Recapping American wrestling since 2013. Not only following the current stuff in WWE, Impact and ROH but also going back in time and doing stuff from back then as well.
Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor) beat Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh after Orange Cassidy snaps Sonjay Dutt's pencil and hits him with the Orange Punch. After the match, Satnam Singh attacks Best Friends, then Jay Lethal hits Lethal Injection on Orange. Suddenly, Wardlow shows up, and Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh have to hold Jay Lethal back.
"All Ego" Ethan Page quickly beats Leon Ruffin.
Backstage, Lexi Nair interviews Cole Karter when The Factory (QT Marshall, Aaron Solo, Nick Comoroto, Anthony Ogogo) shows up. QT Marshall says he saw something in Karter and still does, and offers him a spot in The Factory. He also makes references to Karter's previous character in NXT, Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan.
Lee Moriarty beats Matt Sydal with the Border City Stretch following the attempted interference by Stokely Hathaway. After the match, Hathaway produces another business card, and Moriarty takes it.
We hear from Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. and Rebel. Baker says Thunder Rosa's title reign is coming to an end, yet she keeps Toni Storm close to her to keep her from dethroning her. She also says it is not a smart idea for Toni Storm to be close to "the carny" who has everything that she wants most, then says she will leave everything between Thunder Rosa and Toni Storm.
Tony Schiavone interviews Claudio Castagnoli and William Regal in the ring. Claudio thanks the fans for all their support, as there have been many times that he doubted himself and never thought he would reach the top, and that it is an honor to stand as ROH World Champion. He promises that this is only the beginning, then brings out Wheeler Yuta, whom he congratulates for retaining the ROH Pure Championship. Suddenly, Chris Jericho leaves the commentary table and shows his disgust towards Claudio and Yuta, then says Claudio deserves his boot straight up his ass. Yuta tells Jericho to shut up and that he retained against Daniel Garcia last week, then says he is sure he can beat Jericho. Jericho tells Yuta he cannot ever beat him, but Yuta says that Jericho knows he can beat him. Claudio and William Regal are also convinced that Yuta can beat Jericho, as Yuta repeatedly says he can beat Jericho, which gets under Jericho's skin and causes Jericho to challenge Yuta for next week's Dynamite. Yuta says "Nah," then Jericho and Yuta quickly go back and forth until Jericho says he will put his title match against Jon Moxley on the line in that match, and if Yuta wins, he gets the title shot. Yuta says "Well, guys...that was easier than I thought," then accepts the challenge.
We see The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) premiere a new music video where they diss The Gunn Club (Billy, Austin and Colten Gunn). It is also announced that their match next week will be a Dumpster Match.
Mark Henry interviews Anna Jay and Ruby Soho. Anna says she cannot wait to share the ring with her again and says she does not have to pretend to like her, then shows no regret for her actions. Ruby Soho says that Anna Jay reminds her of herself but then calls her one of those "entitled little shits" who thinks they know everything, then says that one is only as good as the company that they keep and suggests that she leaves Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti in the back and face her one-on-one. Anna Jay says that Ruby does not know here and that she knows a dark side from Brodie Lee and is learning another from Chris Jericho, then says that she will choke Ruby Soho out.
Anna Jay beats Ruby Soho with the Queenslayer after throwing her wrist covers to distract the ref so she can apply the Queenslayer with Ruby's hand cast.
Lashley and Dan Lambert show up to start tonight's show. Lambert asks the crowd if he can ask a simple question, which leads to the crowd yelling "No!" He asks if they are getting a little sick and tired of them coming out week after week and gloating about how they are punkking professional wrestling. He says it is not getting old for him at all and that he is having the time of his life. He gives credit where credit is due, and says Impact is far more resilient than he thought, and that they remind him of the cockroaches in his house: no matter how many times he calls the exterminator, they won't go away. He asks the Ottawa, Canada crowd if they have roaches, and says even roaches have standards when it comes to where they are willing to live. He is here for two reasons: to have a moment of silence in honor of the dearly departed "The Cowboy" James Storm, who built Impact and had been here since day one, and became the face of the company. He then says that Storm is now unemployed. Since the crowd is so concerned about him, they should start a collection on their way out and get him a little beer money. He is also here to introduce the newest member of American Top Team, whom he was initially skeptical of and underestimated until he proved he could do the impossible and put down James Storm: KM. KM shows up and says that he has done a hell of a job proving himself to American Top Team, and that he has taken out every single person in front of him. He also helped Lambert retire James Storm and single-handedly took down Moose. Right after he brags about taking down Moose, Moose shows up and brawls with KM. Lashley gets on top of Moose and punches him repeatedly, then he and KM take the boots to Moose until Eddie Edwards shows up and fights them both off. Moose then hits Lashley and KM with a double clothesline, then he and Eddie confront Lambert. Lashley helps Lambert out of the ring.
Ethan Carter III shows up. He still stands as the grandest champion that Impact Wrestling has, and nobody is better than him, especially not Matt Sydal, whom he says choked every time he fought for a championship. He says Sydal is not better than him because he lacks a certain intangible and a killer instinct, then says he is so good at choking that he might as well be playing forward for the Ottawa Senators. He then asks the crowd if they want to see him get beaten up, then he asks for a referee to come to the ring, and one shows up. He then issues an open challenge, which is answered by Petey Williams.
Ethan Carter III beat Petey Williams by disqualification after Matt Sydal climbs out from the crowd and attacks EC3 from behind.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Allie, who says that is Laurel Van Ness thinks she is small and weak, then things are changing. If Laurel wants to play, they'll play.
We see footage of Eli Drake and Chris Adonis entering the building. We then see Alberto El Patron trashing a backstage area.
Matt Sydal says that Ethan Carter III called him out, and he arrived. He showed EC3 that he cannot call him out without repercussions, and challenges him for the Impact Grand Championship in a 60-minute match with no rounds and no judges. He says that if EC3 thinks he does not have a certain intangible, he is mistaken, as he is the man the people keep the cameras and the spotlight on right now as well as a catalyst for change. He tells EC3 to prove he is the wrestler he claims to be by accepting the challenge.
The Global Wrestling Network Match of the Week is "The Cowboy" James Storm beating Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Laurel Van Ness beats KC Spinelli. After the match, Allie rushes into the ring and fights Van Ness. Van Ness rolls out of the ring and runs away.
Eli Drake and Chris Adonis show up for Eli Drake's championship address. Adonis tells everyone to sit down, shut their mouths and show respect for him and Eli Drake. He asks how the people can stand living in Ottawa, Canada when it is cold year round, and calls them all dummies. He brags about still being Impact Wrestling Global Champion, then says Alberto El Patron thought he could swim with the big fish. He tells El Patron to go back to the kiddie pool, that he has no namesake to the title and that he should stay at the bar. Meanwhile, he is winning titles that El Patron thinks he deserves, and says all El Patron can do is try to take the Global title away from him. He says that he has crushed everyone who has been put in front of him, and next week, he will defend the title one more time in Detroit, Michigan. Suddenly, El Patron shows up and tells Eli Drake to shut his mouth, and says there is something going wrong as there is "a loser a little kid pretending to be the champion" walking around pretending to be a big deal. He tells Eli Drake he does not have the cajones to go toe-to-toe against him. He may not be booked in Detroit, but he will book himself just to kick him all over the place twenty different ways. He then asks why they should wait when they can go at it right now, since they have everything they need for the match. Johnny Impact shows up, says that everyone is having a party in Detroit, then says he likes parties and that he will see everyone in Detroit. He then tells El Patron that a bunch of stupid nonsense every time he opens his mouth, but he has just said something that makes a lot of sense: why wait for Detroit? El Patron rushes up to Johnny Impact and fights him, then the two of them et attacked by Eli Drake and Chris Adonis. Johnny Impact takes everyone out before referees and officials show up to restore order.
The Pluto TV Rewind of the Week is James Mitchell shaving Raven's head.
Backstage, Dan Lambert brags about KM ridding Impact Wrestling of "The Cowboy" James Storm last week.
We see Chandler Park talking with Joseph Park after getting his first win in a wrestling match. Joseph Park is about to tell him how dangerous wrestling is when Jimmy Jacobs shows up. He says he knew Joseph Park back when he used to be Abyss, and says that Joseph Park just chases ambulances now. Joseph tells Jimmy that Abyss is never coming back, and Jimmy says that if Abyss did come back, he would find out that there is only one monster in Impact Wrestling, and that monster is Kongo Kong. Chandler Park confronts Jimmy Jacobs only to come face-to-face with Kongo Kong, who intimidates Chandler before walking away.
oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callahan) are seen in The Latin-American Xchange's clubhouse, trashing the place and stealing their money.
The Latin-American Xchange find out that their clubhouse is trashed and their money is gone. Konnan says it is time to go back to their roots and become ambassadors of violence, and replace the ropes with barbed wire.
Sonjay Dutt, Garza Jr. and Dezmond Xavier beat Trevor Lee, Caleb Konley and Hakim Zane. After the match, Taiji Ishimori shows up. Sonjay Dutt and Gara Jr. leave the ring, and Taiji Ishimori and Dezmond Xavier stare down before Dezmond extends his hand. Both men shake hands, then Ishimori leaves. Their match for the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship will take place next week.
Next week: Chandler Park vs. Kongo Kong! The Impact Wrestling Global Championship on the line in Detroit, Michigan! oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callihan) vs. The Latin-American Xchange (Homicide, Santana, Ortiz) in Barbed Wire Massacre III!
Lashley and KM beat Moose and Eddie Edwards.
Next week: oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callihan) vs. The Latin-American Xchange (Homicide, Santana, Ortiz) in Barbed Wire Massacre III!
We see footage from earlier today of Gail Kim and American Top Team entering the building as it is announced that Alberto El Patron and Johnny Impact have been banned from the building following last week's backstage brawl.
Eli Drake and Petey Williams have words about each other...and they are not good.
Sonjay Dutt, Dezmond Xavier and Garza Jr. beat Taiji Ishimori, Caleb Konley and Trevor Lee.
We see footage of Petey Williams entering the building.
oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callahan) says their match with The Latin-American Xchange (Homicide, Santana, Ortiz) will be a fight and not a wrestling match, and that regardless of who you are and where you come from, they are equal opportunity haters.
Ethan Carter III retains the Impact Grand Championship against Fallah Bahh with 27 seconds left in the third round after using the ropes for leverage.
It is reiterated that Alberto El Patron and Johnny Impact have been banned from the building following last week's brawl.
The Latin-American Xchange (Santana, Ortiz, Homicide) beat oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callahan). After the match, Sami Callahan throws chairs into the ring, but Homicide throws one of them back and right into Sami's face.
The GWN Flashback of the Week is Malice vs. Ken Shamrock for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Ricky Steamboat as special guest referee at the very first Impact (then NWA: TNA) pay-per-view.
Dan Lambert shows up. He says that American Top Team would expose professional wrestling for the fraud that is is and, and they did. He said they would expose professional wrestlers as the loud talkers that they are, and they did. He then asks why Impact Wrestling moved their shows from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida all the way to Ottawa, Canada, and says they are not here for Canada's money, which he says is barely worth the paper it is printed on. Instead, he says the wrestling industry still relies on the gullibility of the fans who believe that Vince McMahon screwed Bret "The Hit Man" Hart twenty years ago, even though the rest of the worls saw him tap pout and he heard him quit all the way from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He then asks the fans not to come to South Florida as they create traffic gridlock, crowd the beaches, treat the people like crap and do not even spend any money over there. He wonders if there is a law allowing Canadians to come to south Florida for two weeks every year with only one white T-shirt and $20 Canadian and they are not allowed to change either one while they are there, and says if there is, it would explain a lot. He then gets into why he is here. He says Impact Wrestling made a deal with Lashley and promised him his release, and says Lashley held up his end of the bargain only for Impact to renege. He says it is his fault for taking them to their word and not having it in writing, as he comes from the world of mixed martial arts where your word is your bond and when two people have a problem, they handle it like men, face-to-face. He says he is here for one reason and one reason only, and he is here to get Lashley's release in writing. Until that happens, nobody in the company is safe. He says he is a reasonable man, and he gives Impact one last chance to do it the easy way. He has had his attorney write up the papers for his release, and asks someone from the back to sign the paper so they can be on their way and Impact can recover from the beating American Top Team has given it for the last two months. As he tells someone to run to the ring before he threatens to burn it to the ground and bury it so deeply even a Canadian won't want it, Moose shows up. Moose says Lashley is only saying MMA is better than pro wrestling only because it took six of his men to take him down, then says he used to think he was smart. He then says Lambert is a dumbass for coming to a show that he would be on solo. He asks the crowd if they want to see him beat the hell out of Lambert, then runs into the ring and gets his hands on Lambert. Colby Covington, King Mo and Lashley of American Top Team show up and attack Moose, then "The Cowboy" James Storm shows up and fights them off. Colby Covington gets back in the ring and says nobody puts their hands on Dan Lambert, Storm knocks him out with a beer bottle. Storm says that Lambert wants to talk about killing professional wrestling, but pro wrestling has been here before Lambert was born and it will still be here after he is dead. He says Lambert has no right to talk about professional wrestling and should get out of here, as if anybody should be doing it, it should be him. For twenty years, he has lived the dream of being a professional wrestler, and back in 1996, when he started training, everybody told him he could not do it, but his mother believed in him and told him to work his ass off and make the haters beg you for a job an autograph, which is exactly what he is doing. In 2002, he was in Impact when the doors opened and he worked his butt off with Chris Harris to prove he belonged, and kept at it with Beer Money. He then says that no matter what wrestling you watch, when the men and the women come out of the curtain and come down the ramp, they never think about something going wrong as they live for that moment and the reactions of the people. He takes pride in being a pro wrestler and has done so for 20 years, and not only knows all the people in the locker room, he also knows all the members of the production crew who made him look good. He says American Top Team knows nothing about pride, but a lot about respect, as the pro wrestlers give it to the people and the people give it right back. He then says he respects Colby Convington, and admits he got knocked out by he tried. Moose and Storm then toss his shoes into the the audience, then says that is comedy and what they call "doing it on the fly," and that is also professional wrestling. He says this is how pro wrestling does it.
The Pluto TV rewind of the week is Chris Rock announcing that NWA: TNA is the best wrestling in the world, and dares anyone who thinks otherwise to get in the ring and get their ass kicked.
KM approaches American Top Team, wanting to join their ranks. Dan Lambert wants nothing to do with him, but when KM approaches Lashley, Lashley tells him to prove himself.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Eli Drake and Chris Adonis. Eli says the weight of the crown is heavy, but he is still Impact Wrestling Global Champion. He does not want to take anything from Petey Williams, but when he wants to put his hands on him and Adonis and take the Global title, he can make himself a Canadian hero. If he can last three minutes against him, he will be a Canadian hero, but he won't be Global champion, as he doesn't have enough for that one-way ticket on the gravy train.
Allie meets Gail Kim backstage, and says it meant a lot to share the ring with her and calls her an inspiration. Gail Kim thanks Allie for the appreciation, and hopes she likes what she has to say tonight.
We see a video package of Gail Kim through the years in Impact Wrestling.
Jeremy Borash introduces Gail Kim to the ring. Allie shows up, wanting to share the moment as well. Gail Kim says that almost 18 years ago, she was a young girl who grew up in Canada, and she loved wrestling. She saw all the athletic women in the ring, and knew that was she was going to do. She found a wrestling school, trained, and then knew that she really wanted a career in wrestling. She says there are not a lot of people who can say that their dreams come true, but she is living proof that they absolutely can. She could not have done it without the women who paved the road for her like Trish Stratus, Lita, Molly Holly, Awesome Kong and Taryn Terrell, just to name a few. After Bound For Glory, she had a lot of time to reflect, and she has a full heart and a heart of peace with her decision. She is relinquishing the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship, and cannot wait to see what is in her next chapter as well as what is next for the women of the Knockouts Division. She thanks Impact Wrestling, and most importantly, the fans, without whom she would never have made it this far. The fans chant "Thank you, Kim!" Gail Kim says she is proud to be Knockouts Champion one last time, and wishes the women of the Knockouts Division good luck.
Backstage, Grado is talking with some people at a table when Joseph Park shows up. Everybody at the table leaves, but Grado is still seated across from Joseph Park. Joseph Park says he does not blame Grado for being mad, and takes responsibility for all the things he did, saying he knows that he is the monster Abyss and that Grado will never see the monster Abyss again ever in professional wrestling. He says Abyss turned him in a liar and a cheat, and made him hurt the only woman he loved except for Janice. He gives Grado his visa, which allows Grado to stay in the United States as long as he wants. Suddenly, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows up and arrests Grado, as the visa is only good for the United States. Park tells Grado his jurisdiction does not extend to Canada, and says he cannot help Grado as he is immediately deported.
Jimmy Jacobs guests on commentary for the next match.
Eli Drake retains the Impact Wrestling Global Championship against Petey Williams, having kicked out of the Canadian Destroyer during the match.
Jeremy Borash and Josh Mathews introduces everyone to the show, where for the first time, Impact Wrestling broadcasts from Ottawa, Canada.
We see a video package summarizing Bound For Glory.
Eli Drake and Chris Adonis show up. Adonis asks everyone to sit down, shut their mouths and show him and Eli Drake respect. He claims that Eli Drake retained the Impact Global Championship without anybody's help (even though Alberto El Patron interfered). Drake says that Bound For Glory went as planned, and says he hit a home run when it came to coming back out as Global Champion. He says that Johnny Impact had it in his head that he would take the title away from him, but somebody told Johnny Impact "the wrong damn story," as he is still here with the gold. He goes on to say everything was perfect that night except for one thing: Alberto El Patron sticking his nose in the match to make his mark, but he ended up making Eli Drake's mark on it. He goes on to tell Alberto El Patron that he has yet to be mistreated until he has been mistreated by him, and tells Patron he will have to work up to that. In the greatest, smartest move on all of Impact's management's history, he has given him the night off as they have yet to give him a new #1 contender. He says that since he's off, he might as well leave Canada, as the place is garbage. Suddenly, Petey Williams shows up. He says he is not here to stop him from leaving as nobody wants him, but as far as his claim that there is nobody here left to beat, he has yet to beat him. He has never been Global Champion, and he challenges Eli Drake to put the title on the line against him tonight. Eli Drake tells him to use his inside voice before he puts his keister outside, then asks the crowd if they want to see the match, Eli Drake they'll do it...but not tonight. He says they can wait until next week, but Petey Williams says he can give Eli Drake the night off himself. Adonis meets Petey at ringside only to get kicked in the back, then Eli Drake and Petey Williams go at it in the ring. Petey is about to hit the Canadian Destroyer when Adonis gets Eli Drake out of the ring.
We see footage from earlier today where Johnny Impact storms into the building.
It is announced that Eli Drake will defend the Impact Wrestling Global Championship against "The Canadian Destroyer" Petey Williams next week.
Jimmy Jacobs suddenly shows up at the commentary table again. He guests on commentary for the next match.
"Reborn" Matt Sydal beats Sonjay Dutt. After the match, Ethan Carter III shows up. He reacts to the "EC3" chants by asking that people chant for Sydal as he congratulates him on the victory. He says that Sydal keeps winning and winning only to come up short when it comes to winning the big one when it matters. After mentioning his match with Lashley and his match at Bound For Glory - and pretending to choke - he tells Sydal that he is missing a killer instinct, which he claims he has as he says he is the best guy here and the grandest champion the company has. He goes to say the big difference between him and Sydal is that he is a killer and Sydal is a nice guy. He teases getting in the ring with Sydal, but goes on to say that in another life, Sydal could have been reborn a winner.
We see footage from backstage where Johnny Impact looks for Alberto El Patron backstage.
We see Hector Garza, Amazing Red and Sonjay Dutt vs. Team Canada (Petey Williams, "Showtime" Eric Young, Bobby Roode) from 2004 in the GWN Flashback Moment of the Week.
Pro Wrestling NOAH Executive Director Masayuki Uchida presents the GHC Heavyweight Championship before the next match.
Eddie Edwards retains the GHC Heavyweight Championship against El Hijo del Fantasma in the first North American defense in the championship's history. Both men show respect after the match.
We see black-and-white footage of oVe (Dave Crist, Jake Crist, Sami Callahan) with Callahan giving a thumbs-down motion.
oVe (Dave Crist, Jake Crist, Sam Callahan) beat Phil Atlas, Marcus Burke and Ray Steele. After the match, The Latin-American XChange ambush oVe, and this starts a brawl between the two teams where LAX overpowers oVe.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Hakim Zane, who says that winning Global Forged makes him important. Before he can say more, he is violently pushed out of shot by Johnny Impact, who tells Alberto Del Rio that he did not come here for a wrestling match; he came here to kick his ass for costing him the Impact Wrestling Global Championship. He is here for his blood, and he will not be leaving until he finds him.
In this week's Pluto TV Rewind of he Week, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper sprays Fox Sports host Chris Rose with a fire extinguisher for saying wrestling is fake.
In Windsor, Ontario, Canada for Border City Wrestling, Allie beats KC Spinelli.
Alberto El Patron says that if Johnny Impact wants to fight him, he is always ready and he will kick his ass. He tells Johnny to be careful what he wishes for.
Back in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Allie is excited that she finally won a match. She mentions that Gail Kim will make a major announcement next week.
Next week: Lashley and American Top Team return! Petey Williams vs. Eli Drake for the Impact Wrestling Global Championship! The Latin-American XChange (Santana, Ortiz, Homicide) vs. oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callahan)!
Mackenzie Mitchell is about to interviews Alberto El Patron when Johnny Impact dives right at him. Both men get into a brawl, and when Braxton Sutter comes out of the locker room, he gets beaten up by Johnny Impact. Caleb Konley also tries to stop this, but he also gets beaten up and Sutter and Konley brawl with each other. Johnny and El Patron eventually take it outside, and El Patron tells Johnny Impact that the Global title is his title and that this is the way it is going to be before they go back indoors. Security eventually gets involved, but they get overpowered. El Patron tosses Johnny into a bathroom, then he climbs up a ladder and kicks it down after he gets on the roof of what looks like a restroom. Licking the ladder down does not faze Johnny as he uses his parkour skills to climb up and fight him above the restroom. He corners him on the edge of the room and stomps his hand to send him back down, and when security tries to stop Johnny Impact, he hits a high flying cross body onto El Patron and security, taking everybody out.
After the break, Johnny Impact and Alberto El Patron are still brawling backstage. El Patron tells Johnny that this is his company, but they eventually fight their way to the backstage entrance and onto the aisle. Security finally separates both men after El Patron sends Johnny into the steel steps, and says he is the company. Impact tries to go after EL Patron, but security goes after him. El Patron continues to insist that the company screwed him, and says that if Johnny wants a fight, he will get one tonight, and all he has to do is get in the ring. Johnny gets in the ring, and security lets El Patron go in. El Patron only teases getting in the ring, and Johnny tells El Patron he's not even the pride of his own father. This gets El Patron's goat, and both men go at it. Security gets in the ring to separate both men. El Patron hits Johnny with a cheap shot, then DDTs Johnny before telling security to get out if they want to get paid tonight. When the two security guards turn their backs to leave, El Patron clotheslines them, then he puts Johnny in a Cross Arm Breaker on the ropes. Referees run in to try to break the hold, and El Patron breaks it to swing at the referees.
GFW starts the show by urging people to donate to the American Red Cross to help people affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
We see footage from earlier of America's Top Team showing up, attacking a backstage hand and laughing about it.
Garza Jr. beats Braxton Sutter. Garza Jr. helps Allie to the ring as he leaves, then Sutter yells at her after she checks on him. Allie is sad, and Sutter tries to make up with her, but Allie isn't following him...not yet. Sutter says something, then Allie hesitantly follows Sutter to the back.
Ethan Carter III retains the GFW Impact Grand Championship against El Hijo del Fantasma. After the match, El Hijo del Fantasma has words with judge Hector Guerrera for costing him the deciding vote for Round 3, and grabs him only to be pushed back.
Down in Mexico, Konnan, Santana and Ortiz of The Latin-American Xchange meet up with Homicide and partake in some adult entertainment. At the strip club, Konnan says they have business taken care of and their match for tonight in their pocket.
LAX (Santana and Ortiz) wins the tag team title match against oVe (Jake and Dave Crist) - which also contains two other teams conisting of members of the CRASH! Wrestling roster - with some help from Homicide. After the match, oVe meet LAX elsewhere in the arena. Konnan tells oVe to get out before they make them disappear. The rest of the CRASH! roster isn't as welcoming, either.
Grado beats William Weeks in his farewell match. After the match, Grado says there are no words. Tomorrow, his flight heads to Scotland, and he thanks the GFW fans for everything. Suddenly, Joseph Park shows up. Joseph Park shows up. He announces that his offices have opened up a sports entertainment management division. Grado will be his first client in that division. Park says he has sponsored his visa, allowing Grado to stay. Park hands Grado the paperwork, which Grado signs. Park says it's time to get to work, and find Grado some bookings, photo shoots and podcast appearances so they can make a ton of money, and put some hustle behind that muscle.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Johnny Impact. He says there are only a few people in the business who truly innovate. He and Low-Ki are two of them, and says he has wanted a match with him. Now we will have the match, and he will take Low Ki to Slamtown.
Jim Cornette has a meeting with Lashley and America's Top Team. Lashley says he is going back to MMA. Cornette tells America's Top Team to leave the premises, and that if Lashley wants to be released from his contract, all he has to do is beat Moose one-on-one without America's Top Team at ringside.
Trevor Lee beats Sonjay Dutt in a Falls Count Anywhere match to become the GFW X Division Champion after he and Caleb Konley work together to beat him up and Trevor Lee uses a support beam for leverage.
"The Stand-By Wrestler" Richard Justice meets America's Top Team...who promptly beat him up and laugh. The last member to leave lays an America's Top Team on top of a downed Richard Justice.
We see a preview of the first episode of "Global Forged," where we see up-and-coming wrestlers try to work their way into GFW.
Taya Valkyrie makes quick work of Amber Nova in her GFW debut match.
Eli Drake and Chris Adonis say they smell the desperation of the locker room, as Drake is on another level. Now two men have a shot at him and the GFW Global Championship, and they will be watching this match closely.
Johnny Impact beats Low Ki to become the #1 contender to the GFW Global Championship. After the match, Eli Drake shows up and distracts Johnny from the stage, and Johnny is attacked from behind by Chris Adonis. After Adonis puts Johnny out with the Adonis Lock, Eli Drake picks Johnny up and hits him with the Gravy Train.
Jim Cornette asks Lashley to reconsider. He is leaving, and after he faces Moose, he'll return to MMA where he's appreciated.
Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley take a victory lap.
Taya tells Karen Jarrett to take a good, hard look at what she does in the ring, as she is what a true queen looks like.
Lashley is in the ring. Over the last few months, he has had to choose between pro wrestling and MMA. Lashley says he should not have to make that decision, as he can do well at both. However, he has been forced to make it. He has had friends from America's Top Team coming to the Impact Zone to tell him to come back to MMA. Because of that, he is making that decision tonight. He has decided to go back home to America's Top Team and MMA. He says the fans got what they wanted and that tonight is his last night in GFW. He plans to show his dominance one last time, and calls out Moose to the ring so he can face him in a match. Moose shows up and hits Lashley with a cheap shot. This starts a brawl that goes through the crowd, onto the ramp and back into the ring which ends when America's Top Team shows up from out of the crowd and attacks Moose. Security tries to eject America's Top Team from the building, but security fares no better. Referees show up as Lashley and America's Top Team celebrate their handiwork to close out the show.
We see footage from earlier today where Eli Drake, Chris Adonis and Matt Sydal enter the building.
Petey Williams and Sonjay Dutt beat Caleb Konley and Trevor Lee.
The Latin-American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) beat John Bolin and Zachary Wentz. oVe (Dave and Jake Crist) are seen watching from backstage as LAX dominates. After the match, oVe shows up. LAX may claim to be family, but they are brothers and a tag team this birth. They have heard talk that LAX is the best tag team on the scene...but that was before they showed up. They are the best in the world, and they plan to prove it by taking the tag titles. Konnan says he LAX are the ones who dictate the terms, and tells them to head to The Crash to show what they're made of. oVe is up for the challenge.
Taryn Terrell and Sienna beat Gail Kim and Allie after Sienna uses Allie's momentum against her to get on top of Allie for a pinfall after a top rope cross body. After the match, Taryn Terrell and Sienna attack Gail Kim and Sienna, then Rosemary runs in and fights them both only for the numbers game to catch up. Suddenly, the moment is broken by the debuting Taya Valkyrie (also known as just Taya in Lucha Underground), who steps in the ring and stares down Sienna before attacking Rosemary and hitting her with a Widow's Peak.
We hear from Eli Drake before his match for the GFW Global Championship tonight against Matt Sydal.
Jim Cornette shows up. He thanks everyone at home for tuning in, as is a great time for GFW with the international competition and new talent. After plugging the GFW Global Championship main event, he says that he sees Eli Drake cracking and Matt Sydal coming on strong. After he predicts that Matt Sydal will become the new GFW Global Champion, Johnny Impact shows up. He says Cornette is talking about who the man is. He says he is the man. He then challeneges the winner of Drake vs. Sydal. Johnny says he respects Sydal and would love to face him. He doesn't respect Drake, but also wants to face him, too. Whomever he faces, worlds will collide. Suddenly, The Latin American Xchange (Konnan, Santana, Ortiz, Low Ki, Diamante) shows up. Konnan says Johnny's opinion on the title scene is as worthless as his AAA Megas Championship. He says Cornette overlooked LAX. Cornette tells LAX they are not being discriminated against, nor are they getting any favors. Low Ki and Johnny scream at each other. Low Ki tells Johnny this is GFW, not WWE or Lucha Underground. Johnny responds by fighting LAX himself. Amazingly, Johnny manages to hold his own, and security has to rush in and separate all of LAX from one man. Not surprisingly, some of the security guards get knocked out, and LAX has to hold back one of their own in Low Ki. Security guards try to hold Johnny Impact back, but he tries to get his hands on Low Ki one more time before LAX get out of there. Cornette tells LAX to get out or else they will all be suspended.
A red-in-the-face Cornette makes Johnny Impact vs. Low Ki to decide a new #1 contender for the GFW Global Championship official for next week. He hopes they beat each other to death.
At the behest of Joseph Park, Grado tells Laurel Van Ness the wedding is off. Van Ness snaps after Grado leaves.
We see a mini-video documentary of GFW at AAA's TripleMania XXV, where we see and hear about the experiences of the GFW talent and staff as they spend time in Mexico. The incident between Sexy Star and Rosemary is briefly discussed.
We learn more about Dezmond Xavier.
AAA's Pagano is coming soon to GFW.
It is announced that Eddie Edwards is the first American-born wrestler to win Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship.
We learn more about Garza Jr.
"The Stand-by Wrestler" Richard Justice is still backstage, even if Kongo Kong has caused him to be in serious pain. He tells Mackenzie Mitchell "Never take yourself out of the game, because you might not be able to get back in."
We hear from Matt Sydal before his match against Eli Drake for the GFW Global Championship.
Eli Drake retains the GFW Global Championship against Matt Sydal. During the match, Chris Adonis places the GFW Global Championship on the apron, then places a steel chair inside the ring. This distracts the referee, allowing Drake to attempt to hit Sydal in the face with the Global title only to fall victim to a knee. After a near-fall, Sydal goes up top again, but when Chris Adonis gets on the apron, Sydal hits him instead of going for the top rope Shooting Star Press on Eli Drake as originally planned. This last-second deviation causes the ref to be pre-occupied on checking on Chris Adonis, and Eli Drake tries to use the Global title as a weapon behind the referee's back again, this time successfully.
We see The Latin-American Xchange (Konnan, Homicide, Santana, Ortiz, Diamante) playing dominoes, and Konnan has some news. Tonight, he plans to announce the newest member of LAX.
Alberto El Patron shows up with Dos Caras and El Hijo del Dos Caras as the Unified GFW World Champion. Tonight, El Patron says we celebrate, and says Mexicans can party because they can. He says he knows how to throw a good party, and that his family definitely has to be involved. He introduces us to his little brother, El Hijo del Dos Caras - who he says we will see more of soon, and his father, Dos Caras. Last week, he had the most difficult fight of his life, and if it weren't for the fans, he would have given up that night. He calls Lashley "a tough son-of-a-bitch," and says he will respect him every single day of his life because of it. But tonight, he stands in front of everyone as the undisputed champion. El Patron says he is a fighting champion, and every opponent he faces will have an opportunity at the World title. If someone wants a piece, he is here. He says "come and get it." Suddenly, Lashley shows up, and calls El Patron "a huge egomaniac" before talking about how he dominated week after week as the champ, and said he never had any parties or confetti. Lashley tells El Patron that he is celebrating because of a fluke win, and he would be embarrassed after something like this. He then questions if Dos Caras and El Hijo del Dos Caras should be here, and says they should be "kept where they belong" with a wall built around them. Dos Caras slaps Lashley, and referees and officials have to keep both men apart as Lashley threatens to beat him up. At this point, Lashley wants to throw down. El Patron says if he wants a match, he's got it tonight.
Bruce Prichard tells Josh Mathews and Jeremy Borash that if they continue to bicker from this point forward, they will both be fired. This ultimatum also extends to Da Pope.
The stars of Swole Mates, Andya Velcich and Freddie Hardy, are seen in the front row before the next match.
Sonjay Dutt beats Caleb Konley. After the match, Sonjay is attacked from behind by Trevor Lee, says he will become the new X Division champ, and steals the belt.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews The Veterans of War (Mayweather and Wilcox), Eddie Edwards and a returning Grado. The four of them plan plan to win their eight-man tag team match for America, even though Grado is from the United Kingdom. We then see a rather large man in a black and gray unitard exercising to the side.
Eddie Edwards, Grado and The Veterans of War (Mayweather and Wilcox) beat Eli Drake, Chris Adonis, Fallah Baah and Mario Bokara. Before the match, Drake and Adonis mouth off at Swole Mates stars Andya Velcich and Freddie Hardy. After the match, Joseph Park shows up. Fallah Baah briefly wants a piece of him, and Grado talks with him briefly in the ring until Park shows him a piece of paper. Despair appears on Grado's face before he leaves the ring with Joseph Park.
Matt Sydal beats Braxton Sutter. After the match, Allie checks on Sutter. Sutter shows some slight frustration, but asks Allie to come with him afterward.
The Latin-American Xchange (Konnan, Homicide, Santana, Ortiz, Diamante) are playing dominoes. Konnan says everyone is wondering who their new member is. Tonight, they will show them, and become better than ever.
Jeremy Borash announces the Super X Cup. Eight participants will enter, but only one will win. The eight participants are introduced, and the first round matches are as follows: Sammy Galvara vs. Drago, ACH vs. Andrew Everett, Taishi Ishimore vs. Davey Richards, and Dezmond Xavier vs. Idris Abraham. The first match-up in the tournament is tonight, and it will be Xavier vs. Abraham.
We get a look at Ibris Abraham. He is not very fond of Dezmond Xavier, and he plans to go all the way.
We get a look at Dezmond Xavier. He plans to prove himself against the world's best competitors, starting with Ibris Abraham.
Dezmond Xavier beats Ibris Abraham to continue to the next round of the Super X Cup Tournament.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Gail Kim, who has a huge announcement next week. She says this is a long time coming, and that life is all about timing and her time is now. If she can iron out a few details, she will be able to make that announcement.
We get a look at Naomichi Marufuji.
Dezmond Xavier says the Super X Cup is the best in the world, and that the cup will soon be his. As for his corkscrew splash, it won't be the last time we see it.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Moose when Ethan Carter III shows up. He finds it embarrassing that an outsider is getting a title shot and he does not. Moose tells Ethan Carter III that if he wants a shot at the Grand Championship, he had better go to the back of the line. EC3 says he will remember that title, and that he will remember him.
Sienna beats Rebel with the arm trap after Rebel wastes time fighting KM outside of the ring.
Next week: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Moose!
Lashley vs. Alberto El Patron for the Unified GFW Impact World Heavyweight Championship ends when The Latin-American Xchange (Konnan, Homicide, Santana, Ortiz, Diamante) attack Lashley. Konnan then announce that the LAX takeover begins now, and announces their newest member: Alberto El Patron, who retains the Unified GFW Impact World Heavyweight Championship.
Mahabali Shera wins the Sony Six Invitational Gauntlet Battle Royal, eliminating KM last to win the trophy. During the match, Davey Richards and Angelina Love vs. Eddie and Alisha Edwards in Full Metal Mayhem is made official for Slammiversary. After Shera celebrates with his family in the front row, CEO of Sony Pictures Network India N.P. Singh and Impact officials present him with the trophy.
We see a video package of Sonjay Dutt talking about his history in TNA and his hunt for the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship.
One Night Only: June 2017 premieres on pay-per-view tomorrow!
It is announced that DeAngelo Williams is making his pro wrestling debut at Slammiversary.
Jeremy Borash and Joseph Park head to the Chinese buffet, then prep for video study.
The Latin-American Xchange can't go to India due to their criminal records, so they're going up against tag teams in other promotions.
Ethan Cater III shows up, calling himself E-Singh-3, and shows up with an interpreter. He meditates in the middle of the ring, then introduces himself before asking the translator to translate for him. EC3 then says he traced his family lineage and learned a distant ancestor was born in Calcutta, India and is full-blooded Indian, and says he is with India and that India is with him. He says India is a land of rich, cultural history, and Impact and India are making history together, then calls India "a third-world hellhole," and says he is here to destroy history. He wanted tranquility, but found angry and despair, and the people are trash. EC3 calls himself "the one golden god" and the best guy in the world. The translator is a reluctant to translate what EC3 has said about his own people, and EC3 beats him up to prove a point before pulling out a belt and whipping him with it. "The Cowboy" James Storm shows up and turns the tables on EC3, forcing him to retreat.
We see footage from earlier today in catering. Needless to say, Rockstar Spud and Swoggle hate each other. After Spud says he hates short people, Swoggle gets on the table and shoves Spud's face into his food, and Spud chases Swoggle out of catering.
Josh Mathews gets in the ring. He says he and Scott Steiner will eviscerate and abolish Jeremy Borash and Joseph Park from Impact Wrestling forever. He says that Scott Steiner's return is just a taste of what will happen to Borash and Park at Slammiversary. Since he cannot lay a hand on Borash until Slammiversary, he has set up a sparring session with a hand-picked opponent, Sandeep Dakan, whom he says has been on the Indian Olympic team as well as Bollywood movies (which is quickly debunked by Borash on commentary).
Josh Mathews beats Sandeep Dakar with the Steiner Recliner, but refuses to release the hold until Mahabali Shera shows up. As Shera has Mathews where he wants him, Lashley shows up and attacks Shera from behind, and Mathews puts Shera in the Steiner Recliner until Alberto El Patron scares him and Lashley out of the ring.
Ethan Carter III and Lashley vs. "The Cowboy" James Storm and Alberto El Patron is officially the main event for next week.
Jeremy Borash watches Joseph Park play with action figures, then watch Scott Steiner videos to see what they are up against. They then see what they are up against in Scott Steiner, find out just how dangerous he is, then they get a Skype call from Steiner himself.
Braxton Sutter beats Trevor Lee. After the match, Sienna and Laurel Van Ness show up, and Sienna challenges Allie and Rosemary to a tag team match against her and Van Ness after what Allie did to her and Laurel Van Ness the last time they met in the ring.
We see a video package of Low Ki prior to his X Division Championship defense against Sonjay Dutt.
Impact Wrestling superstars talk about Slammiversary XV.
Moose shows up. As soon as Moose mentions his successful Impact Grand Championship defense against Eli Drake two weeks ago, Eli Drake shows up with Chris Adonis. Eli Drake says he and Chris Adonis have been given the run-around by management while Moose has become a champion with a title he does not deserve, and implies that Moose has had to kiss butt to get where he is. Moose asks the crowd if they want to see him wrestle Eli Drake and Chris Adonis at Slammiversary, and the crowd makes it clear they do. Adonis tells Moose he is alone, but when he and Eli Drake try to take Moose down in the ring at the same time, Moose gets the other hand. Moose then tells them that he will reveal his Slammiversary partner next week.
Jeremy Borash and Joseph Park answer the call from Scott Steiner, who makes it clear to them that they are dead men at Slammiversary as he continuously calls them "fatasses."
Sonjay Dutt beats Low Ki to become the Impact Wrestling X Division Champion after 15 years of trying. A few members of the locker room celebrate along with Dutt after the match.
Jeff and Karen Jarrett shows up with various members of the Global Force Wrestling roster. The stars of GFW square off against the stars of TNA!
Jeff and Karen Jarrett enter the ring to start the show. He is surprised by what has transpired since the phone call from Dixie Carter. He talks about his founding of Global Force Wrestling, and how it is competition at the highest level...which is what tonight will be like now that he is in charge. He plans to create a new rivalry, now that he's asked Dixie to bring Global Force Wrestling back, and he's doing it for the fans. For the first time ever, GFW takes on TNA. and Sonjay Dutt of GFW taks on Tigre Uno of TNA. TNA's Awesome Kong takes on GFW's Lei'D Tapa. The Wolves defend the TNA Tag Team titles against Trevor Lee and Brian Myers. Jarrett also mentions that he will defend the TNA King of the Mountain championship tonight, but as he does, Eric Young shows up. EY says he doesn't care about the fans or Jarrett; he only cares about himself. He calls himself the King of the World, saying he beat Kurt Angle twice and took Chris Melendez's leg off because he felt like it. He then demands he play promoter and make a match between him and Jarrett for the King of the Mountain title, with every intention of taking the title as well as Jarrett's dignity and career. Jarrett says he doesn't work for him, and he damn sure doesn't work for EY. He says that the King of the Mountain is neither a GFW or a TNA title, and that the first-ever interpromotional King of the Mountain match is tonight. He gives EY a spot in it, then leaves. EY attacks Jarrett as soon as Jarrett turns his back. Members of the GFW chase EY out of the ring, and EY is joined by some TNA wrestlers. Men from both sides brawl against each other.
Jeff Jarrett tells his roster to win his matches and says this is not an invasion.
Royal Red introduces himself and re-introduces Lei'D Tapa to the TNA audience before the next match, and says that all who challenge her will bow down.
Awesome Kong vs. Lei'D Tapa ends in a double count-out. Both women brawl after the match, but Awesome Kong brings it to a quick end.
We meet PJ Black (formerly Justin Gabriel). He prepares for King of the Mountain like he does the rest of his matches, and he's here to show the world what PJ Black is all about.
Drew Galloway is no stranger to the King of the Mountain match, and he plans to get the job done for TNA and himself after being in such a match once before at Slammiversary XIII.
Bobby Roode is here. He says that to say that things are getting crazy around here is an understatement. There are a lot of unanswered questions with a lot of unknowns around here, and he's frustrated. Roode is also frustrated that he wasn't even considered for tonight's King of the Mountain match, and says if Jarrett has a problem with it, he should say it to his face. He also calls out Rockstar Spud for ending Austin Aries' TNA career last week, and Spud shows up. He says that that match is proof that anybody can come in and beat anybody at any time. Roode then sarcastically thanks him for a job well done. Spud says he'd never thought he'd be in the same ring as Roode and that Roode could be such a condescending prick. After talking about all the times he's proved people wrong, from becoming a wrestler to facing Kurt Angle to beating Austin Aries and ending his TNA career, and how he's been an underdog his entire life, he tells Roode that unlike other "little guys," this little guy fights back. Roode tells Spud he's right, but says that if he was in the ring with Spud and not Aries, he'd make sure he'd end Spud's career, and he'll take his aggression out on anybody that he likes. Spud then get the first shot on Roode, but Roode gets the upper hand and beats Spud up, hitting him with the microphone, throwing him into the steel steps and choking him with own jacket before putting him in the Crossface.
Jeff Jarrett confronts Bobby Roode for his actions towards Rockstar Spud. Roode calls it a wake-up for Jeff Jarrett and TNA management.
Lashley beats "The Man" Jessie Godderz to qualify for the King of the Mountain match later tonight.
Drew Galloway has been found knocked out backstage in the same area Bully Ray was knocked out last week...
Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett and Dixie Carter meet up to figure out what to do about the mystery attacks. Jeff pledges to keep an eye on the show while Dixie heads to the hospital to check on Drew Galloway.
Ethan Carter III shows up. He talks about what the TNA World Heavyweight Championship means to him: a culmination of his life work and proof that he's better than any other person in any locker room. He goes on to make fun of Matt Hardy's loss to him and says that he will be world champion here, now and forever. Matt Hardy shows up and congratulates EC3 for beating him in a match that he and brother Jeff Hardy made into a TNA specialty, but tells EC3 that he is not going away as long as he is champion. EC3 admits that nobody has ever hit him as hard as when Hardy leg dropped him through the table, but he can't decide if he gets another shot at the World championship and lets the fans do it. The fans want it, and Hardy wants it, but EC3 ultimately says no and Tyrus clocks Hardy before holding him down so EC3 can hit him with the World title.
Taryn Terrell asks Jade and Marti Bell to fight her in a cage and end her forever so Gail Kim won't be able to lay a finger on her again. This match is official for next week.
Chris Mordetzky calls King of the Mountain Global Force Wrestling's chance to outshine TNA, and his own chance to walk out as the best man and become King of the Mountain.
The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) beat Trevor Lee and Brian Myers.
Lashley says that he can go into any match and beat anyone they throw at him. He plans to defend TNA in the King of the Mountain match and defend TNA well by destroying anyone thrown in his path.
Tigre Uno beats Sonjay Dutt.
Jeff Jarrett meets Ethan Carter III and Tyrus and tells EC3 he's proud of him, but EC3 thinks this is some sort of facade and tells him he's got his eyes on him. He tells him to watch the King of the Mountain match tonight, as the winner gets a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Mr. Anderson's recent feud with Bram has made him come to the conclusion that he's quitting when he's good and ready. Next week, Anderson takes on Bram in an Open Mic Challenge. Whoever grab the microphone gets to use it as a weapon.
Robbie E replaces Drew Galloway in the King of the Mountain match after Drew Galloway was attacked earlier in the night.
PJ Black beats Robbie E, PJ Black, Chris Mordetzky and Eric Young to win the TNA King of the Mountain Championship! Ethan Carter III can be seen holding up the TNA Heavyweight Championship at the top of the entrance ramp.
Bully Ray talks to his wife Brooke Hogan on the phone, then he and Tito Ortiz meet Mr. Anderson. Before they meet, Bully Ray says he has an announcement that will shock the world.
Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) and Bobby Roode show up. Roode congratulates Bully Ray for winning the TNA World title last week, then tells him he's made himself a target again. He and Bad Influence plan to take the title...and it appears they're already on their way. Roode then asks Austin Aries to join their ranks, but James Storm and Gunnar show up instead. Storm tells Bad Influence that Roode will eventually trick them. He then tells Roode that he's going to walk to the corner, take his shirt off, drink his beer, then punch him in the mouth. Storm stays true to his word as Roode badmouths him until Storm - predictably - punches Roode in the mouth. This starts a brawl, which then becomes an impromptu tag match in street clothes.
Bobby Roode and Kazarian beat "The Cowboy" James Storm and Gunner after Roode sneaks in a low blow on Storm behind the ref's back and rolls Storm up.
Austin Aries is on the fence as to whether he should join Bobby Roode's alliance or not.
Manik beats Sonjay Dutt.
Aces and Eights get ready for Main Event Mafia...
Austin Aries rejects Bobby Roode's offer by attacking Christopher Daniels during the Bound For Glory street fight.
Jay Bradley busts open Joseph Park, which costs him. Park beats Bradley, Hernandez and Christopher Daniels in a street fight for 20 Bound For Glory Series points.
The Main Event Mafia are still one man short...but it doesn't matter.
Bully Ray and Tito Ortiz show up, and Bully mocks the fans because he cheated them last week. He trash talks Chris Sabin, then Tito grabs the mike and says he's going to pound Rampage Jackson's head in. Bully then gets the mic back and calls out Brooke Hogan...but it's not Brooke Hogan we get. Instead, it's Brooke Tessmacher, and it's confirmed that she's Bully's newest girlfriend as well as the woman he's talked to on the phone all this time. Tessmacher then removes Bully's wedding ring with her mouth and spits it out. Bully Ray and Brooke Hogan are now officially done.
Gail Kim beats ODB.
Austin Aries gloats about how he stuck it to Bobby Roode earlier tonight.
Before the Aces and Eights (Mr. Anderson, Devon, Wes Brisco, Garrett Bischoff, Knux) vs Main Event Mafia (Sting, Magnus, Samoa Joe, Rampage Jackson) battle, Mr. Anderson mocks the Mafia, as Bully Ray and Brooke Tessmacher watch from the top of the entrance ramp. Anderson wants one member of the Mafia to lay down, but Sting refuses on behalf of the group. All of a sudden, AJ Styles shows up. Halfway between the entrance ramp and the ring, his old music plays and he takes off the hoodie, signalling a return to the old AJ Styles, and he sides with Main Event Mafia.
The Main Event Mafia (Sting, Magnus, Samoa Joe, Rampage Jackson, AJ Styles) beat Aces and Eights (Mr. Anderson, Devon, Wes Brisco, Garrett Bischoff, Knux). Devon is the one pinned, and as a result he is now out of TNA.
The Main Event Mafia show up. They're here to celebrate the return of the World Heavyweight title back to TNA, thanks to Chris Sabin, whom they bring out. Sabin thanks the Mafia in return for helping him fight off the Aces and Eights and making it all happen...but the real work begins now. Sabin has plans for a champion vs. champion match, but Bully Ray shows up with an attorney. They have both filed a lawsuit against TNA, and if Chris Sabin does not return the belt back to Bully, dire consequences will befall the company. The Main Event Mafia have until the end of the show.
Hulk Hogan is here...
TJ Perkins aka Manik has an interview before the match.
Manik beats Sonjay Dutt and Greg Marasciulo in an Ultimate X match to win the TNA X Division Championship!
Bully Ray tells Mr. Anderson to win the Bound For Glory Series for Aces and Eights.
Mr. Anderson beats Hernandez after evading Air Mexico to win seven points for the Bound For Glory Series.
Dixie Carter is distraught about the pending lawsuit from Bully Ray and his attorney. Meanwhile, Eric Young tells Joseph Park about what happens when he bleeds and blacks out.
Velvet Sky shows up. She says she should have never let Mickie James know she was injured...and she's doubling down her efforts. She then sits at ringside for the next match.
Gail Kim slaps ODB...and it costs her. Mickie James retains the TNA Knockouts Championship against Kim, then ODB keeps Kim in the ring long enough for Brooke Hogan to tell Kim that ODB is an active wrestler and that ODB can jump her at any time.
Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter talk about the lawsuit. Carter is about to take the easy way out, but Hogan wants to go outside the box and take the fight to Aces and Eights.
Christopher Daniels beats Samoa Joe thanks to a distraction from Mr. Anderson to win seven points for the Bound For Glory Series.
Sting asks Kurt Angle to make sure everyone in the Main Event Mafia is on the same page as Kurt Angle wonders about all of the possible scenarios that could happen.
AJ Styles beats Jeff Hardy with the Calf Killer to win ten points for the Bound For Glory Series. Jeff Hardy tries to shake hands with AJ, but AJ just walks by him and leaves.
Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter have come to a mutual decision concerning Bully Ray's lawsuit.
Bully Ray shows up and starts whining about last week. He wants the belt back from Chris Sabin, who shows up to call Bully a crybaby before saying he'll have to pry the belt from his cold, dead hands if he wants it back. Bully Ray calls out Hulk Hogan. Hogan shows up with a copy of Bully's contract and tears it up. He then grants Bully Ray his rematch clause, which happens at Hardcore Justice on August 15th in a steel cage. It'll be just Bully and Sabin, with no Aces and Eights or Main Event Mafia in sight.
The shoe begins with Hulk Hogan entering the ring. He calls out Sting, who shows up. He and Sting reconcile, and the latter asks for a 6-man tag match against Aces and Eights next week where he sets up the team. He gets it, but Hulk still needs someone to put in the mian event. Matt Morgan shows up and wants a title shot again. Hulk Hogan puts him in the main event with Sting...and whomever wins gets the World title shot against Bully Ray at Slammiversary.
Chris Sabin is now concentrating on the X Division after five-plus years as one-half of the Motor City Machine Guns with the now-departed Alex Shelley. He worked hard to get back here...and he's back!
Kurt Angle has issued a challenge to Aces and Eights last week to say if any of them can beat him one-on-one...and he has every intention to win!
Chris Sabin beats Zema Ion and Sonjay Dutt in an X Division match. Zema Ion is pinned, taking him out of title contention.
Jesse and Robbie E have a plan to take out Rob Terry...well, at least Jesse does. He wants to throw Joey Ryan in and make it a three-on-one attack, but Robbie E has a bad feeling about it.
Bully Ray is ticked that Sting and Hulk Hogan has mocked Aces and Eights, but he knows he'll get the job done. As for Kurt Angle, D'Lo Brown volunteers to take Kurt's challenge and swears by his colors that he'll take him out.
Rob Terry beats Joey Ryan, Jesse and Robbie E in a three-on-one handicap match.
Bobby Roode and Austin Aries enter the ring. He admits Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) got in their heads last week. Bad Influence show up and talk trash, saying they're the best. Both teams in the ring will have a match next week to name the #1 contender to the tag team titles. The tag champs, Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez, show up and say they've talked to Hulk Hogan. This match will have a special guest referee..."The Cowboy" James Storm.
Sting has a moment with Kurt Angle...
Tara and Gail Kim really hate Taryn Terrell, and plan to embarass her and Mickie James tonight.
Chris Sabin is glad to be back after two years of physical therapy and getting back to where he wants to be. For him, this win was worth it.
D'Lo Brown wants to not just beat Kurt Angle, but also humiliate him. He makes the match an I Quit Match.
Kurt Angle beats D'Lo Brown in an I Quit match. After the match, Angle calls out AJ Styles.
After the break, AJ Styles shows up. Kurt Angle knows AJ is in a bad place, and wants to know where he stands. Angle and Sting will be in the six-man tag match next week, and he gives AJ a week to decide which side it's gonna be.
Matt Morgan plans to take the ball and go through Sting in tonight's main event.
Taryn Terrell and Mickie James beat Tara and Gail Kim. Kim lands Ea De Feet on Terrell as a brawl happens after the match, then puts Terrell in a figure four leglock with her legs wrapped around the turnbuckle. The refs have to break it up.
Bully Ray is absolutely ticked D'Lo Brown said he quit against Kurt Angle, and says he'll deal with him next week. Bully then picks Mr. Anderson and Devon to go with him to next week's six-man tag match.
Bobby Roode says he and Austin Aries will win next week.
Sting beats Matt Morgan with the Scorpion Deathlock, and makes Morgan black out with it! Aces and Eights show up after the match, and Bully Ray talks trash to Sting.
We're going to find out who Aces and Eights got where they are...tonight!
Hulk Hogan heads to the ring. He knows now that TNA is in a war of survival against Aces and Eights. He introduces the four men who led the spearcharge against them last week: Samoa Joe, Magnus, Kurt Angle and Jeff Hardy. Hulk wants Aces and Eights taken out and the World title back in TNA. Jeff Hardy proposes a fatal four-way between the men Hulk introduced into the ring to see who gets the first shot against Bully Ray. Hulk makes it so.
Plan A for Aces and Eights was for Bully Ray to win the World title at Bound For Glory. It didn't work. What they did, though, was put the blame on "The Cowboy" James Storm and take him out of the picture, while Bully Ray racked up the points. In the end, James Hardy still came out on top. But Bully Ray still got James Storm at No Surrender...and won. He then decided to go to Plan B...use Brooke Hogan.
Austin Aries and Bobby Roode retain the TNA Tag Team Championships against Hernandez and Chavo Guerrero after Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) run interference. Bad Influence then attack the champs because they're angry they weren't in the match!
Kenny King is ready for his triple threat match. He's also shilling 5-Hour Energy.
Kenny King retains the TNA X-Division Championship against Zema Ion and Sonjay Dutt. Under new X-Division rules, Sonjay Dutt was pinned and is therefore out of the title picture.
Brooke Hogan is here, and she's here to do business.
Jeff Hardy won Bound For Glory...so Bully Ray went to Plan B. Other guys were taken out as Aces and Eights tried to infiltrate his way into the top, with Joseph Park kidnapped and used as a fall guy and a mere front for what Bully Ray was trying to do. Oh, and ensnaring Brooke Hogan. That, too.
Sting Talks to Hulk Hogan. Hulk wants nothing to do with him. Sting tells Hulk Hogan he wants Bully Ray, but Sting's not the only one...
Taryn Terrell comes to the ring ready for her consequences from striking Gail Kim while on probation. Kim shows up and says she's here to do what needs to be done: call out Knockouts Vice President Brooke Hogan and see Taryn get fired. Brooke Hogan shows up. Taryn gets fired as a ref...but gets hired as a Knockout. Taryn takes out Gail Kim and chases her out of the ring, but Bully Ray shows up and sneaks up on Brooke! He haunts her with his wedding band as Brooke leaves.
Aces and Eights come from all walks of TNA to embarrass TNA. From up high to down low, the inner workings have been swayed. Everyone from Gut Check to obscurity, from the top of the card to the top of the bureaucracy, have either been "trusted" by Hulk Hogan or "brushed aside." Oh, and Al Snow's disappearance concerning Wes Brisco's Gut Check match? Aces and Eights. Yeah, you're welcome.
Kurt Angle knows how important his match is...
Matt Morgan beats Joseph Park.
Mike Tenay interviews AJ Styles in the ring. Tazz stops Tenay, and offers Styles a spot in Aces and Eights as a prospect. "The Cowboy" James Storm shows up, and asks for answers as to why he clotheslined him as he dares Styles to sucker punch him again. AJ backs away, without a word coming out of his mouth the whole "interview."
Bully Ray goes into detail of how he tricked Brooke Hogan into marrying him...and swindled Hulk Hogan. Now...we're here.
Jeff Hardy beats Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and Magnus in a four-way match to get the first shot on Bully Ray.
Here's how Bully Ray fooled us all! It's five videos and it's worth going from top to bottom to see all the loose holes patched up and a lot of questions answered!
