Donnie watches TNA 2008. Ah shit, here we go again.

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA World Heavyweight Campion: Sting-12/10/08
TNA X-Division Champions: Sheik Abdul Bashir-14/9/08
TNA World Tag Team Champions: Beer Money-10/8/08
TNA Knockouts Champion: Awesome Kong-23/10/08
TNA Legends Champion Booker T-23/10/08

TNA IMPACT
November 27th, 2008
Impact Zone

THE TURKEY BOWL IS ANNOUNCED DURING THE INTRO. OH MY GOD YES AND NO, BUT MOSTLY YES BECAUSE FUCK IT.

"THE "FRONTLINE" DIGS IN"

Rhino leads the Frontline down because they need a broken down broke dick dog leading them because he's a WWE guy and therefore better than they'll ever be. TNA logic is crazy. He again compares them to fighting an actual war with death and blood on the line, and it's the fakest and lamest stuff coming from him. Rhino goes out in the crowd to get them amped and it's awful as well. The best part is Joe looking like he'd rather be anywhere else right now. He's going to take out Kurt on his own, but its up to AJ and Joe to take out MEM. He says the rest of the Frontline isn't ready for this fight, so they need new members. Yeah, burry all of them as complete losers.

MEM come out and Kurt makes some gay jokes about them enjoying the backdoor. He says everyone loves MEM and wants to be them, but they can't ever do that. He tells Rhino not to destroy the last 15 years of his life in one night because he'll end up in a bodybag. Rhino tells him to kiss his ass like a real tough guy. They've got a war like i've got a war with TNA.

JB talks to Kurt in the back right after as he tells him that Foley is going to be the enforcer for the match. Kurt is angry and goes after JJ.

Match#1 Sonjay Dutt vs Hernadez vs Rhino (Turkey Bowl Quarterfinals)
Hernandez chucks Dutt around like a ball and it's awesome as hell. He shows off his power and talks shit to Rhino, and i don't understand why he's not in the Frontline with Ci. He then has a little monster fight with Rhino, and it's bad because Rhino has to look strong and knocks him down with one shitty shoulderblock. Hernandez at least gets to keep throwing Dutt into the air like a monster, so not a total wash. Rhino knocks him to the floor and beats Dutt wth the Gore to advance.
*1/4

In the office, JJ and Kurt argue back and forth about Foley being added to the match. JJ lies and says Mick is there so the fight is fair, and he's going to rip his contract up if he tries anything. Angle says he'll crush Rhino and then whoop JJ's ass. He's going to have someone watching his back for the match.

In the back, Rhino leads AJ and Joe into 3D's locker room where they're making jokes about fat women they banged. Bubba calls him General Patton and says he knew he would come. Joe and AJ go to leave, but 3D actually ask them to come back to stop them from going to their own funeral. They're going to get massacred without help, so by all means they can go. Rhino talks about the kids being in the same spot they were 13 years ago when they made each bleed, so stop the tough guy act already. Bubba says its not an act. Rhino says they built it when they were being laughed at by everyone, and he wants to know if they have one more fight in them. Bubba says that was deep and he should win an Oscar. Have you been watching my ECW promos? BIG POP. Bubba asks what's in it for them, and Joe says nothing other than doing what's right for once. They've got two hours to respond. They leave as Bubba says this is what MEM is talking about with the lack of respect.

Match#2 Consequences Creed vs Alex Shelley vs Cute Kip (Turkey Bowl Quarterfinals)
Shelley and Creed carry the cute guy for 3 minutes with heated exchanges and big bumps. Kip does nothing well or good and can't even be a warm body anymore as he's unable to bump, or probably doesn't want to. The fun match happens for a while and Shelley wins with the Seatbelt Pin.
*3/4

In the back, BP say words until they get a letter saying the Governor is coming to TNA in return for 50 grand. Fair. The shocking part is BP being able to read as the airhead gimmick would be funnier if they couldn't, but TNA is the worst. Sharmell walks on and says Booker wants to speak to them right now.

in the office, JJ gives Rhino a pep talk to do this for TNA because they're on the verge and he needs to help them. I don't think getting rid of a major star is the way to do it, but i've been wrong before.

Rough Cut; LAX talk about meeting each other and becoming best friends right away, and then forming one of the best teams in the world.

In the back, Lauren is with 3D as she asks about the offer. Bubba says no one gives them ultimatum, but they get what the kids are going through as they've done it themselves. Scotty walks in and says they need to talk business because they've got an offer they can't refuse. Bubba tells D-Von to go and listen to them.

They run a video about TNA doing some recent charity shows with NFL players, and Dixie Carter makes her first ever TV appearance.

In the back, Hemme begs Traci to let her wrestle Kong. She says AJ has been training her and she's ready even if it's not long enough. Come on, don't waste time with this. Traci agrees to let her wrestle Saeed tonight.

Match#3 Jimmy Rave vs Matt Morgan vs Sheik Abdul Bashir (Turkey Bowl Quarterfinals)

Horrible botches and bland as fuck wrestling with only the ghost of Rave being talented in there, but he's cooked and can't do a thing. SAB wins with his dogshit DDT
**********

In the back, Kip agrees to let BP protect Sharmell from now on, and Booker says they'll look out for them in return. BP ask for Booker's lock room in exchange and he spits on them and refuses. Kip says ODB will kill her without their help, so he agrees to it. Sharmell is mad and kicks everyone out so she can yell at him.

Kurt tries to get 3D to join MEM, but Bubba doesn't buy it. D-Von is pissed when Kurt says 3D needs them more than they need them, so Kurt has to kiss up and tells them their livelihoods are on the line. Scotty gives 3D size husky suits for when they join.

Match#4 Raisha Saeed w/Awesome Kong & Rhaka Khan vs Christy Hemme
Also a dumpster fire because Hemme can't fucking wrestle at all, so fuck off with this all of a sudden push. She can't sell or bump and spends most of the match adjusting her attire when she's got a moment. Real shitter. She beats Saeed with a stack pin.
1/98*

Kong attacks her until she runs away.

In a pre-tape, Tenay sits with AJ Styles.
-AJ says Rhino is a world champion and can lead them in the right direction to see the light, even those who don't want to listen. Tenay brings up the issues with him and the Guns, and AJ says they'll learn from that. Mike then brings up AJ's awful childhood like a real dickhead. AJ says he wasn't thrown out as he heard and saw his father beating up his mama, so he knocked him out cold and tried to kill him. He knew he loved him, but he got his respect that night and that's why he left. He knew he needed to leave to protect them, but he could see that his brothers could see a future without that. That's his story.

In the back, Sting is actually taken back about this, but he's not sure if that adds up so he doesn't know what to say. Nash says AJ is a spoiled brat who had it coming, SO STING TAKES HIS GLASSES OFF AND ASKS WHAT IF??? Nash says one hand is always lying, and they've got to worry about their new members. Ok, this is very, very good.

In the back, Shelley says he can use his money to buy AJ a personality, or Joe a singlet. Hell, he could buy Foley a wardrobe so he can dress like an actual adult. He's going to be 25 grand richer either way.

Match#5 Alex Shelley vs Rhino vs Sheik Abdul Bashir (Turkey Bowl Finals)
Shelley is tasked with 5 minutes and does what he can with both as he throws SAB around and does mat work with him, and then pinballs himself for Rhino. It's a one man show in a company that is never going to treat him like a star until he leaves on his own and creates his epic path to the worlds title. Rhino beats him with the Gore because fuck you Alex Shelley.
**

The refs try to make Shelley wear the turkey suit but he won't do it. Mick walks down and gives Rhino his money, and then tells Alex he wrestled a good match like he always done and he needs to put the suit on. Alex says he can't because it'll kill the female demo for the show on a holiday special, so he can't do it. Mick says he's the most talented kid he's seen and he wants him on the show, but there's a big difference between want and NEED. He's dealing with him now by dealing with him and making sure everyone remembers thanksgiving as the night he began to deal. He'll fire him if he doesn't do it. Mick makes small dick jokes as Alex is forced to do it, and this is the result.

He flips Foley off, so Mick drops him with the Double Arm DDT.

AJ, Joe and Rhino come out to get an answer from 3D. AJ says times up and he wants an answer, and MEM come out in full and stand in the ring with them. Kurt calls AJ a young smug punk making demands to them, well here's the new members of MEM. 3D come out in the husky suits and hug MEM. They stand in front of MEM as they talk to the Frontline. Bubba says they thought about this long and hard and MEM is right as the Frontline is also right and have some merit. Kurt struck a nerve with them with something he said before when he told them to think about the future as a team in the business. Their legacy is incredibly important to them and they're thinking about how they want to be remembered. They want to be remembered as one of the best team among LOD, Steiner's and Harlem Heat. Do they want to be remembered as warriors who worked hard and gave it their all in the ring and on the mic. Bubba open his suit jacket as he asks if he wants to be remembered as a member of a faction of the greatest champions to walk the face of God's green earth. They're now the magnificent seven. (No, wrong company). MEM offer power, money and they have brains. Frontline want to be guts and balls and before the inevitable happens, guts and balls are good and if being apart of the Frontline is wrong, he doesn't want to be right. HE OPENS HIS JACKET FOR AJ TO GRAB A NIGHTSTICK AND THEY JUMP MEM ALONG WITH 3D. A table gets bought out and try to 3D Kurt, but Sting drags him out to the floor.

Really good angle even if the matches are going to be vile

 

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA World Heavyweight Campion: Sting-12/10/08
TNA X-Division Champions: Sheik Abdul Bashir-14/9/08
TNA World Tag Team Champions: Beer Money-10/8/08
TNA Knockouts Champion: Awesome Kong-23/10/08
TNA Legends Champion Booker T-23/10/08

TNA IMPACT
December 4th, 2008
Impact Zone

"ALL HAIL THE GOVERNOR"

3D are in the Frontline getting them hyped up as they tell them to stand up and take the fight to them. MEM is everything they don't want to be as they hold everyone down and don't care about progress. Do it for TNA and the fans.

Tonight; Booker vs Joe in a Street Fight. Sting vs Rhino.

MEM come down to the ring because every episode must start with a long promo because that's all Vince Russo knows. Nash gives props to 3D for getting one over on them last week. He says he and Ray are both assholes that only worry about themselves to get the job done. Lie their asses off any time they need, and they can brush this off as a small mistake. They have 60 seconds to rejoin them or they can sign their death certificate. 3D come out with Bubba wearing camo shorts and a TNA shirt, and D-Von has a "Get Juiced" shirt on. They introduce themselves as Joe and AJ's partners for the PPV, and they're doing the right thing by standing with the Frontline. They are everything good in wrestling while MEM is everything bad. They have raped every single company they've worked for, and they don't want to end up like them. They broke a code amongst the boys by going against the fans. He brings the Frontline out in the crowd, and Rhino of course talks bad shit about ending Angle's career. He tells Sting to join them and be a man of the people, or he'll see he's made the wrong choice when Rhino is beating him up. Tonight MEM get their ass kicked. This got bad in a hurry.

JB is with BP and Cute Kip waiting for the Governor to arrive. Love says they're going to crown her as the newest member tonight. They leave to conduct some business.

KURT ANGLE TOP #5 MOMENT. WINNING ALL THE FUCKING TITLES.

JB is with Booker and Sharmell in the locker room as he asks why he's defending his title against Joe. Sharmell says BP were hired to protect her until the PPV. Book says he's been dreaming of nights like this as he can defend it any time he wants and he's proving he's the best. Joe will never be a legend like him.

Match#1 Booker T (c) w/Sharmell vs Samoa Joe (TNA Legends Championship-Street Fight)
I was hoping to never see this again after it pretty much ruined Joe's title run. They fight on the outside where Joe makes Booker work hard again as he cracks him with chops and punches, and then brawls with him around the Zone. We get cut off by the break of course, and we come back to them fighting in the ring and having a normal little match. Book takes over by throwing Joe into the posts and steps and beats his ass. and it's fine enough. Joe comes back with a decent comeback but the fire is already starting to fade away as you can see he's done giving a shit. He gets the choke on but Sharmell distracts the ref, and BP spray him in the eyes with a bottle and Booker hits the Axe Kick to win. Lol Joe is a loser.
**

In the back, MEM are happy about the win. Scotty yells a lot about 3D being FAT ASSES THAT JOINED THE OTHERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LET FAT BITCHES IN HERE. Kurt says he's going to talk to Mick and then to the crowd. Oh, joy.

They air a long Cross the Line music video.

KURT ANGLE TOP #4 MOMENT. KURT IN JAPAN FACING NAGATA. MIGHT WANT TO START WITH SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN TNA.

In the back, Lauren is with that loser Joe. Bubba walks in and tells Joe to stop sulking after a loss and don't blow up, they're on his side. He needs to focus on the war and not the battle. He can't win every match and they've lost the tag titles 19 times and Flair lost the world title 15 times. Joe is the last of the old school wrestlers and he needs to man up and go to war with them. This would rule if it didn't involve Bubba Ray Dudley.

ODB's Angle-
-Roxxi and Taylor are the guests. Roxxi swears a lot and tries to be cool because she reads comics with her bitch friends. Taylor asks why ODB doesn't seem her self, and she says its the time of the month and she has a problem with BP and Sharmell. She likes 3 on ones on Wednesday nights but not on PPV. The girls agree to team with her.

Final Resolution-
-BP & Sharmell vs ODB, Taylor & Roxxi
-Feast or Fired
-SAB vs EY for the X-Division Title
-Kong vs Hemme for the KO title
-Beer Money vs Abyss/Morgan for the Tag Titles.
-Angle vs Rhino
-MEM vs AJ/Joe/3D
-Horrendous looking show.

BM are driving the boozer cruiser where they come across Abyss. He slams Storm into a wall for breaking the bottle over his head, and says he won't destroy them because he and Matt want the titles. Roode asks where Morgan is, and Abyss says at the gym. Storm says he didn't mean to break the bottle over his head, he saw that Abyss was, uh what's the word..PARCHED. YEAH PARCHED AND HE SLIPPED ON THE MAT BECAUSE HE WAS DRUNK. They want to make it up to him with one drink. Abyss says he promised his shrink he wouldn't mix his meds with booze. Storm says its tradition to drink with someone he's going to fight, and Abyss asks if they can go to the drunken clam like Family Guy. They all agree to go and take Lauren with them. They give Abyss a beer and a chaser and the big moron downs them both because he's just like me for real. He says he likes the stuff in the little glass, so Storm pours more for him and gets him loaded.

TOP ANGLE MOMENTS #3 ANGLE'S DEBUT.

A limo arrives and the Governor gets out, and it's Daffney all dressed up. This does not have a happy ending, and i do not want to cover this fucked up TNA act. She flirts with Kip and wants to sleep him with him, but BP stop it and take her on a tour of the Zone.

They air a video on Hemme training with AJ Styles.

Match#2 Awesome Kong & Scott Steiner vs AJ Styles & Christy Hemme
Tenay talks about how selfless AJ is by helping others in such an important stage of his career, and yeah it needs to be said as AJ is the face of the company and should be praised as such. He mixes it up with Scotty in a match that hasn't happened much, so it's all new and cool as Scotty throws him around and forces AJ to fire up and smack him back. Scotty drills him with two gross forearms to the skull, but AJ turns into the Dropkick on the third attempt. KONG GETS IN AND CHOPS HIM, AND AJ TRIES TO CHOP BACK BUT THE REF STOPS HIM. BOOOOO. Scotty hits him from behind, but AJ drops him to the floor. Kong is thrown out as well and AJ goes for a dive, but Kong takes his legs out and he goes head first into the apron!! Scotty takes over and beats AJ down, and i really need a longer match at some point because this is super fun. The ladies get on and Kong guides Hemme through some stuff,, and then it breaks down when AJ takes Scotty out on the floor. AJ picks Hemme up and helps her hit a Tornado DDT on Kong for the massive upset.
**1/2

In the back, Kurt finds Mick to talk to him about not making the problems even worse. He didn't cripple him because he gave him a pass, but he'll never walk again if he screws him. Mick laughs and says Kurt fired the first shot and he simply fought back. He will make sure MEM don't get involved in this as it needs to be one on one. Kurt says he's right and that's why he's got someone from outside MEM watching his back.

TOP ANGLE MOMENTS #2 WINNING KOTM.

In the back, Abyss is still getting wasted as BM cheer him on. He's not sure if he's meant to feel like this, and Storm says that's what it meant to do. They've got Beer Money and they're his friend. Storm says he can have Jackie if he wants and they force her to sit down on Abyss' lap and plant a kiss on him. THEY CHEER FOR HIM AND HE ASKS IF HE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE. STORM SAYS THAT MEANS HE GOT WITH A STRIPPAAAAAAAAAAAAA. ABYSS MAKES SURE IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING WITH HIM AND LAUREN. AMAZING.

Match#3 Lethal Consequences & Eric Young vs Jimmy Rave, Sonjay Dutt & Sheik Abdul Bashir w/So Cal Val
I'm not looking for a Dutt push, but holy shit he's been shafted right down the card after a big angle and it's pretty depressing. SAB refuses to wrestle out of protest with Shane as the ref, and hey fair enough. This is an ok match as the faces are good enough to do the bulk of the work and turn into a fun little showcase. Creed beats Rave with the TKO
*1/2

SAB and EY fight on the floor and EY kicks his ass and stands tall.

JB is with Stinger Steve as he asks about AJ's story last week. Steve Sting says he has a lot going on that he didn't expect, but that's why he's on the limb he is. He doesn't answer about AJ's dad, and still looks mad at himself for talking about it when he didn't know the full story. He's never had a problem with Rhino and he's not sure how he's figured into this, but he'll go out there and wrestle him and finish what he knows needs to be finished.

In the back, BP and Kip are using the locker room to show Palin around. Booker walks in and is pissed and makes them leave or he'll set MEM onto them

Rough Cut; LAX love the Latino Nation and want to set proper examples.

In the back, Abyss is piss drunk and uses the amazing fake not drunk voice to Morgan when he calls him up. Abyss asks if Morgan can drink with them, so they sit him down and break a bottle of Jack over his head. They scream at him that he's never taking their titles.

Angle comes out and calls out JJ. Annoying, but it beats any back and forth promos with Rhino. Kurt tells him to enjoy himself because this could be his last night ever. He's got a sick demented focus right now like when he won the medals, and its the same with JJ. The focus is even bigger as he's focused on JJ more than anything in his entire life. He says JJ has been running from him for two years because he was jealous and afraid of what Kurt would do to him, and that's why Foley screwed him. He's going to cripple him and leave him sucking air through a machine, and then its just him and JJ. He brings up Jeff's dead wife and says he has no remorse for him and he's going to own his family when this all done. That's all he wanted to say. You said, can we move on now? Jeff says he can do that over his dead body.

In the back, Rhino is sad because of what Kurt has said about JJ's kids, and he's going to defend their honour by kicking Angle's ass.

Match#4 Sting vs Rhino
They fight around the ring and Sting rams Rhino into the rails to bust him open. Yeah, he attacks the cut as the blood covers his face and neck in a sick blade job. Really good work from Stinger as he's a mean guy when he wants to be, and Rhino is an ok dead body. Angle and AJ come down to cheer their guys on, and Rhino makes a big comeback. AJ and Kurt fight on the outside to distract Sting, and fucking Rhino gets to pin him with the Gore. LOLNOPE
*3/4

 

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA World Heavyweight Campion: Sting-12/10/08
TNA X-Division Champions: Sheik Abdul Bashir-14/9/08
TNA World Tag Team Champions: Beer Money-10/8/08
TNA Knockouts Champion: Awesome Kong-23/10/08
TNA Legends Champion Booker T-23/10/08

TNA FINALS RESOLUTION
DECEMBER 7TH, 2008
THE IMPACT ZONE

TNA steals WWF's 2001 INVASION opening video with shitty music overdubbed and zero heart to it.

Match#1 Feast or Fired
Curry Man, Hernandez, Homicide,Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley, B.G. James, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, Cute Kip, Jimmy Rave, Lance Rock, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy are all in this. 12 minutes this time and quite fun as the Guns are little bastards diving and double teaming everyone, and it's just a big cluster but in a nice way. It's always moving fast and things are happening as they want to make an impression on a PPV. Ci hits the Tope Con Hilo on 6 people, and then Hernadez murders poor Rave with the Border Toss to everyone. He gets the first case down and leaves the match. CM goes on a run for 20 seconds as we move onto BG vs Kip in a feud i thought died with their careers. Hoyt has a fun big man run kicking people in the face and hurling little dudes around. Rave turns Lethal inside out with a gross lariat. Ci and CM fight on top for a case, AND CURRY SMACKS HIS HEAD OFF THE POST AND HE GETS A CASE DOWN, AND THEN HITS A FLIP DIVE TO THE FLOOR SO HE CAN KEEP THE CASE BEFORE ANYONE GETS HIM. YEAH HOT AND SPICEY. Shelley now gets shine and the fans refuse to boo him and break a big chant out for him. Lethal takes people out and has a clean shot, but Ci stops him with a Super Ace Crusher and then crotches Dutt, and takes a case down to join his partner. Yeah 5150. HE SHOUTS ICHIBAN BITCHES AS HE DROPS DOWN. The Guns swarm people and try to get the case down, but they attack Rave with a disgusting Powerbomb/Neckbreaker combo. They then kill Lethal with a wild doomsaday Dropkick. They have the case down and won, but Shelley jumps in the ring like an idiot and celebrates with Sabin, so Lethal snatches it from them and hits the floor to win the case.
**3/4

JB gets in the ring to congratulate the winners. He says they're going to open a case tonight and then explains the different outcomes as wrestlers aren't very smart. The Guns refuse to leave and keep watching as this unfolds. JB offers them the chance to give the case back if they don't want to chance it. CM thinks about it, but thinks better of it after LAX tell him not to. They open Jay's case first and he's won...a tag title shot. The Guns are pissed about messing things up, and JB berates them for being the worst for weeks and weeks and calls Shelley the biggest asshole he's ever worked with. That's not nice.

BP and Sharmell say words for a solid 5 minutes and it's BRUTAL. Just a terrible, terrible promo that should have been cut after a minute.

Match#2 ODB, Roxxi & Taylor Wilde vs The Beautiful People & Sharmell w/Cute Kip
This is not good at all thanks to the heel team being very bad and green. Wilde beats Love with a rollup. Less said the better.
1/3*

EY is in the back with JB, He says he's a new man with a new found confidence to take the title and defend TNA. The Guns walk on and mock him for being a geek, so EY stands up to him about his behaviour as of late. Shelley says they're on the same team but he doesn't trust any of them outside of Sabin, and the others will have to earn their trust. Shelley shoves JB and tells him he can have a pass if he tells him where Mick is. Snitch JB gives it up and they leave to find him.

Match#3 Sheik Abdul Bashir (c) vs Eric Young (TNA X-Division Championship)
Shane is the referee again because Cornette is the worst GM ever as he's baiting SAB at this point. This is another one man show as EY is back to bumping like it's 2005 and he's got no cares in the world if dies. He leans into everything and becomes the first person to make SAB's awful offence look good. EY has a manic comeback and forces SAB to move around and put forth effort. Holy shit. Things go bad as SAB and Shane get into it again as SAB baits him this time to hit him. EY gets a pin as SAB holds the ropes, so Shane kicks his hands off and fast counts EY to a win. Yeah, sure that's going to stick this time, you horses ass.
**

SAB attacks Shane for this, so the ref hulks up and beats his ass again. SAB hits him in the face with the title and then gets rid of EY. He bloodies and batters Shane for a long while and it's awful, but this entire feud is so who cares. SAB leaves as refs check on a dead Shane. Jimbo comes out and takes the title after letting all of this nonsense happen, so he's clearly not going to take the blame for it.

Hype for Kong/Hemme

Match#4 Awesome Kong (c) w/Raisha Saeed & Rhaka Khan vs Christy Hemme (TNA Knockouts Championship)
Weirdly not 45 seconds as it should be as it needs to be long to prove a point about AJ's work with Christy. She's abysmal and i'm done talking about it. Kong is amazing though as she bumps around and gives her a ton of hope spots with big dives leading to big bumps, and it's swell but just not who she should be killing herself for. Kong comes back and chucks her and splatters her and it's a blast. Christy tries to fight back so the seconds kill her for the DQ
*1/2

Christy fights them off and tries a pull apart, but Kong smashes through blackshirts to kill her dead and punches right in the face over and over. FUCK YEAH KONG.

In the back, Kurt says nothing new in a long lame promo.

Hype for the tag title match.

Match#5 Beer Money (c) w/Miss Jackie Moore vs Matt Morgan & Abyss (TNA World Tag Championships)
Abyss is mad and chases after Storm, so the faces are bounced around for being nice guys sharing beer and ladies. Morgan hits a clean as hell crossbody block to the floor! BM try to bail, so they bring back that awful thing where a ref can somehow strip them of the titles if they don't come back to the match. BM stall and refuse to fight once they come back, but they get in and bump around some more. BM kill it when Storm refuses a tag so he can drink a beer, and Roode snaps as he's forced into another ass kicking. BM finally take over when they take Morgan's leg out from under him, and we get a real fun control seg as now BM are mad and have something to wreak for a while. Morgan is again a good seller and adds a lot to it, and i'm weirdly optimistic about a singles push down the line. Abyss has a bad hot tag on his end, but BM die big time for all of it. Things break down as Abyss blocks a bottle shot by grabbing said bottle, but he gets distracted and smacked in the head with brass knuckles form Storm and that's it.
**3/4

Morgan is pissed and seems to yell at Abyss for messing things up again. Hmmm i wonder.

Lauren is with Foley in a random hallway because TNA didn't set up an office, i guess. He says nothing new about anything, but the Guns thankfully walk on and get in his face. Shelley says they can't help but be good looking and amazing, while Mick is old, fat and looks like he lost a bet with his haircut. Shelley asks if he saw the opening match, and Mick says it was a bad break and then sings a song from 82. The Guns weren't even born then, but that doesn't matter. They want Mick to reverse the finish and give them the case back. Mick asks if they're asking or telling, and they say a little from both, so they'll see him out there. The Guns leave, and Mick says they'll get theirs at Impact.

The Guns now come out to the ring and talk some smack to the fans to finally get booed. This is the second time they've been out here and lets hope the PPV doesn't charge them double, and now they're going to get a tag title shot. They set some chairs with lower lumbar support and sit down to wait for Mick. Cornette comes out instead and calls them crybabies. GOT EM. He tells them to get out of his ring and building right now. Shelley asks what he's actually going to do as they're not a cross eyed RNRX and he can't hit them with a racket. Jim says he's going to get some bad security guards to take care of them. Sadly, the lights go out and some new bad music hits and Suicide repeals to the ring

It's Kaz under the mask and he hits a nice shotgun dropkick and big neckbreaker to take them both out.

In the back, Rhino says a LOT of words.

Hype for Angle/Rhino.

Match#6 Kurt Angle vs Rhino (Rematch or Angle's job-Special Enforcer-Mick Foley)
The fact it's not a young guy out there from the Frontline speaks to TNA's ineptitude to do things correctly. Lethal or EY would be perfect as the guy to be showcased here, but nope you've got go with a broken down rock monster because he has bullshit passion and can't let ECW die because he's a bigger mark than Tommy Dreamer. Angle tries to take it slow on the mat with Rhino and it sucks because Rhino isn't that guy and only knows how to brawl, and he stinks at that as well. Kurt controls for a while when he dumps Rhino to the floor, and he's very off tonight in a fair call for a for a 15 minute match with Rhino in 2008. Things happen for a while and it's interesting or good, and then the ref is bumped so Foley takes over. THEN AL SNOW IN THE YEAR 2008 SHOWS UP AS KURT'S BACKUP AND SLAPS MICK FOLEY. HAHAHAHAH HOLY SHIT. Blaming this on Mick for being a moron who thinks Al Snow was anymore than a funny meme in 1999. Kurt knocks Rhino out with a chair shot and hits the Angle Slam, and Foley gets back in to count the 3.
LOLTNA

Tenay says this is all because of Mick making fun of Al in his books. This would imply that Al can read. Anyway, Angle gets the mic and says he's going to cripple that son of a bitch Jeff Jarrett. Foley is next because he's going to beat the shit out of him.

MEM are in the back talking about being very confident that they'll win because this is about respect and experience.

Hype for the main event.

In the back, AJ Styles finally yells at JB for paling around with Kurt. He says 3D were in their spots ten years ago and he trusts them like family and they're taking the world title home. A setup would be obvious, so TNA is actually not going to do a dumb thing.

Match#7 Sting (c) Booker T, Scott Steiner & Kevin Nash vs AJ Styles, Samoa Joe & Team 3D (TNA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is on the line for AJ Styles only)
AJ gets in first and owns Booker T like never before with speed and strikes, and the old man has no answers for him as even trying to cheat doesn't work. 3D do ok as faces, and Joe is on one tonight, but this is AJ's show without peer. MEM are their normal selves and fit well in an 8 man where they can tag in and out and don't have to work incredibly hard and can just riff with what they're good at. Nash drills D-Von with a boot to isolate him and it's a nice control seg for the above stated reasons. Bubba has a faux hot tag before Joe gets in and smokes everyone before he gets crotched on the post. Nash beats his ass again and it's awesome as Kev lays in a beating and Sting joins in for a fun old man kicking. Joe takes them out and gets AJ in for a stellar hot tag taking it right to them all of them and they're once again without a single clue on how to handle him. HE STINGER SPLASHERS ALL OF THEM IN THE CORNERS, AND THEN DROPS STING WITH A HALF RELEASE GERMAN. Joe tags back in like a dope and it all breaks down in a big brawl of finishers and finishes. AJ looks to have it after he kills Nash with the Forearm, but Sting gets him in the Deathlock. Joe saves him, but Nash backdrops AJ to the floor. Joe picks Sting up for the Muscle Buster but doesn't watch his back, and Nash nails a low blow and Sting hits the Deathdrop to pin him. Joe is really dead now.
**3/4

MEM celebrate but Sting sees the replay and shakes his head and walks out on them. Oh shit.

 

[Hoss]

Never seen this level of contempt for The War Machine

 

[BigVanDonnie]

He's no war machine of mine

 

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA World Heavyweight Campion: Sting-12/10/08
TNA X-Division Champions: ?????????
TNA World Tag Team Champions: Beer Money-10/8/08
TNA Knockouts Champion: Awesome Kong-23/10/08
TNA Legends Champion Booker T-23/10/08

TNA IMPACT
December 11th, 2008
Impact Zone

"ANGLE GETS JARRETT. IT'S REAL... IT'S DAMN REAL"

Tonight; Abyss vs Storm in a Beer Bottle on a POLE. The cases are opened. X-Division title controversy fallout.

MEM come out for our opening long and boring promo. Kurt says he got everything he said he would and it's all fair in love and war, and he did it. He rambles about leaving WWE two years ago and all the stuff with JJ. We've covered this shit a dozen times, shut up. SHUT UP. He says nothing good will come of this match for Jeff and his family, so buy some gifts so they have something to remember him by. AJ comes out and calls AJ an asshole and says JJ will make an example of him. He moves onto Sting as he says he's been talking about honour and respect for months and months, only to take a win like that. AJ could never do that as he'll always do what's right. Kurt tells him to shut up because i guess Sting doesn't feel like talking. Kurt says he can talk to Sting like a man, so AJ tells them to leave so can do just that.

AJ comes down and goes nose to nose with him and jaw jacks until they fight. MEM attack AJ and kick the hell out of him until the Frontline make the save. Kurt says they've got the war they want and someone will be eliminated tonight.

JB is with Foley and JJ to talk about what just happened. JJ says Kurt got one over him and that's it, so from this point of forward he's a wrestler. He can't afford to lose to Angle as it risks his company and family. He tells Mick to step up as he's the only man he trusts. Mick says that's why he's here and he's going to start with MEM tonight.

Tenay and DW cover the PPV and announce there will be a tourment for the now vacant X-Division title with the final at Genesis
-EY vs SAB
-Shelley vs Lethal
-Sabin vs Dutt
-Kiyoshi vs Creed

Lauren is with the Guns as she calls them a target. Shelley says that's because they tell the truth and if they're lying they're dying. They got attacked by video games, do they need cheat codes for that? They're making sure the title comes to a hero from Detroit.

Match#1 Sheik Abdul Bashir vs Eric Young (X-Division Title Tournament-Quarterfinals)
Near the level as the PPV as EY again gets more out of this dweeb than anyone else has ever in his career. Well, maybe Jericho or Benoit in 2005, but i'm not 100%. Good bumps, fun selling are all here. Tenay announces Shane has been suspended for two week with pay by Jim, which is bullshit as that would open TNA up to a lawsuit. SAB and Hebner get in a shoving match, and SAB shoves him down. EY nails a Northen lights and Hebner fast counts him. The fix is in.
*1/2

in the back, 3D blow the Frontline about being proud to stand by their side in a war as they're the future of this freaking business. Bubba is going to make Kurt an offer he can't refuse. Love how all the WWE guys have taken the centre stage of this feud. I hate TNA.

Foley leaves MEM's locker room laughing and joking about how much he really likes them, and how they're actually quite misunderstood. He says they were talking about good times. Oh No.

BP are with the Governor to talk about makeovers before they can go to the White House.

Rough Cut with Angelina Love. She talks more her history from rookie to TNA star.

Match#2 Alex Shelley w/Chris Sabin vs Jay Lethal (X-Division Title Tournament-Quarterfinals)
This is 90 seconds in a baffling call. Shelley jumps him right away after the PPV to turn it into a sick heated fight, and it's good but horribly short. They go wild with sweet kicks and dives, and it's awesome from that end. Sabin is taken out by Jay with a tope, but Shelley kicks the rope into his dick when he comes back in and hits the Air Raid Crash to steal it.
*3/4

Sabin gets the mic and gives Foley props for screwing them like all the KO's wanted to do them for months. They want what they deserve with the case being returned, and they're too nice to attack Mick. However, he won't like what happens if he doesn't. Suicide comes down again and lays them both out. He botches a Code Red by falling on his ass. MIKE SHOUTS HE SAW THAT IN THE IMPACT VIDEO GAME AND IT'S CALLED THE D.O.A.

In the back, Morgan yells at Abyss for being a moron by trusting BM. Abyss says sorry a lot and acts like a dope, and Matt fairy gets madder and madder at him. He demands he become the monster again.

Rough Cut; James Storm talks about growing up in a farm and falling in love with wrestling when he was a kid. He talks about his dad passing away and needing to provide for his family. He eventually became a wrestler and made it to TNA.

Match#3 James Storm w/Miss Jackie Moore vs Abyss (Beer Bottle on a POLE)
The bottle is sitting a bucket of ice in a fantastic bit. This is actually fine as Storm turns it into a fight and beats the shit out of the moron with his punches and awesome shit talking, so it's the best pole match ever. Abyss still stinks but we at least have some big Storm bumps for him. Storm climbs up first to get it, but Abyss hits the BHS before he can smash it. Jackie steal the bottle and then runs into Morgan on the stage. He chases after her, but Roode comes down and hits him in the dick. He knocks Abyss out with a chair shot and Storm rolls on top to win.
*3/4

BM beat him down until Morgan fights back on them. Storm manages to get another bottle and breaks it over the back of Morgan's head! Abyss now makes the save and runs them off with a chair. Abyss stops EMT's from checking on Morgan as he freaks out at seeing blood gushing out of Morgan's head. Bad friend.

In the back, JB is with MEM. Nash calls Sting "STEVE" and says he needed to hit Joe in the balls before he did it to them as its about the world title. The kids got a taste of medicine and didn't like it. He says JB plays for the other team, but he never thought he played for the Frontline. Scotty nearly kills him, but we cut away as Bubba walks down to the ring in a gross brown TNA shirt, sunglasses and fat boy jeans. He calls Kurt out, and Angle tells MEM he's going alone.

Kurt come out to the ring as Bubba says this will be short and sweet as he doesn't want the potential of blood, broken bone and careers ending. Frontline is never sleeping until they rid the world of MEM. He loves hearing fans chant TNA. Again, why is this fat fuck being the voice of TNA when he's a carpetbagger like the others. He says they can't kill TNA otherwise they'll have to go elsewhere to sell their souls. He challenges him to a match tonight without either side there so they can settle this. Bubba offers his hand and Kurt takes it.

Rough Cut; Creed talks about going to college and playing the trombone. He loves video games. Really, i had no idea he was a fan.

In the back, Joe calls Bubba out on how dumb this all is. Bubba tells him he can handle it and he needs them to leave. THE GUNS SAY OK AND LEAVE THE ROOM RIGHT AWAY. AMAZING. Joe leads the troops out. D-Von won't leave and wonders how many chair shots Bubba has taken lately. MEM aren't going to leave so he's not doing it. Bubba says Kurt won a medal and he's a hero and has to trust his word and handshake. WHY ARE YOU SO DUMB???? D-Von lets him go to his demise alone.

In the back, Kurt asks MEM to leave as this won't take long. Booker questions if he really has this, and Kurt says not to worry. Book says Bubba isn't a poo butt ass, he's from the street and will take it to him. Kurt says he can handle it for the family. Booker hugs him and leaves.

In the back, BP are in ugly clothes after Palin has dressed them. Love doesn't known who Jackie O is as history has failed us. Kip makes them feel better by kissing up and tries to tell them it's not really Palin, but they're too dumb to realise the ruse.

The 3 case winners are in the ring with JB to open said cases. Hernandez gets a world title shot. Ci gets an X-Division title shot. WHICH MEANS CURRY MAN IS FIRED. NO DAMN IT. HE'S HOT, SPICEY AND DOESN'T HAVE A JOB.

Match#4 Christy Hemme vs Sojourner Bolt
Goddamn it, we are not doing a Hemme push. Awful stuff as neither can wrestle in any aspect, so it's 3 minutes of DW praising Christy for being really good. Hemme wins with a shitty looking rollup.
1/6*

Hemme hugs her and shakes her hand, so Bolt slaps her and they have a bad fight.

In the back, Curry doesn't understand he's fired as he thought fired was a title in TNA. He needs money and can't lose his job. Blackshirts pick him and carry him as he screams for JB

They air an AMAZING tribute to Curry Man. 2008-2008 "We barely knew thee"

Match#5 Kurt Angle vs Brother Ray
Kurt attacks from behind to break his word and show Bubba is a complete moron. Kurt drops him on his head a few times to warm the heart. Bubba comes back and does well as he breaks out a German and hits hard like a Bully or something. They brawl out of the ring and go to the stage where Bubba misses a charge and goes headfirst into a wall and breaks through it. We come back to a bloody Bubba fighting Kurt in the same area and then they go to the back as Mike says the ref has thrown it out
*1/4

They fight to the back where Bubba gets the best of it. He puts him against a wall and tries his best tough guy voice as he says it was Kurt who started this, and he's going to end it. Kurt begs off until MEM jump Bubba. Sting again does nothing as the rest of them kill the big idiot as we all knew they would. They beat him with pipes and planks of wood, and Steiner throws a metal box at his head. Sting shakes his head and walks off as MEM throw Bubba into a dumpster. We close with a famous moment

 

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA World Heavyweight Campion: Sting-12/10/08
TNA X-Division Champions: Vacant-11/12/08
TNA World Tag Team Champions: Beer Money-10/8/08
TNA Knockouts Champion: Awesome Kong-23/10/08
TNA Legends Champion Booker T-23/10/08

TNA IMPACT
December 18th, 2008
Impact Zone

"MAIN EVENT MASSACRE"

Tonight; A SIX SIDES OF STEEL CAGE; AJ & JOE VS STING AND NASH.

Match#1 Lance Rock vs Rhino
Tenay announces that Rhino will face Sting for the worlds title at Genesis. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA NO. Awful squash for this rock monster. Gore ends it
1/5*

Rhino calls the Frontline to come down so he give them another rah-rah-rah war is ECW speech. He screams about bones and blood, and the best part is the Guns behind him laughing and Jimming the camera. Rhino will leave Angle in a pool of his own piss and blood. AJ gives a big cheer for this, and says Steiner and Booker will face Abyss and Morgan tonight as punishment. He and Joe are going to animals in the cage like never before. JOE FINALLY SPEAKS AND SAYS HE TRIED TO BE QUIET AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, BUT HE'S NOT GOOD AT THAT. HE LOVES VIOLENCE AND HE'S GOING TO SHOW THAT. SURRENDER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND HE WILL SHOW THEM THAT TONIGHT, JOE IS GOING TO KILL THEM. Yeah, see how easy it is to have someone good doing the talking?

Tonight; X Tournament. Saeed/Khan vs Hemme/ODB in a Street Fight. Update on Bubba's life. JJ speaks to the Zone. Steiner/Booker vs Abyss/Morgan. Cage match.

JB is with Kurt. He says they'll get their own blood tonight as Bubba asked for a gun and got bullets instead. He's going to pay tribute to JJ as it's the right thing to do before he goes extinct. Kurt says he's got a guest coming tonight. Bang Bang.

Lauren is with the Guns to talk about the title tournament. Sabin tells Lauren she can be the meat in their sandwich tonight, and she's grossed out. Sabin says he's a 4 time former champion and his heterosexual life parter will have it one day. Shelley says they're going to the finals in spite of Foley trying to stop them. It's win-win for them as they're going to win the titles and bring it home, and then Foley loses.

Match#2 Chris Sabin vs Sonjay Dutt w/So Cal Val (X-Division Title Tournament-Quarterfinals)
5 minutes as time is finally allowed. Dutt botches some stuff to take over and uses Val to cheat to keep it. Not good on his end, but Sabin's bumping is again fantastic and so fun to watch. SAB watches from the stage with Shane's blood on his face. This means he hasn't showered in two weeks. Sabin comes back and brings some life to this as he's full of fire and bounces Dutt around before moving into the finishing run. it's short but packed full of counters and some head trauma from both. Sabin stops a rana and muscles Dutt into the Cradle Shock to win.
**1/4

In the back, The Governor is not happy with the BP's hair and makeup as they need to look like Barb Bush. Love makes a 2008 comment about that, and then Kip defends them and says he's their special consultant and they don't need any help. They tell him they love him but she's bringing her makeup artists to help them, so they need to do this. Kip walks out on them.

ODB's Angle-
-Christy is the guest as ODB calls her fire crotch and says she goes commando. They talk about her being in playboy and how hot she is, and yeah ok fair enough.
-ODB gets mad about people thinking they can wrestle when they've never done. Hemme says she works hard and soaks it up to become better. Saeed and Khan walk on and beat the shit out of her, and then they attack ODB.
-That explains the tag match as TNA is just airing shit in whatever order they feel like.

In the back, Foley is with MEM hanging out with the boys. He says he didn't like what happened to Bubba last week, and he thinks they crossed the line. Mick says it was mean to be a match not a gangbang. Kurt says that's harsh as Bubba turned it into a street fight and he had no choice. You fight one you fight all of them. They give him booze as Sting walks out again. Mick asks them for no more beatdown and they agree.

ODB likes food and beer.

Rough Cut; Robert Roode. He talks about playing hokey and then finding wrestling when he left school.

Match#3 Scott Steiner & Booker T w/Sharmell vs Matt Morgan & Abyss
Oh God. Ugly, UGLY match to start as shots are blow and missed, botches happen and Booker T still doesn't give a shit. He gets bumped off the apron and is meant to hit the rail, but he stops himself and never actually lands on it. We come back to Abyss being isolated in sucky fashion, and then Morgan has a fine hot tag as he's trying to his best to get anything going. They all brawl on the outside and Abyss tries to hit Sharmell, but she falls and fakes her leg being hurt. He falls for it because he's dumb, and Morgan gets hit with a pipe and taken out with the Axe Kick for the loss.
1/2*

Morgan is pissed once more. He's well within his rights to break Abyss' neck at this point.

JJ is pacing around his office.

Brutus Magnus is coming soon. He's a gladiator in modern times. Um, ok fuck it, lets see how this goes.

Kurt Angle comes down with his new DVD; Kurt Angle Champion. Ahh, DVD's. He plugs it and says he's actually here to talk about a man whose twice the man he is, Jeff Jarrett. He covers his career in a slideshow for a few minutes, and it's a nice history that gets me excited to see it play out in other reviews. He then says he will make sure that Jeff drowns in a pool of his own blood because wrestling can live without him. However, he shows pics of his kids and asks if they can live without their daddy. They're going to become orphans after Genesis. Uncle Kurt might adopt them and make them his own. JJ comes out and tries to fight him as he's had enough, but blackshirts and BG James hold him back from it. Kurt laughs at it and then tries to fight, but he gets held back as well. Really good angle after weeks of bad ones.

In the back, BG is trying to calm JJ down from doing this. Jeff asks who does he think he is, and BG says he's his friend. Jeff throws things around and storms out. BG blames Foley for it.

Match#4 Kiyoshi vs Consequences Creed (X-Division Title Tournament-Quarterfinals)
Kiyoshi is an AJPW wrestler who teams with Muta, so he's got the face paint and works like him. He's not really good at all because there's only one Great Muta, and it's not this guy. Creed is having an off night and gets sucked into a bad back and forth and it's very bad as a result. Muta fake wins with a Moonsault
1/3*

In the back, BP are in tears because they don't have makeup and are now ugly. Palin says they need to embrace it to be bigger than Brittney. They seem happy with that and go with it.

Recap of Bubba dying.

In a pre-tape, Shane Sewell talks about his wrestling career and then becoming a ref after he hurt his neck. He says he told Cornette he doesn't want to ref SAB's matches, but he's being forced to do what they want him. If SAB touches him again, he's not going to be held responsible for what he does. He returns next week.

Match#5 Raisha Saeed & Rhaka Khan vs ODB & Christy Hemme (Street Fight)
90 seconds of nothing as Russo is up to his old tricks again it would seem. Hemme beats Khan with her one legged leg drop
1/5*

Kong arrives and kills the faces with Implant Busters. Suicide weirdly comes out to have a stare down with Kong and scares her away. Odd

JB is with Nash and Sting. Sting says he has no words at the moment and makes Nash speak. Kev says he's known Sting for 20 years and has more integrity than anyone in wrestling. Up and down the roads and making the same money, and he never spat in his face like AJ did. He;'s fought him and beaten him down, but he's never treated him bad. Nash says he's an old man with a bad foot and he needs Sting to back him up. Sting gives him the high sign and walks off with him.

JB is now with Mick in a hallway. He asks about him being buddy buddy with MEM in the last few weeks. Foley plays it off as Kurt saying things he doesn't really mean, and he can have a pass. He's been disrespected by a punk over the last month more than he has in the last 23 years, and he needs to think about the side he's on as he considers his options. JB asks if that means he's ok with Bubba dying, and Mick loses it and shouts that MEM have given him their word and he's taking them at it. He's going to do what's right for business

Match#6 Kevin Nash & Sting vs AJ Styles & Samoa Joe (Six Sides of Steel)
Six minutes and they waste no time to pair off in the feuds and beat some ass with the cage. Sting eats it first and seems game to help AJ out as he takes a few gross shots into it as he goes face first. They switch matches and AJ/Kev is a fun little/big battle, and Nash is also super giving to AJ as he gets his ass handed to him. Makes me feel that the stories about AJ being the only guy MEM and other WWE guys aside from that sack of shit RVD, always respected and loved. Anyway, everyone keeps beating the crap out pf each other and AJ is the standout as he's bumping and moving like a madman. NASH CLIMBS THE CAGE, BUT JOE LAUNCHES AJ INTO HIM AND AJ CLIMBS NASH'S BACK AND CLIMBS OUT TO WIN.
**1/2

Nash slams the door into AJ's face! MEM go after Joe and he fights them as best he can, but the numbers get him and he gets dropped with chair shots. Steiner locks the door and helps to beat Joe down. People try to get in but MEM hold them off as Joe is battered. They stick Joe's arm in a chair and destroy it with a pipe. Frontline finally come down and can't get in to save as Joe's arm is hit again and again. Kurt attacks the ankle to be a dick, AND DW SHOUTS "WHERE THE HELL IS FOLEY? IF THIS ISN'T GANG STYLE WARFARE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS" YEAH DW.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA World Heavyweight Campion: Sting-12/10/08
TNA X-Division Champions: Vacant-11/12/08
TNA World Tag Team Champions: Beer Money-10/8/08
TNA Knockouts Champion: Awesome Kong-23/10/08
TNA Legends Champion Booker T-23/10/08

TNA IMPACT
December 25th, 2008
Impact Zone

Tonight; More X Title Tournament. JJ speaks. Foley confront MEM.

Mick comes out to start as he hasn't had an opening segment in a month or so. He says he wanted a nice Xmas but MEM lied to him last week about not more gangland and gangbang style hits. Joe has just left the hospital after having his arm mangled by MEM. Kurt broke the code and word to the boys and that means even less now. IT MEANS A CROCK OF AN ANGLE. Next time MEM host a gangbang, he will get involved. MEM come out now, and Kurt says they were the victims last week when they were forced to fight in a cage like animals. One of the purest wrestlers ever in Kevin Nash should not be forced into a match like that. AJ left Joe alone and they did what could only be expected of them. They want Mick in the family that he should be part of. Mick doesn't answer that and instead says he can't make matches without worrying about who might get hit, so he's making a double main event. Booker T & Steiner vs AJ & D-Von. Kurt says you can't put main event matches on free tv. He didn't do that, you moron. He then makes Angle vs Rhino again. NO FUCK YOU, MICK FOLEY. He adds JJ to the match as an enforcer to make sure it stays fair.

In the back, Rhino cuts another rah-rah speech.

Match#1 Kiyoshi vs Chis Sabin w/Alex Shelley (X-Division Title Tournament-Semi Finals)
4 minutes and another one man Sabin show against a nothing happening guy. Fine mat work and high spots that are simple and ok, but nothing insane or cool. Sabin thankfully advances to the finals with the Cradle Shock
*1/2

SAB comes down to the ring and confronts Shane again. He goads him into a fight by slapping him, but Shane won't do it. He eventually snaps and goes to fight, but Suicide comes down to save his job. Suicide beats the hell out of SAB and stands tall.

The Governor arrives and shows the new and improved BP off to the the crowd.

Recap of the happenings of Angle/JJ.

Mike now has a sit-down with JJ. Mike thanks him for letting him be in TNA, and Jeff calls him the voice of TNA. Mike talks about all the hard work that JJ has put in to make TNA work but it just doesn't seem to work out with Angle. Jeff admits the plan was to retire and build it around Kurt, but it just blew up as Kurt thinks he's bigger than TNA. No one wrestler is bigger than a company in any sense, and Kurt needs them more than they need him. Mike asks about all the comments Kurt has been making about Jill and the kids, and Jeff says it turns his stomach and he's got a blank stare and he's not the same Kurt he was a long time ago. Genesis will be the fight of his life and losing is not an option for him, TNA or his family. This is the one fight he MUST win.

Kurt now comes out to the boot to confront Mike for doing the interview. He gets mad at them and tells them to shut up. He has no sympathy for the kids or him, and he's in for a bloody long night. He's going to hurt JJ tonight snd he won't make it to the PPV. He's bringing Sting with him to counteract Rhino, so he can deal with JJ.

Rough Cut; Storm talks about AMW and BM both being awesome but being different from each other. They've become best friends. BEER MONEY.

Recap of Beer Money fucking around with Abyss.

In the back, Morgan finally tells Abyss to shut up because he's heard enough. BM have played games for too long and that's over. They burnt them and broke bottles over their heads and it's over. Genesis will be the final act.

JB is with AJ and D-Von in the back. AJ says Joe's arm is fractured but it's not about injures as Joe is actually about to become a dad. They were SO excited and then MEM ruined that and now he will have to hold his kid with his arm in a sling. MEM CAN COME AFTER HIM BECAUSE HE'S BEEN HERE SINCE DAY ONE AND HE'S THE ONE THEY WANT. He walks out as D-Von says Bubba will be back soon because he can't be put down.

The Guns are with JB in the back because we're getting segment heavy. The Guns says this is karma because good comes to good people, and the not so Great Muta found that out. Shelley makes fun of EY being afraid of his pyro 6 months ago and now finding some balls for once. EY walks in and fights with both of them. They brawl into the Zone where Jay and Creed join in to keep Sabin away. Shelley attacks EY's neck and they have a sweet back and forth fight in the ring. EY DIVES ONTO THE GUNS AND BEATS THEM BOTH UP UNTIL HE GETS DRAGGED OFF.

We go back to the back for JB to plug his fucking txt line. Wrestlers are leaving TNA soon because of contract issues, so pay us money to find out. It's Dutt and Rock N Rave for anyone who cares.

The babyface KO's are in Santa suits and talk a lot about beating up the evil women tonight. They're going to get WILDE.

Match#2 AJ Styles & Brother D-Von vs Booker T & Scott Steiner w/Sharmell
Booker tries hard against D-Von with a really fun brawl of old man knees and punches to the head and body. AJ gets in and gets kicked in the ribs by Scott and is promptly dropped time and time again with hard chops and suplexes, and he bumps his ass off. HE FIGHTS BACK AND UNLOADS PUNCHES TO THE FACE AND HAS TO BE PULLED OFF BY THE REF. YEAH. D-Von is back in and keeps his mean streak up as he fights Scotty. AJ is bought back in and isolated as his ribs are still hurt. MEM beat his ass for a fun control seg as they're on one, and AJ is God. It breaks down from there as all of them fight on the outside and we go to a split screen with D/T A/S paring off and fighting around the Zone and in the back. Both are frantic and great, and this is a shockingly awesome match. AJ LEAPS OFF THE BALCONY ONTO STEINER, BUT AS THAT HAPPENS KURT AND NASH ATTACK D-VON AND BEATS FUCK OUT OF HIM. They cuff him to a rail and beat him down. Back in the ring we see AJ and Scotty going at it with Steiner dominating but not going for the kill because he can't help but be an asshole. AJ comes back and hits the Forearm and punches at him. MEM show up and attack AJ, but he fights them off. HE DUCKS THE AXE KICK AND HITS THE PELE AGAIN AND NOW THE MATCH ENDS AS MEM JUMP HIM ALL TOGETHER AND BEAT HIS ASS.
***

MEM hit him with finishers and go to break his arms, but the Frontline runs down and make the save. They fight and MEM beat them up as DW says MEM are too strong no matter the spirit they have. Rhino runs down and turns the tide because lol of course. Nah, Angle hits him and then Scott nails him with chair shots to the head and back. They go to break AJ's arm, but Foley runs down AND HE FIGHTS MEM AND LAYS THEM OUT WITH HIS AMAZING PUNCHES. GODDAM, I LOVE YOU MICK. He shoves Socko down Kurt's throat until Nash pulls him to safety.

We come back to Mick dropping the Godfather 3 line about being back in when he thought he was out. He's giving them a Christmas present in a 6 man at Genesis against him, AJ and D-Von. He's crossing the line. I have no faith in the matches, but Mick is GOOD so you never quite know how this might end up.

TNA Genesis-
-MEM vs AJ/Foley/D-Von
-Kong vs Hemme in a Lumberjack match for the KO title
-Finals of the X Tournament.
-JJ vs Angle
-Sting vs Rhino

Match#3 Awesome Kong, Rhaka Khan, Sojourner Bolt & Raisha Seed vs Taylor Wilde, ODB, Roxxi & Christy Hemme (Santa's Workshop Knockouts Street Fight)
One of those fake street fights TNA has bene throwing at us as it's just an 8 women match with the normal output from the good and horrible wrestlers. So you know, not a particularly good match as this division needs new blood and talented blood at that. Wilde beats Khan with the Seatbelt Pin.
1/2*

Match#4 Kurt Angle w/Sting vs Rhino w/Jeff Jarrett
Rhino is not selling being hit with a chair 15 minutes ago, so he's a fake war machine bitch. This isn't much as Kurt keeps goading JJ to fight in between dull sections of beating Rhino up. There's at least no Al Snow, but yeah pretty dull and uneventful. JJ eventually has enough and attacks for the DQ
3/4*

They have a sweet pull apart, and Kurt gets free and knocks BG James out cold right in front of JJ being held back.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA 2008 FEUD OF THE YEAR

A really terrible year for TNA as the big feuds were given too much time and space in the face of far better wrestlers who got shafted. Thankfully the one they couldn't fuck with was Kong vs Kim. Pure magic every time they met and a truly deserving winner.

AWESOME KONG VS GAIL KIM

 

[BigVanDonnie]

TNA’S 2008 BEST MATCHES

AJ Styles vs Christian Cage *** (4/9-Four Way Qualifier)

AJ Styles & Brother D-Von vs Scott Steiner & Booker T *** (25/12)

Rhino vs James Storm *** (29/5-KOTM Qualifier)

LAX (c) vs Beer Money *** (13/7-TNA World Tag Team Championships-Fans Revenge Strap)

Sting (c) vs Jay Lethal *** (13/11-TNA Worlds Heavyweight Championship)

The Motor City Machine Guns vs AJ Styles & Christian Cage ***
(18/9)

Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle *** (12/10)

Team 3D vs Christian Cage & Rhino *** (11/5-Deuces Wild Semifinals)

Samoa Joe (c) vs Kaz vs Scott Steiner *** (11/5-TNA World Heavyweight Championships)

LAX vs Rock N Rave Infection vs The Motor City Machie Guns *** (9/3-#1 Contenders Match)

Sting, Christian Cage, Kevin Nash & Rhino vs AJ Styles, Tomko & Team 3D *** (27/3)

Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles vs Christian Cage *** (17/1-#1 Contenders Match-Elimination Match)

Sting vs James Storm *** (8/5-No DQ)

Gail Kim (c) vs Awesome Kong *** (10/1-TNA Knockouts Championship)

Awesome Kong (c) vs Gail Kim *** (15/5-TNA Knockouts Championship)

Tomko vs Christian Cage *** (29/5-KOTM Qualifier)

Speed Muscle vs Rey Buccaneer & Ultimo Guerrero *** (26/6-World X Cup-Round 1)

Beer Money (c) vs AJ Styles & Samoa Joe *** (13/11-TNA World Tag Team Championships)

LAX (c) vs Team 3D *** (8/6-TNA World Tag Team Championships)

AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Team 3D *** (19/6)

AJ Styles, Rhino & Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle & Team 3D *** (13/7-Full Metal Mayhem)

Awesome Kong vs Gail Kim *** (21/8-Street Fight)

Kevin Nash vs Samoa Joe *** (9/11)

Beery Money (c) vs The Motor City Machine Guns ***1/4 (9/11-TNA World Tag Team Championships)

The Motor City Machine Guns vs Christian Cage & Rhino ***1/4 (21/4-Deuces Wild Qualifier)

Beer Money vs The Motor City Machine Guns ***1/4 (24/7-Strap Match)

Samoa Joe (c) vs Sting ***1/4 (12/10-TNA Worlds Heavyweight Championship)

The Motor City Machine Guns & Curry Man vs Milano Collection AT, Masato Yoshino & Puma vs Tyson Dux, Doug Willams & Alex Kosolv vs Ultimo Guerreo, Averno & Rey Buccaneer ***1/4 (13/7-World X-Cup-12 Man Elimination Match)

AJ Styles & Tomko vs Kevin Nash & Samoa Joe ***1/2 (6/1-TNA Worlds Tag Team Championship)

LAX vs Team 3D ***1/2 (11/5-TNA World Tag Team Championships-Deuces Wild Finals)

Team Cage vs Team Tomko ***1/2 (13/4-Lethal Lockdown)

The Motor City Machine Guns vs Speed Muscle ***1/2 (12/6)

LAX (c) vs Beer Money ***1/2 (10/8-TNA World Tag Team Championships)

AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle ***1/2 (8/6)

AJ Styles vs Booker T vs Christian Cage ***1/2 (12/10)

Gail Kim (c) vs Awesome Kong ***1/2 (6/1-TNA Knockouts Championship-No DQ)

AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle **** (10/9-Last Man Standing Match)

 

[BigVanDonnie]

2002-America's Most Wanted
2003-America's Most Wanted (2)
2004-America's Most Wanted (3)
2005-America's Most Wanted (4)
2006-America's Most Wanted (5)
2007-LAX

2008 TNA TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
This was an incredibly tight race as LAX got to keep the crown for the first few months and once the Beer Money feud started, they rose and rose to the top. However, LAX were given a soft split in the last couple of months and lost the chance to go back to back. Beer Money were incredible and changed the landscape for the better, but sadly they weren't together long enough to win. 3D almost pulled off an upset with the best hot streak of their TNA run, but they didn't get it either. So, who does that leave. Well, that leaves a team that were in the doghouse for refusing to blade and got punished with TV time and long matches where they either got their asses kicked and showed why they're born faces, or they were actually winning matches and having bangers nearly every time they got a chance. The winners are two, in their words sexy, heterosexual life partners from Detroit

THE MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS-44

LAX-39
Beer Money-34
Team 3D-29
Christian Cage & Rhino-18
Rock N Rave Infection-16
AJ Styles & Tomko-13
Samoa Joe & Kevin Nash-11
AJ Styles & Samoa Joe-11
Matt Morgan & Abyss-8
AJ Styles & Christian Cage-6
AJ Styles & Super Eric-6
Speed Muscle-6
Scotty Steiner & Petey Willams-6
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Volador-4
Curry Man & Shark Boy-4
Booker T & Robert Roode-4
Kevin Nash & Sting-4
Rey Buccaneer & Ultimo Guerrero-3
Kaz & Eric Young-3
Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt-3
AJ Styles & Brother D-Von-3
Booker T & Scott Steiner-3
Kevin Nash & Booker-2
Lethal Consequences-2
Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe-2
Sting & James Storm-2
Booker T & Sting-2
Tiger Mask IV & Curry Man-2
Tyson Dux & Daivari-2
XXX-2
Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner-2
Christian Cage & Kevin Nash-2
BG James & Awesome Kong-2
Eric Young & Sonjay Dutt-1
VKM-1
BG James & Bob Armstrong-1
Matt Morgan & Kip James-1

 

[BigVanDonnie]

2002-AJ Styles
2003-AJ Styles (2)
2004-AJ Styles (3)
2005-AJ Styles (4)
2006-AJ Styles (5)
2007-AJ Styles (6)

2008 TNA WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

The more things that change, the more things that stay the same. In a year where Samoa Joe was murdered as an all timer after 4 years of being the best to the point his passion was killed along with his career, he never came close to taking this out. Christian was in the midst of a year so undeniable that he forced WWE to give him the bag and his show to come back, so he left before he could win it. James Storm nearly pulled off an upset of a lifetime with fantastic TV matches and then Beer Money forming, but he ended up missing out because of he didn't get enough chances because of how TNA is. Only one man could possibly win. One man who was booked as a moody teenager watching his dad's fight over him. A man who was booked to marry another man's wife because TNA doesn't understand legal contracts. A man who had to fight Fucking Frank Trigg. A man who in spite of every hurdle, numbskull and tomfoolery thrown at him STILL never gave up and put on another highlight reel of a year. A man who claims a record breaking win because he is Simply Phenomenal.

AJ STYLES-96

Christian Cage-70

James Storm-68
Alex Shelley-63
Chris Sabin-63
Homicide-62
Samoa Joe-61
Hernandez-59
Awesome Kong-59
Robert Roode-57
Brother Ray-56
Brother D-Von-55
Booker T-50
Rhino-48
Kurt Angle-45
Kevin Nash-42
Tomko-36
Eric Young-33
Jimmy Rave-31
Jay Lethal-31
Sting-29
Gail Kim-28
ODB-27
Scott Steiner-25
Taylor Wilde-25
Angelina Love-25
Sonjay Dutt-24
Roxxi-23
Curry Man-23
Lance Hoyt-23
Petey Willams-19
Consequences Creed-18
Kaz-17
Matt Morgan-16

Velvet Skye-15
Shark Boy-15
Sheik Abdul Bashir-15
Masato Yoshino-11
Abyss-10
Johnny Devine-10
Raisha Saeed-9
Alex Koslov-9
Naruki Doi-8
Rey Bucanero-8
Volador Jnr-8
BG James-8
Cute Kip-8
Doug Williams-7
Christy Hemme-6
Ultimo Guerrero-6
Moose-6
Milano Collection AT-5
Senshi-4
Tiger Mask IV-4
Salians-4
Peyton Banks-4
Jackie Moore-4
Hiroshi Tanahashi-4
Jeff Jarrett-3
Averno-3
Puma-3
Hector Gurrero-2
Cheerleader Mellisa-2
Judas Mesias-2
Elix Skipper-2
Traci Brooks-2
Rhaka Khan-3
Black Reign-2
Rellik-2
Elix Skipper-2
Sharmell-2
Tyson Dux-2
Kiyoshi-1
Bob Armstrong-1