirely in gold, including a throne and a gold carpet. He says 'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown has made him angry by costing him a chance at the NWA TNA World Heavyweight Championship on Attitude and Goldust doesn't like being angry... as he turns on his golden vibrator and has a sinister look on his face. C+

 

Jeff Jarrett is in the ring, saying how he will go to win the Wild Card battle royal as he is the top man in TNA. Harley Race interrupts and tells Jarrett that he might be top man, but he is no monster. Abyss appears, standing and towering behind Jarrett. Jarrett gets the fright of his life as he turns round and bails, as Abyss just grins at him. C+

 

Ken Shamrock v Mike Sanders

Two men who will be in the Wild Card battle royal square off and both men suggest they will be strong contenders in the battle royal. Shamrock just edges this match here with prompts new TNA bookmakers Potter Power to install him as the 3-1 favourite to win the battle royal at Slammiversary, according to Potter on commentary at least. Shamrock's win came in 13:17 by submission with an Ankle Lock. C+

 

Mike Tenay speaks to CM Punk. Punk is sitting up in his hospital bed and looks the best he has done since Lockdown. Punk keeps it brief, he tells Maven he will be coming for him when he returns. B-

 

Backstage and Al Snow attacks Steve Corino prior to tonight's main event. Corino has to receive medical attention as a result. B-

 

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (World Champion) & Steve Corino v Al Snow (WWE Champion) & Christian Cage (with Jimmy Hart)

Due to Snow's attack, Corino didn't show up to partner Harris, leaving the World Champion to fight a handicap match. For five minutes, he was mostly dominated by the WWE Invaders until Corino did manage to enter the match, clearing house initially despite clearly not being in a good way. This caught up with him and a combination of Harris' early match beating and Corino's pre match beating led to them losing in 14:34 when Christian Cage defeated Steve Corino by pinfall with an Unprettier. C

 

 

Show rating: C

The show can be considered a success and should increase TNA's popularity.

Attendance: 3256

Loss: $68,987

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<p><strong>News</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Impact got a 1.17 rating on Spike, a new TNA record.</p><p> </p><p>

Jeremy Lopez has won the vacant FIP Intercontinental Championship.</p><p> </p><p>

Brian Adams has won the PWG Heavyweight Championship from Evan Karagias who managed twelve successful defences.</p><p> </p><p>

Elizabeth and Lex Luger have announced their engagement.</p><p> </p><p>

JD Michaels and April Hunter have split up.</p><p> </p><p>

Jerry Lynn has signed for a further eighteen months.</p><p>

Doug Williams, Steve Corino and Alex Shelley have signed for a further three months.</p>

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Saturday, week 3, June 2005</p><p> </p><p>

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP</p><p>

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©</p><p> </p><p>

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP</p><p>

ULTIMATE X</p><p>

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v qualifier v qualifier (D-)</p><p> </p><p>

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP</p><p>

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©</p><p> </p><p>

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP</p><p>

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)</p><p> </p><p>

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) (C-)</p><p> </p><p>

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (D+)</p><p> </p><p>

FIRST BLOOD MATCH</p><p>

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)</p><p> </p><p>

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©</p><p> </p><p>

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust ©</p><p> </p><p>

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH</p><p>

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, qualifier, qualifier ©</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

PREDICTION PRIZE</p><p>

Name challengers to each of the four titles.</p>

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PRE SHOW

In a match that had some good action and average heat, Vampiro defeated Chris Hero in 6:04 by pinfall with a Nail in the Coffin. C

 

Impact

Sunday, week 2, June 2005

Broadcast on Spike on Monday night, week 3, June 2005

Bicentennial Center, Salina, KS.

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This weekend is seen on the corner of the screen as Potter walks into a hospital. After a short dialogue with the lady on reception he walks down some corridors and into the room that has been the home to CM Punk for the past few weeks. Punk is pleased to see Potter and the two converse about wrestling. Potter asks about Punk's medical progress and Punk says his road to recovery is progressing. Potter then ushers the camera crew out as he begins to talk to Punk some more. C

 

The Fringe members Mike Sanders and EZ Money are together backstage, saying they are united unit and will work together to ensure that one of them wins the Wild Card Battle Royal and earn themselves a World Championship match. C

 

ULTIMATE X QUALIFIER

Shoichi Funaki (with Jimmy Hart) v The Amazing Red

Some good action although the crowd was fairly quiet, those who did make any noise were firmly behind TNA stalwart Red. He got the better of the WWE Invader and qualified for Ultimate X in 12:19 by pinfall with a Code Red. C+

 

John Layfield is backstage, cackling about taking out Bryan Danielson last week and saying he is one wannabe we won't be seeing for a while. B-

 

Jeff Jarrett talks about the Wild Card Battle Royal, saying he will win so he can get back to his rightful place on top of his own company. C+

 

Caprice Coleman v Jorge Estrada

Two wrestlers already qualified for Ultimate X face off in a one on one match that was perhaps a little disappointing than people hoped. Coleman looked the better here and this reflected in the result as Coleman took it in 10:10 by pinfall with a Thermal Shock. C-

 

Arn Anderson is backstage with Curt Hennig. For reasons best known to Anderson, he asks Hennig what he actually does in the role the WWE Invasion gave him as head of Attitude. Hennig fobs Anderson off. C-

 

Ken Shamrock speaks from backstage, saying it will be he who wins the Wild Card Battle Royal and set up his right to become the only three time TNA World Champion. C

 

WILD CARD QUALIFIER

Ernest Miller & Johnny Kashmere v Desmond Wolfe & Maven

Jimmy Hart was not at ringside for this with having two WWE Invaders on opposing teams. Given the vast difference in attitudes and characters, teamwork was never going to be fluent and this was especially the case between Wolfe and Maven. In the end, Maven had enough of his perception that Wolfe was looking after himself by clocking him in the back of the head from the apron and leaving him to fend for himself. This allowed Miller and Kashmere to advance in 7:04 when Ernest Miller defeated Wolfe by pinfall with a Thrust Kick. D+

 

Goldust speaks out on Monty Brown, saying that he and his golden dildo have a couple of "stiff surprises" for him at Slammiversary III. C+

 

It's Harley Race's turn to talk about the Wild Card Battle Royal, saying that his monster Abyss will destroy the other nine wrestlers in the match. C+

 

ULTIMATE X QUALIFIER

Evan Karagias v Rocky Romero

The final Ultimate X qualifier was of similar nature to the previous five with fast paced action throughout. The crowd had more interest in this one and it was a good solid contest which saw Karagias qualify in 10:38 by pinfall with a Tidal Wave. C

 

Mr Wrestling IV states he will out wrestle D'Lo Brown at Slammiversary III. C

 

A music video plays highlighting Dudley's tenure in TNA thus far. C+

 

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (World Champion), Ak-47 (Tag Team Champions) & Steve Corino v Al Snow (WWE Champion), Christian Cage, Jerry Lynn & The Miz (with Jimmy Hart)

A decent main event full of angst and tension. All eight men had moments where they shone and all eight men (or combination of) hit their finishers. All hell then broke out as all eight men brawled all over the ringside arena and with Jack Doan having lost all control he threw the match out in 15:45 when the match descended into chaos. C

 

Show rating: C

The show can be considered a success and should increase TNA's popularity.

Attendance: 3072

Loss: $47,242

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Sunday, week 2, June 2005

Leamington Spa Arena, UK

Attendance: 10,000 (sell out)

Buy rate: 5.11

 

Steve Austin beat Jamie Noble (B-)

The Hurricane beat Samoa Joe (D+)

Rhyno beat The Prototype (D)

Eric Angle beat Rico (D-)

The Hurricane beat Steve Austin (B-)

Rhyno beat Eric Angle (E+)

The Hurricane beat Rhyno to win King of the Ring (C+)

 

Show rating: C

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Saturday, week 3, June 2005

 

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v The Amazing Red v Evan Karagias (D-)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)

 

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) ©

 

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (C-)

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust (C+)

 

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere ©

 

 

PREDICTION PRIZE

Name challengers to each of the four titles.

 

THIS WILL BE THE NEXT SHOW BUT WON'T BE POSTED FOR A FEW DAYS.

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News

 

Mr Wrestling IV has walked out of TNA following Impact.

 

Impact got a 1.09 rating on Spike.

 

Triple H will be out of action for around 4 weeks after suffering a reverberating bicep while cooking.

Meanwhile, Matt Striker is suffering from chronic upper back pain after a freak incident at a car wash. Striker will work through his injury.

 

Mike Tenay has become the new head booker of 1PW. He will continue in his role as commentator in TNA.

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Hurricane Helms wins the King of the Ring? Hurricane beats Samoa Joe? Stone Cold Steve Austin?? -- ok and Rhyno, but what the hay? that's a mega push for sure

 

now on to the more important wrestling federation:

 

 

 

NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©

Cage may deliver a decent match and is a good choice for the first invader challenger. who's next for the Wildcat? JBL?

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v The Amazing Red v Evan Karagias (D-)

I changed my initial vote on this one due to a possible storybook ending. Since AJ is having to give up the belt due to injury, who better to win it for him than his former partner - Air Paris! Paris and Karagias both have the most ability to garner some good feuds (rather than just spot fests) and make the title interesting. Paris winning and dedicating to his former partner would be a good story --- and how will things be between the partners when Styles heals and comes back to claim his belt?

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©

Corino is still feeling the effects of the beating he took in the tag match. Should be good match though....and maybe moving us one step closer to a WWE vs TNA title (Snow vs Harris)

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)

chalk one up for TNA

 

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) ©

invaders dominate - With JBL at ringside for his brethren, Danielson attacks after the match to keep their feud hot (and gives you a decent 6-man match for down the road)

 

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (C-)

invaders dominate

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)

coin toss

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©

can't let the invaders have all the wins.

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust (C+)

Brown could even get DQ'ed for his aggressions, but invaders story should have them winning

 

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere ©

Jarrett burned us all out with his creative control, so don't want him anywhere near the title picture. Shamrock and Abyss both dropped the ball as champions and are better in raging mid-card feuds. So maybe a chance to jumpstart someone new into the title scene. Looking over the names, the most interesting was Kidman. Maybe better suited for an X title run, he did push Hogan at one time so a viable world title contender. I could see him and Al Snow having a whale of a match.

 

other than that, I can you creating 2-3 good feud potential rematches out of this wild card event (the least being some sort of Jarrett-Shamrock-Abyss triangle of terror)

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v The Amazing Red v Evan Karagias (D-)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)

 

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) ©

 

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (C-)

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust (C+)

 

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere ©

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v The Amazing Red v Evan Karagias (D-)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)

 

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) ©

 

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (C-)

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust (C+)

 

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere ©

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v The Amazing Red v Evan Karagias (D-)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)

 

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) ©

 

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (C-)

Is the question mark because JBL laid out AmDrag? Or did I miss something and the match wasn't confirmed?

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust (C+)

 

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere ©

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v The Amazing Red v Evan Karagias (D-)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)

 

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) ©

 

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (C-)

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust (C+)

 

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere ©

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Hurricane Helms wins the King of the Ring? Hurricane beats Samoa Joe? Stone Cold Steve Austin?? -- ok and Rhyno, but what the hay? that's a mega push for sure

 

Also the fact that the King of the Ring tournament was the only matches on the Bad Blood show... may as well have just called the pay per view King of the Ring. It was a strange show they put out.

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage ©

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Super Crazy v Jorge Estrada v The Amazing Red v Evan Karagias (D-)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v Steve Corino ©

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) (C-)

 

Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) v Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) ©

 

Bryan Danielson v John Layfield? (C-)

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo v Jose Maximo (C-)

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven ©

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust (C+)

 

WILD CARD BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER RECEIVES WORLD OR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Doug Williams, Billy Kidman, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere ©

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PRE SHOW

In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Middle Eastern Nightmare defeated The Young Bucks in 6:37 when Abbadon defeated Nick Buck by pinfall with an Arabian Night. D+

 

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Saturday, week 3, June 2005

Live on UrbanXtra and Request TV pay per view

USF Sun Dome, Tampa, FL.

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Brits Abroad v Double R

A match with no shortage of quality and a very good way to start the show. Roderick Strong is popular in Florida so rather than the recognised faces, Brits Abroad getting all the cheers, Double R had their fair share too. This seemed to spur them on, especially Strong and they won the tag contest in 10:15 when Roderick Strong defeated Chris Hero by submission with a Stronghold. C+

 

Backstage and John Layfield is laughing his big hat off. He remarks that thanks to him, Bryan Danielson is unable to compete tonight. Boo hoo. He goes on by saying that Dusty Rhodes has found a replacement opponent for him, that he has got wind of who it is and that it will be easy. C+

 

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NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (champions) v WWE Invaders (with Jimmy Hart)

AK-47 took the titles last month by cashing in Kid Kash's Feast or Fired briefcase and inserting themselves into a title match already in progress. The WWE Invaders get their rematch and are clearly still unhappy with how they lost the championship four weeks ago. They are in no mood for pleasantries and attack before the bell. Aries and Kash have been steadily improving since coming together when Mike Sanders assembled The Fringe and a good performance and deserved win here cemented their place as Tag Team Champions. Their victory came in 13:50 when Kid Kash defeated The Miz by pinfall with a Money Maker. AK-47 make defence number 2 of their NWA TNA World Tag Team titles. C

 

John Layfield (with Jimmy Hart) v Mike Quackenbush

Mike Quackenbush is revealed as Layfield's new opponent and Layfield did indeed make easy work of him, over powering him for much of the match and winning reasonably quickly in 6:51 by pinfall with a Clothesline From Hell. C-

 

Kevin Kelly interviews Ken Shamrock backstage who repeats what he said on Impact that he will win the Wild Card Battle Royal and become TNA's only three time World Champion. D-

 

FIRST BLOOD MATCH

Joel Maximo (with Jimmy Hart) v Jose Maximo (with So Cal Val)

Joel, having initially made the challenge, seemed reluctant to fight his brother, hiding behind the fact that he has beaten him before and doesn't need to yet again. Jose wasn't having any of it and forcibly made Joel enter the ring, before battering him with a kendo stick.

Joel squirmed out to regroup with Jimmy Hart. Jose again caught him and this time bashed him with a cookie sheet. Jack Doan checked for blood but there was none.

Joel finally managed to get some offence in thanks to a low blow, risking the chance of him never becoming an uncle. Not that he seemed bothered as he finally went on a relentless attack on his brother, as if something had sparked inside him.

The two then traded vicious offence with the odd smattering of high flying. Jose got back on top of the match and was declared victorious in 14:37 when Joel Maximo was busted open courtesy of a double arm DDT onto the steel stairs. Jack Doan was reluctant to award the match but had no choice with blood gushing for Joel's head. Val rewarded Jose by kissing him following his win. C+

 

Prior to Ultimate X, Dusty Rhodes walks out with the vacant X Division Championship belt and places it on the hook hanging over the ring, before it is hoisted above the wires that are being set up. B-

 

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TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

ULTIMATE X

Air Paris v Caprice Coleman v Evan Karagias v Jorge Estrada v Super Crazy v The Amazing Red

With three competitors in the match, things looked good for CM Punk's New Dawn despite AJ Styles' injury that forced him to have to vacate the title. Sure enough, while they didn't work together per se, whenever one of the trio went to try and retrieve the belt, none of the others tried to stop him. Paris, Estrada and Crazy, seeing what was happened formed a temporary alliance to avoid getting overwhelmed to loosely make this a three on three Ultimate X match.

The end came when Red, having scaled the truss, leapt off and took out Crazy and Paris on the arena floor, Red's crazy leap lead to the usual "holy shit" chants. It also took Crazy and Paris out. With Karagias fighting with Estrada, Coleman was able to scale the truss, cross the wires and claim the belt in 19:53. Caprice Coleman wins the TNA X Division title. B-

 

While the fans catch some of their breath back, Christian Cage cuts a promo on Chris Harris, saying he will take his World Championship tonight. C+

 

Dudleys (with Jimmy Hart) v Full Blooded Italians

A little tepid, but then it did have the exciting Ultimate X before it. Dudleys largely dominated and picked up the fully expected victory in 8:12 when Brother Ray defeated Little Guido by pinfall with a 3D. C-

 

Wild Card Battle Royal

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, EZ Money, Mike Sanders, Abyss, Lance Storm, Billy Kidman, Doug Williams, Ernest Miller, Johnny Kashmere

Kidman was hugely disappointing in the match and was the first man eliminated fairly early on by Shamrock. Come mid match and Williams, Miller, Storm and Kashmere were all eliminated in quick succession by Abyss. Sensing being overwhelmed by Harley Race's monster, The Fringe, Jeff Jarrett and Ken Shamrock formed an unlikely and short lived alliance that last long enough to eliminate the big man, much to his fury. Only all the TNA referees and officials were enough to get Abyss to the back. Jarrett, Shamrock, Money and Sanders were left and The Fringe eliminated Jarrett. Shamrock was facing two on one odds but he was smart and having beaten down Sanders, eliminated Money with a belly to belly suplex over the top rope.

Shamrock and Sanders were left, Sanders put in the fight of his life and won the right to meet either the World Champion or the WWE Champion by throwing Shamrock out in 23:34. C+

 

Kevin Kelly has Jeff Jarrett backstage, saying that The Fringe cheated by using two men to eliminate him and he will speak to the right people to ensure Mike Sanders does not get a championship match. C-

 

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WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion, with Jimmy Hart) v Steve Corino

Corino is a former champion, having held this championship when it was the TV Title, before the WWE Invaders brought in the WWE Championship. He gave Snow a tough test and a really good match which the crowd got into and fully supported Corino. Being wily, he was also able to counter most of Snow and Hart's shenanigans. Snow managed to gain control though and made a difficult defence of his title in 16:53 by pinfall with a Snow Plow. Al Snow makes defence number 5 of his WWE title. B-

 

'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels v Maven (with Jimmy Hart)

When Daniels' music hits, he doesn't appear. Maven and Jimmy Hart laugh in the ring and Maven insists Robert Brisko awards him the match. Brisko reluctantly starts a ten count on Daniels, but at eight, he gets interrupted.

 

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Out walks TNA's Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes, not to his own theme, but to Slammierversary III's theme. He says he doesn't know what Maven has done to Christopher Daniels but he isn't getting off lightly. He has found Maven a new opponent, somebody who already die another day.

 

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Out walks CM Punk in a TNA arena for the first time in two months! The crowd goes ballistic, as do Maven and Jimmy Hart but in a very different way. Punk storms the ring and goes to town on Maven as Hart runs. Tenay and Potter are delighted on commentary.

 

CM Punk (with TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes) v Maven (with Jimmy Hart)

Punk's onslaught was sustained and brutal. Maven was getting beaten to a pulp when he bailed out of the ring to Jimmy Hart. Punk flung himself over the ropes and sailed onto both Maven and Hart. Punk rolled back into the ring and lapped up the adoration of the seven thousand or so fans in attendance. Maven grabs a chair, rolls into the ring and blatantly hits Punk in the head with it. Robert Brisko has no choice but to disqualify Maven inside two minutes to a chorus of boos.

Dusty Rhodes isn't having any of that though. He gets a mic and orders the match to be restarted with weapons legal.

 

WEAPONS ARE LEGAL

CM Punk (with TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes) v Maven (with Jimmy Hart)

Punk is equally brutal with weapons and it's not long before Maven is bleeding profusely. Maven is getting a complete beating and Hart signals for backup. Instead, CM Punk's New Dawn, minus the injured AJ Styles appear and form a perimeter to deter any WWE Invaders from helping. What follows is a little offence from Maven but far more of Punk unleashing two months of pain, anguish and frustration on Maven who suffers a brutal beating from Punk and is barely conscious by the end of the match, Punk finally ending it in 20:39 by pinfall with a Pepsi Plunge. C+

 

Immediately following the match, Kevin Kelly comes to ringside to try and speak to Punk. He asks him about his recovery, his return and his plans for the future, but Punk just ignores him and leaves up the ramp. D-

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown v Goldust

The fued between the two has been steadily escalating and continued with Goldust's introduction of his golden dildo. Monty, having come out during his relationship with the departed Buff 'The Puff' Bagwell, has taken exception to Goldust's repeated perceived homophobic actions and comments.

The two engaged in a competitive and physical match. Monty would use his power, Goldust would use his brain to freak out Brown.

Prior to the conclusion of the match, Jimmy Hart came to ringside and distracted Robert Brisko. This allowed Goldust to reach inside the rear of his tights, pull out the golden dildo and nail Monty with it. Goldust then took the match in 21:55 by pinfall and with Brown down and out, shoved his golden dildo up Monty Brown's backside which was met with a mixture of laughter and disgust. B-

 

As we wait for the match between 'Wildcat' Chris Harris and Christian Cage to commence, Tenay and Potter run us through the Tale Of The Tape. E+

 

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

'Wildcat' Chris Harris (champion) v Christian Cage (with Jimmy Hart)

A very good mat based match that went for a long time in front of a crowd that remained hot for the duration. Cage and Harris both had sustained spells of ascendancy but they weren't able to put their opponent away.

Jimmy Hart was his usual annoying self but for once didn't inject himself into the match.

That went to 'Cowboy' James Storm, who having pulled Robert Brisko out of the ring when Harris was going for the pin win following a Catatonic, he then threw him under the ring. While Brisko was under the ring, Storm stormed the ring and nailed Harris with a Last Call super kick before running out through the crowd. As Brisko was making his way back into the ring, Christian was hitting Harris with an Unprettier and won the title to a chorus of boos in 37:38 by pinfall with an Unprettier following interference from 'Cowboy' James Storm. Christian Cage wins the NWA TNA World Heavyweight title and celebrates with his newly won belt. As well as having the WWE Championship, the WWE Invaders now have the World Heavyweight Championship too. B-

 

 

Show rating: C+

The show can be considered a success and should increase TNA's popularity.

Some of the angles did not reach the standard of the ring action.

Attendance: 8206

Buy rate: 0.67

Profit: $120,898

 

Slammiversary III is TNA's seventh best ever show.

Slammiversary III drew TNA's fourth biggest buy rate.

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PREDICTION COMPETITION

 

Well, scoring was low and matches got changed due to both Daniels and Danielson working elsewhere, so here is how some scoring worked before I give the results.

 

Those who predicted John Layfield got the point as normal.

Those who predicted Bryan Danielson did not get the point as his replacement Mike Quackenbush lost.

Those who predicted Christopher Daniels were awarded half a point as he didn't win, though his scheduled opponent lost to his replacement CM Punk.

Those who predicted Maven did not get a point due to him losing.

 

That leaves us...

1. Olympia 5.5

1. Nest 5.5

1. Kris Katana 5.5

4. Jay R 5

5. Michgcs 4.5

5. Destiny 4.5

 

Due to the nature of the prize and there are three winners, there will be another prediction competition on the next Impact including a sudden death if necessary.

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Thanks Jay. It didn't help losing AJ to injury and Daniels and Danielson both buggering off to Japan. I wasn't intending bringing Punk back for at least another month but with Quackenbush subbing for Danielson, I needed somebody to face Maven, and given the Lockdown hanging, Punk was a logical choice especially with all Fringe and New Dawn members in action or out injured.

 

Looking back through the card the only bankers to me were Dudleys, perhaps Maven (given his original opponent though most picked Daniels) and to a lesser extent Al Snow, given that Corino has done pretty much nothing in recent months. Every other match could have gone either way and Ultimate X was pretty much guess work following AJ vacating the title.

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Impact preview

 

The first Impact after Slammiversary III comes to us from Grand Forks, ND on Sunday.

 

'Cowboy' James Storm cost his former tag team partner 'Wildcat' Chris Harris the NWA TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary. Harris enjoyed a very impressive six month reign as champion and there are no doubts he will be after Cowboy as much as getting his title back, maybe even more so.

CM Punk made a surprising return and brutally disposed of Maven. Maven remarkably is in action tonight, while Punk is in the building. Will Punk reveal where he is headed?

Arn Anderson and Curt Hennig have been at loggerheads with Curt Hennig's running of WWE Invaders' own show, Attitude. Both are in the building tonight, will things come to a head?

 

Tune in to Spike on Monday night to see the broadcast.

 

 

MATCHES

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP - Caprice Coleman (champion) v Jorge Estrada

Bryan Danielson v Satoshi Kojima

Evan Karagias v Maven

Ernest Miller v EZ Money

Brits Abroad (Chris Hero & Desmond Wolfe) v Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm)

 

PREDICTION COMPETITION

Olympia, Nest and Kris Katana are 'in overtime' and the winner will win the competition from Slammiversary III and name a challenger for each of the four championships. Note though they won't necessarily challenge at the next main pay per view, it may be later down the line.

Here is how it works.

Predict each winner. One point for each. Simple. Most wins... unless it is a draw...

Tie breaker 1 - Pick the match of the night

Tie breaker 2 (if required) - Predict the grade of the match of the night

Tie breaker 3 (if required) - Predict the length of the match of the night

 

Good luck gents. I will leave it up to you as to whether you wish to predict publicly in the thread or privately by private message.

 

I aim to be able to post the show some time on Wednesday day time. The show has just been finished in the game, so matches will not change for this unlike at Slammiversary III.

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TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP - Caprice Coleman (champion) v Jorge Estrada

Bryan Danielson v Satoshi Kojima

Evan Karagias v Maven

Ernest Miller v EZ Money

Brits Abroad (Chris Hero & Desmond Wolfe) v Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm)

 

Tiebreakers

Bryan Danielson v Satoshi Kojima

B-

13 Minutes

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TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP - Caprice Coleman (champion) v Jorge Estrada

Bryan Danielson v Satoshi Kojima

Evan Karagias v Maven

Ernest Miller v EZ Money

Brits Abroad (Chris Hero & Desmond Wolfe) v Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm)

 

Tie breaker 1 - Pick the match of the night : Caprice Coleman vs Jorge Estrada

Tie breaker 2 (if required) - Predict the grade of the match of the night : B-

Tie breaker 3 (if required) - Predict the length of the match of the night : 11 minutes

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