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I've written the show out in Word and ready to copy and paste in here when Olympia has posted his Impact predictions.

If he has not posted within seven days of me posting the preview (therefore Monday 20th February), then I shall post the show anyway and the sudden death will then be between Nest and Kris.

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Right, Olympia has had a week to post his sudden death predictions and has not done so, so here is the show.

 

PRE SHOW

In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Billy Kidman defeated Chris Masters in 6:30 by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press. C-

 

Impact

Sunday, week 3, June 2005

Broadcast on Monday, week 4, June 2005 on Spike

Old Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND.

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Arn Anderson starts Impact by calling out Curt Hennig. Arn calls Curt a “useless ass” and he is here in his new capacity as WWE Commissioner. Arn then fires Hennig, who tries to punch Arn, but gets blocked and decked himself. Arn then goes a step further and announces that WWE are taking over TNA’s next monthly pay per view which will be called In Your House. D

 

Cameras are backstage where Abyss and Harley Race are terrorising Little Guido, with Abyss stalking Guido through the shadows of the arena and Race bad mouthing Guido. Guido escapes, with a look of fear on his face. B-

 

Brits Abroad v Divine Storm

A solid match which lacked any significant interest from the crowd, Brits were much the better team and duly emerged victorious in 7:27 when Chris Hero defeated Quiet Storm by pinfall with a Hero's Welcome. C-

 

D’Lo Brown is with Goldust, with D’Lo saying he loved what Goldust did to ‘Big Black Love Muscle’ Monty Brown at Slammiversary III. Goldust is holding his golden dildo, which D’Lo notices is stained brown. The two laugh hysterically. C-

 

‘Wildcat’ Chris Harris is backstage and is fuming at ‘Cowboy’ James Storm for costing him the NWA TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary III. He challenges Cowboy to end this once and for all in a no holds barred brawl at In Your House. C-

 

Ernest Miller (with Jimmy Hart) v EZ Money

A decent match where Miller and Hart were very confident of overcoming Money. Money caused an upset though as he bettered Miller for much of the match and comes out with a big win in 9:38 by pinfall with a Money Clip. C+

 

Kevin Kelly speaks to Al Snow, who talks about his pride after many years of blood, sweat and Head that he is WWE Champion. C

 

Ken Shamrock and Jeff Jarrett are backstage and comes across The Fringe members Mike Sanders and an ecstatic EZ Money. Sanders and Money don’t backdown and Sanders goes on to say he is going to challenge Al Snow on the next edition of Attitude for the WWE Championship, telling Jarrett there is nothing he, Arn Anderson or anybody else can do about it. Jarrett is seething. C

 

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TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

Caprice Coleman (champion) v Jorge Estrada

Another really good match which saw the new champion make his first defence against one of the five men who he overcame at Ultimate X. Estrada gave Coleman a stiff test but the champion looked good and won in 11:48 by pinfall with a Thermal Shock. Caprice Coleman makes defence number 1 of his TNA X Division title. After the match Dusty Rhodes appeared on the video wall, congratulated the champion on a successful first defence and then announced on Attitude he will face another of his Ultimate X competitors, Air Paris. C+

 

CM Punk is backstage with Potter in a pre recorded segment recorded before the show started. Potter and Punk are discussing Punk’s return to TNA following his hanging and are about to start discussing future plans when new NWA TNA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage arrives and gets in a scuffle with Punk. Potter manages to separate the two and ushers Punk aware, heard saying “wait for another day”. C+

 

JBL is backstage and laughs at Steve Corino for his loss when challenging Al Snow for the WWE Championship at Slammiversary III. C+

 

Evan Karagias v Maven (with Jimmy Hart)

A surprisingly lacklustre match saw Maven take his eye off the ball when the crowd started New Dawn and CM Punk chants. These clearly bothered Maven and his loss of concentration on the match saw Karagias take full advantage, nick the win in 12:57 by pinfall with a Tidal Wave and then slip out of the ring before Maven could take out his anger on him. C-

 

Dudleys speak from the WWE locker room and they challenge the Tag Team Champions AK-47 to show some balls and put their titles on the line at In Your House. C+

 

Bryan Danielson v Satoshi Kojima

A match high on technical quality with some great wrestling, counter wrestling, holds and counter holds. Kojima just about edged Danielson in a battle of the exiles in Japan, winning in 15:33 by pinfall with a Lariat. 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: 3343

Loss: $64,488

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Saturday, week 2, July 2005

Live on UrbanXtra and Request TV pay per view

 

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Current card

 

NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

champion v challenger

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

champion v challenger

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

champion v challenger

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) ©

 

NO HOLDS BARRED

'Cowboy' James Storm v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris (D+)

 

 

PREDICTION PRIZE

To be announced

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PRE SHOW

In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Spike Dudley defeated Alex Shelley in 6:11 by pinfall with a Dudley Dog. C+

 

Impact

Sunday, week 4, June 2005

Broadcast on Monday, week 1, July 2005 on Spike

Detrick Gym, New Britain, CT.

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WWE Commissioner Arn Anderson comes to the ring with the NWA TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Christian Cage. Arn announces the wrestling world is about to witness something they never thought they would see, and the WWE Commissioner and the TNA Champion embrace. They call each other great and generally brown nose each other as Mike Tenay and Potter express their dismay on commentary.

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Out walks CM Punk and TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes tells Anderson and Cage that the WWE is now in possession of the TNA Championship and he demands it back. Cage replies over his dead body. Punk says he can arrange that, and he will step into the WWE's own pay per view and take the TNA Championship back to TNA, that is if Cage has the balls to accept the challenge and Anderson has the balls to have the match on the show. Not wanting to lose face, Cage and Anderson agree. Cage v Punk for the NWA TNA Championship at WWE In Your House! C+

 

Cameras go backstage where they pick up former NWA TNA World Heavyweight Champion 'Wildcat' Chris Harris brawling wildly with the man who cost him the title, his former tag team partner 'Cowboy' James Storm. They battle through (literally) the concession stands and into the ladies' toilets, where five women come running and screaming out of as Impact goes to a commercial break.

 

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Pride of Britain v WWE Invaders (with Jimmy Hart)

The opening contest was a solid tag team affair where the former champions showed why they were champions for some time as they disposed of the British opponents in 7:26 when The Miz defeated Doug Williams by pinfall with a Reality Check. C

 

Kevin Kelly is backstage interviewing Brother Ray. Ray tells Kelly that tonight his brother Brother Devon will defeat Kid Kash and at WWE In Your House he and his brother Brother Devon will beat AK-47 for the Tag Team Championship. C

 

WWE Commissioner Arn Anderson is backstage, fuming at the fact he has been backed up and coerced into making Christian Cage defend the NWA TNA Championship at WWE In Your House. He turns his focus to "one of CM Punk's puppets" and tells Caprice Coleman that should he manage to defend his X Division Championship against Air Paris on WWE Attitude, he will then defend his title against Super Crazy at WWE In Your House. D+

 

Lance Storm & Maven (with Jimmy Hart) v New Dawn

WWE Invaders are having a good night so far as they go two for two courtesy of an impressive performance from Lance Storm and Maven who team together for the first time. They bettered their New Dawn opponents and came out with the win in 9:49 when Maven defeated The Amazing Red by pinfall with a Crossbody Block. C

 

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, Ernest Miller and John Layfield are backstage with Kevin Kelly, where they lay down a challenge to The Fringe to face them at In Your House. Convenient given that two fifths of The Fringe will be defending the Tag Team Championship against the Dudleys that night... C

 

Bryan Danielson and Satoshi Kojima talk backstage about their match last week. Both say how much they enjoyed competiting against each other and show each other a lot of respect. C

 

Caprice Coleman (X Division Champion) & Evan Karagias v Air Paris & Super Crazy (with Jimmy Hart)

Another tag team match, this one featuring champion and contenders for the X Division Championship and the fans were treated to an enthralling, fast paced match. The champion and his New Dawn stable mate just about got the edge of Paris and Crazy, taking it in 12:17 when Caprice Coleman defeated Super Crazy by pinfall with a Thermal Shock. C+

 

Backstage and Jimmy Hart calls Al Snow the best WWE Champion in history. Snow is busy talking to Head. C+

 

Harley Race then cuts a promo where he says Abyss will destroy Little Guido. D

 

Kid Kash (Tag Team Champion) v Brother Devon

A tense match between one champion and one challenger and Kash more than held his own against the more experienced and renowned opponent. The two opponents were trading blows in the ring when both their respective partners rang the ring simultaneously. The interference from Austin Aries and Brother Ray led to the two teams brawling in and around the ring and Robert Brisko called a double disqualification in 9:33. TNA officials and security had to come down to seperate the teams. C+

 

D'Lo Brown and Goldust are laughing at "Big Black Queer" Monty Brown. They challenge him to find a partner and face them at WWE In Your House... if he can find anybody willing to be a partner of a queer. C

 

John Layfield (with Jimmy Hart) v Steve Corino

A solid show is finished off by a solid main event between two reliable stalwarts. Corino kept up his good performance when he faced Al Snow at Slammiversary III but again he came up just short against the ever sly Layfield. Layfield took the match in 18:19 by pinfall with a Clothesline From Hell and gloated a lot afterwards. C+

 

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.

Pac was used too much.

Attendance: 3140

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Saturday, week 2, July 2005

Live on UrbanXtra and Request TV pay per view

 

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Current card

 

NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Christian Cage (champion) v CM Punk

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

champion v challenger

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

Caprice Coleman or Air Paris (champion) v Super Crazy (D)

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) ©

 

NO HOLDS BARRED

'Cowboy' James Storm v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris (D+)

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown & partner v D'Lo Brown & Goldust (C-)

 

Double R (Rocky Romero & Roderick Strong) v Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Buck) (E)

 

Maven v The Amazing Red (D)

 

Ernest Miller, Jeff Jarrett, John Layfield & Ken Shamrock v The Fringe (EZ Money, Mike Quackenbush & Mike Sanders) ©

 

Abyss v Little Guido (D+)

 

 

PREDICTION PRIZE

To be announced

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News

 

Impact got a 1.05 rating.

 

Curt Hennig has left TNA by mutual consent.

 

Super Crazy has won the UPW Heavyweight Championship for the second time, defeating D'Lo Brown who managed sixteen successful defences.

 

The Amazing Red has suffered a broken ankle working elsewhere and will miss around six weeks of action.

 

AJ Styles has recovered from injury.

 

Christopher Daniels has left TNA to join Pro Wrestling NOAH on a written contract.

 

TNA made a loss of $129,648 in June.

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Thanks Mich. Had a great week, stayed in a superb chalet with even better hosts. If there are any skiers here and they plan on going to La Plagne this season or in the future, then type Ice and Fire into Google and book at Chalet Bon Vie.

 

Writing in the next show in the game as I type, so I'll preview it in a bit and hopefully post it up tomorrow as I have another week leave from work to use up before the end of this month, so I can play lots of golf. :)

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Attitude Preview

 

Portland hosts the latest edition of Attitude live on UrbanXtra and Request TV pay per view this Wednesday evening and sees the return of AJ Styles from injury.

 

MATCHES

NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - Christian Cage (champion) v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP - Al Snow (champion) v Mike Sanders

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v D'Lo Brown & Goldust

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP - Caprice Coleman (champion) v Air Paris

Abyss v Evan Karagias

AJ Styles v Satoshi Kojima

Brits Abroad (Chris Hero & Desmond Wolfe) v Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray)

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PRE SHOW

In a match that had some good action but not much in the way of heat, Ultimo Guerrero defeated Little Guido in 9:42 by pinfall with a Reverse Superplex. C-

 

Attitude

Wednesday, week 1, July 2005

Live on UrbanXtra and Request TV pay per view

Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR.

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TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

Caprice Coleman (champion) v Air Paris

The opener pitted the current X Division champion versus the first champion and what transpire was a thoroughly exciting, seat of your pants contest which saw both men get many near falls. Coleman came through a tough defence in 11:48 by pinfall with a Thermal Shock. Caprice Coleman makes defence number 2 of his TNA X Division title. C+

 

Brits Abroad v Dudleys (with Jimmy Hart)

The Dudleys won comfortably in a mediocre match which lacked everything the night's opener had. The Dudleys win came in 9:40 when Brother Ray defeated Chris Hero by pinfall with a 3D. D+

 

Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, Ernest Miller and John Layfield are together backstage. They laugh off their In Your House opponents, The Fringe, saying it doesn't matter if there is three, four or five of them as AK-47 will lose the titles tonight, they can bring an army they still won't defeat the Invasion. C

 

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NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (champions) v D'Lo Brown & Goldust (with Jimmy Hart)

Goldust brings his trusty golden dildo to ringside for this one and although Robert Brisko wants the sex you ejected from ringside, he's reluctant to touch it, after all he doesn't know where it's been. Goldust just laughs at him and licks up and down the dildo.

He's all business when the bell rings as Goldust and D'Lo go after a different sort of gold. Aries and Kash don't lie down though, but they begin to struggle a bit, only for Kash to look like he gets hurt when he is thrown outside. While Robert Brisko attends to Kash, two men run to the ring...

 

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Monty attacks Goldust and Chris Kanyon attacks D'Lo as the crowd go wild. They do their damage before leaving, Kid Kash makes a sudden recovery and Aries capitalises on the opportunity presented before him to seal the deal in 13:38 when Austin Aries defeated D'Lo Brown by pinfall with a 450° splash. AK-47 make defence number 3 of their NWA TNA World Tag Team titles. C

 

AJ Styles v Satoshi Kojima

Styles returns to a great reception from the seven thousand or so fans in the Portland Memorial Coliseum and he and his Japanese opponent put on a great display. The favourable reception rubbed off on AJ and he rode the wave of momentum and used this to win the contest in 14:47 by pinfall with a Styles Clash. B-

 

The Dudleys are backstage and are very confident about winning the Tag Team Championship at In Your House. Brother Ray says that AK-47 weren't impressive tonight they were lucky. The Dudleys were impressive and kicked ass. He finished by saying the Dudleys will win the first TNA Tag Team Championship in ten days. C

 

Abyss (with Harley Race) v Evan Karagias

Abyss dominated and squashed Karagas quickly in 2:37 by pinfall with The Black Hole. C-

 

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WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion, with Jimmy Hart) v Mike Sanders

Mike Sanders aimed to use all his momentum gaing on winning the Slammiervsary III battle royal by using his number one contender title shot pretty much straight away. It certainly helped in the early goings as he was on top for prolonged periods. Snow bided his time though and emerged still the champion by taking the spoils in 16:41 by pinfall with a Snow Plow. Al Snow makes defence number 6 of his WWE title. C+

 

Backstage and TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes is with New Dawn leader CM Punk. They discuss strategy for bringing down the WWE Invasion and tells Punk that a good way to start would be for Punk and AJ to claim the two main championships and for Coleman to retain the X Division Championship at WWE In Your House. Punk agrees it will help but they need to come up with something to finish the WWE Invasion off. C+

 

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Prior to WWE In Your House, Cage still has to get through Harris, the man he won the title from at Slammiversary III thanks in part to Harris' former partner 'Cowboy' James Storm. This time there was no Storm in sight, and Cage and Harris went toe to toe in a pulsating match. Cage just edged it in his first title defence by claiming the match in 22:46 by pinfall with an Unprettier. Christian Cage makes defence number 1 of his NWA TNA World Heavyweight title. A really good main event. 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 matches.

Attendance: 7425

Buy rate: 0.70

Profit: $160,984

 

Attitude was TNA's second best ever show.

Christian Cage v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris was TNA's tenth best ever match.

Attitude drew TNA's third highest ever buy rate.

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Saturday, week 2, July 2005

Live on UrbanXtra and Request TV pay per view

 

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Current card

 

NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Christian Cage (champion) v CM Punk (C+ heat)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v AJ Styles (B-)

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

Caprice Coleman (champion) v Super Crazy (D)

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) (C-)

 

NO HOLDS BARRED

'Cowboy' James Storm v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris (D+)

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown & Chris Kanyon v D'Lo Brown & Goldust (C-)

 

Air Paris v Evan Karagias (D+)

 

Double R (Rocky Romero & Roderick Strong) v Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Buck) (E)

 

Maven v The Amazing Red (D)

 

Ernest Miller, Jeff Jarrett, John Layfield & Ken Shamrock v The Fringe (EZ Money, Mike Quackenbush & Mike Sanders) ©

 

Abyss v Little Guido (D+)

 

 

PREDICTION PRIZE

Choose a match for the next pay per view, Victory Road

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News

 

Caprice Coleman, Abyss and Satoshi Kojima all returned clean drug tests at Explosion.

 

Staying with drugs, Chris Benoit has been rushed to hospital following a drug overdose. The WWE star is in a critical but stable condition.

 

Jason Jett has won the HWA Heavyweight Championship, defeating BG James who managed eleven successful defences.

 

Brother Devon and Roger Bagwell have developed a backstage friendship. Is there something Devon hasn't told people?

 

Bryan Danielson has extend his TNA contract by a further three months.

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Impact Preview

 

Impact comes this Sunday from New Orleans and will be broadcast on Spike on Monday night.

 

CM Punk and Dusty Rhodes have been in discussion with the intention to stop the WWE takeover. Will anything get revealed?

With less than one week to WWE In Your House, a lot of the antagonists will be facing up to each other in tag team matches.

Finally, Chris Kanyon made a surprise appearance at the side of 'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown. How will D'Lo Brown and Goldust react?

 

Tune in on Monday to catch developments.

 

 

MATCHES

Christian Cage (World Champion) & Al Snow (WWE Champion) v AJ Styles & CM Punk

Caprice Coleman (X Division Champion) & AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, Tag Team Champions) v Super Crazy & Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray)

Billy Kidman v Maven

Double R (Rocky Romero & Roderick Strong) v The Fringe (EZ Money & Mike Sanders)

WWE Invaders (Jerry Lynn & The Miz) v Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Buck)

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PRE SHOW

In a match that had some good action but not much in the way of heat, Shoichi Funaki defeated Alex Shelley in 5:35 by pinfall with a Missile Dropkick. C

 

Impact

Sunday, week 1, July 2005

Broadcast on Monday, week 2, July 2005 on Spike

Fogelman Arena, New Orleans, LA.

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Impact starts with Arn Anderson and NWA TNA World Champion Christian Cage in the ring. They call out TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes and CM Punk. Anderson and Cage tell Rhodes and Punk that whatever they have been discussing and planning in recent weeks, they will be wasting their time as WWE have taken over TNA and it will only be a matter of time before it is all formalised and the TNA brand will be gone forever. Rhodes and Punk retort that it will only happen over their dead bodies, which prompts Anderson and Cage to lay them out with their microphones. C+

 

We then see Kevin Kelly backstage with D'Lo Brown and Goldust. Kelly asks them what they think of Chris Kanyon aligning himself with 'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown. Goldust says that a big golden dildo will always beat a big black love muscle, as he rubs the tip of it round his lips, while D'Lo is coarse and bluntly says that he hates homosexuals. C-

 

WWE Invaders (with Jimmy Hart) v Young Bucks

The opening match saw the former Tag Team Champions outclass their young opponents and win rather easily in a short match in 5:38 when Jerry Lynn defeated Nick Buck by pinfall with a TKO. D+

 

A music video plays hyping the Air Paris v Evan Karagias match at WWE In Your House. C+

 

Little Guido is seen in the parking lot, waiting for his car to arrive. A car pulls up, but instead of Guido being happy, a look of terror comes on his face. Harley Race pops his head out of the window and asks if Guido is looking for somebody, then Abyss exits the rear of the car, clubs Guido on the head before slamming him on the bonnet/hood of the car. Guido writhes in pain as Abyss and Race laugh. C+

 

Double R v The Fringe

A much better and much closer contest than the tag team opener, where Romero and Strong were a much closer match to Money and Sanders. The Fringe have been on a bit of a roll though, only coming unstuck when going up against the WWE Invaders. This trend continued as they took this one in 9:03 when Mike Sanders defeated Rocky Romero by pinfall with a 3.0. C

 

Caprice Coleman speaks backstage on his upcoming title defence against Super Crazy. Coleman says he has seen off all his Ultimate X opponents from Slammiversary III that aren't his New Dawn mates except one... and next Saturday it is Super Crazy who will be that last one. B

 

A video plays recapping the history between 'Wildcat' Chris Harris and 'Cowboy' James Storm, covering their Tag Team Championship reign as America's Most Wanted, their split, Harris' rise to become World Champion and Storm costing him that championship. C+

 

Billy Kidman v Maven

This was a close, exciting, fast paced match for much of it, with both men showing the kind of exciting arsenal of moves they are capable of producing. That was until the new brutal, dark side of Maven came out towards the end of the match, as he started hitting Kidman with some stiff shots before finishing him off in 10:25 by pinfall with a full on Crossbody Block. C+

 

Backstage and from a distance, Joel and Jose Maximo can be seen conversing. The camera can't pick up on what they are saying, but looking at their body language they are speaking in a civil manner, a far cry from their bitter blood feud of recent months. C-

 

John Layfield is in the ring, and calls out Mike Sanders to face him. As soon as Sanders appears he gets jumped by Jeff Jarrett and Ken Shamrock, who had been lying in wait. The ambush leaves Mike Sanders down and out. C+

 

AK-47 (Tag Team Champions) & Caprice Coleman (X Division Champion) v Dudleys & Super Crazy (with Jimmy Hart)

A wild match that featured a mix of aerial action and brawling and was all the more entertaining for it while Jack Doan struggled to maintain control, or perhaps given his history of siding with the WWE Invaders he didn't want to. The champions were looking good together until Jimmy Hart had a long enough discussion with Jack Doan to allow the Dudleys to batter Kid Kash with some illegal double teams. This lead to the victory for the team of In Your House challengers in 12:20 when Brother Devon defeated Kid Kash by pinfall with a Dudlelyville Drop. B-

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown is backstage with Chris Kanyon. Kanyon says it was a pleasure to help Monty at Attitude as he knows all to well the problem with discrimination from homophobes in wrestling and he doesn't want Monty to have to fight these battles alone. Monty tells D'Lo Brown and Goldust that they are coming to get them, and who better than Kanyon to have at his side? C-

 

Al Snow (WWE Champion) & Christian Cage (NWA TNA World Heavyweight Champion) (with Jimmy Hart) v AJ Styles & CM Punk

Anticipation and expectation was high going into this blockbuster tag team match main event as four of TNA's and arguably North America's finest squared off and produced one of TNA's finest ever matches. All four men looked impressive as each team took turns to have the better of their opponents while keeping the match flowing very nicely and the winners unpredictable. CM Punk has been vocal in that he wants to take down the WWE Invasion and the outcome of this will help in a small way as AJ took the win in 21:07 when he defeated Christian Cage by pinfall with a Styles Clash. The crowd were on their feet cheering for New Dawn as Impact went off air. 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: 3065

Loss: $37,971

 

Impact was TNA's third best ever show.

Al Snow & Christian Cage v AJ Styles & CM Punk was TNA's fourth best ever match.

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Saturday, week 2, July 2005

Live on UrbanXtra and Request TV pay per view

 

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Current card

 

NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Christian Cage (champion) v CM Punk (C+ heat)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v AJ Styles (B)

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

Caprice Coleman (champion) v Super Crazy (D+)

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) ©

 

NO HOLDS BARRED

'Cowboy' James Storm v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris (C-)

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown & Chris Kanyon v D'Lo Brown & Goldust (C-)

 

Air Paris v Evan Karagias (C-)

 

Double R (Rocky Romero & Roderick Strong) v Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Buck) (E+)

 

Maven v The Amazing Red (D)

 

Ernest Miller, Jeff Jarrett, John Layfield & Ken Shamrock v The Fringe (EZ Money, Mike Quackenbush & Mike Sanders) ©

 

Abyss v Little Guido (C-)

 

 

PREDICTION PRIZE

Choose a match for the next pay per view, Victory Road

 

 

 

THIS IS THE NEXT SHOW

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News

 

Impact got a 1.21 rating on Spike, a TNA record.

 

Hulk Hogan's new reality TV series 'Hogan Knows Best' debuted on VH1 and got an impressive 1.9 rating.

 

Brian Adams has won the HUSTLE Big Gold Belt from Sid Vicious, who managed fifteen successful defences.

 

Satoshi Kojima has signed for a further four months.

 

Jeff Hardy has won the UPW Heavyweight Championship, defeating Super Crazy who managed two successful defences.

 

Caprice Coleman has won the vacant JAPW Heavyweight Championship for the fifth time.

 

BG James has won the OVW Heavyweight Championship for the second time, defeating Sean O'Haire who managed nineteen successful defences.

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NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Christian Cage (champion) v CM Punk (C+ heat)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v AJ Styles (B)

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

Caprice Coleman (champion) v Super Crazy (D+)

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) ©

 

NO HOLDS BARRED

'Cowboy' James Storm v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris (C-)

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown & Chris Kanyon v D'Lo Brown & Goldust (C-)

 

Air Paris v Evan Karagias (C-)

 

Double R (Rocky Romero & Roderick Strong) v Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Buck) (E+)

 

Maven v The Amazing Red (D)

 

Ernest Miller, Jeff Jarrett, John Layfield & Ken Shamrock v The Fringe (EZ Money, Mike Quackenbush & Mike Sanders) ©

 

Abyss v Little Guido (C-)

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Thanks for the warning, I thought there was one more show left :D

 

NWA TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Christian Cage (champion) v CM Punk (C+ heat)

 

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

Al Snow (champion) v AJ Styles (B)

It'd be interesting to see, I think, what'd happen if a TNA guy holds the WWE title and a WWE guy holds the NWA title :D

 

TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP

Caprice Coleman (champion) v Super Crazy (D+)

He's super AND he's crazy!

 

NWA TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

AK-47 (Austin Aries & Kid Kash, champions) v Dudleys (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) ©

I can see the Dudleys as champs but AK-47 worked hard for their gold

 

NO HOLDS BARRED

'Cowboy' James Storm v 'Wildcat' Chris Harris (C-)

 

'Big Black Love Muscle' Monty Brown & Chris Kanyon v D'Lo Brown & Goldust (C-)

 

Air Paris v Evan Karagias (C-)

 

Double R (Rocky Romero & Roderick Strong) v Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Buck) (E+)

 

Maven v The Amazing Red (D)

 

Ernest Miller, Jeff Jarrett, John Layfield & Ken Shamrock v The Fringe (EZ Money, Mike Quackenbush & Mike Sanders) ©

 

Abyss v Little Guido (C-)

 

 

PREDICTION PRIZE

Choose a match for the next pay per view, Victory Road

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