411’s NWA TNA PPV Report 05.19.04

This is Dave Gagnon. This TNA, May 19th, 2004. And this is late!

I’m working a lot lately so I’m sorry if this report is posted only today. But a lot of you told me that you don’t mind reading this report on Thursday morning so it’s no big deal, I guess. At least I’m here everyweek.

But if you like me, boy, is this your week! Not only I will post a new “Samedi Noir” column on Black this Saturday (with special guest Ron Gamble), I’ll also be the special guest on JR Fernandez’s column. I’ll be the one doing the “Jukebox” thingy and get ready, because I’ll talk about Men Without Hats.

But there’s even more. I’ll be doing the RAW report this Monday, replacing PK once again. The live coverage starts at 9pm so I’ll see you there.

I’m terribly out of time, I have a broken finger, I am basically writing this during my lunch hour so this could be quick.

Your hosts are Mike Tenay and SCREAMING DON WEST.

1. Jerry Lynn pinned Bobby Rude with the cradle piledriver. This gave Lynn five minutes with the great Scott D’Amore. D’Amore had the upper hand early because Lynn was exhausted. For those who don’t know yet, D’Amore actually is a wrestler (used to be a jobber for WWF) and did well in this short match. But just when Lynn was coming back, Team Canada interfered for the DQ. Team TNA ran in to defend their captain. The heat was great.

2. D-Ray 3000 pinned David Young. They claimed Young was 0-38, doing the Gillberg gimmick. That’s the problem with TNA. The product would be good for a free show but when you realize that you are actually paying to see David Young vs D-Ray 3000 on PPV, you feel ripped off. Irish Pat Kenney distracted Young when he attacked the other members of the NYC. D-Ray 3000 won with the most dangerous move in the business: the rollup. After the match, Kenney brawled with the NYC. Trinity ran in and the odds was too much for Kenney. It ended with Trinity putting Irish Spring soap in Kenney’s mouth. Wait…Oh! I get it! Kenney is Irish! Ok.

3. Abismo Negro & Mr. Aguila & Heavy Metal beat Ryuji Hijikata & Mitsu Hirai Jr. & Nosawa. Fast paced match, lasting about 7 minutes. I was worried that the fans would not buy AAA wrestlers as faces but what do I know? It actually worked. At this point, TNA needs to keep the focus on matches like these because you don’t see that kind of wrestling in WWE. They need to present themselves as an alternative, just like WCW did in 1996. Anyway, Aguila pinned Hijikata with a 450. The next Americas Cup should be a great show.

Goldylocks Gagnon interrupted the celebration to act like a crazy bitch. That is worth 10 dollars right there. Erik Watts showed up with a baseball bat but thank God The Hoss Abyss was there to save her. Erik Watts made the comeback showing us that he’s better with a baseball bat than Derek Jeter these days and that’s saying something. That motherfucker stomped on Goldy’s fingers.

4. Amazing Red pinned That Poor Guy Sonjay Dutt to earn an X division title shot at Frankie Kazarian in two weeks. The end of their best 2 out of 3 finished, sadly, with a 10 minute match. You know what to expect with those guys. More of a spotfest than anything. Red almost killed himself when he did a running flip dive that landed just short but he was okay. Cool looking spot: Dutt did a jump to the top, then hopped off the top past the turnbuckles to the top on another set of ropes, then did a plancha, but overshot Red. Red finished Dutt with The Red Alert ( Red jumped off the top and catched Dutt with a DDT). I think that Prince Iaukea used this finisher during his Prince phase (making him Melchor’s favorite wrestler). Frankie Kazarian came in to congratulate Red. They shook hands and just when you expected the heel to suckerpunch Red, Red dropkicked Kazarian over the top. That’s poor sportsmanship.

5. Dusty Rhodes & Marty Jan…er..James Storm beat Kid Kash & Dallas in a bunkhouse match. Do you remember that Kash and Dallas are tag team champions? Me neither. The crowd loved Big Dust and I can’t blame, I kinda dig the old guy too. Good thing that they put him in a tag team match because he just can’t wrestle a singles match anymore. Storm got manhandled most of the time but managed to get the win with a superkick. He used Dusty’s cowboy boot for good luck. The tag team champs lost this non-title match but I doubt that Storm/Dusty will go for the titles.

6. Ron Killings won the NWA title in the four-way match. It started with A.J. Styles vs. Chris Harris. Then Raven came in at the 5:00 mark. Killings came in at the 10:00 mark. So-so match, especially when you consider all that talent in the ring. Some good looking spots but the wrestlers’ timing were off. Jeff Jarrett came out and hit Styles with a guitar, proving that he’ll probably win the title back before Impact! starts. Raven DDTed Styles but Harris saved. I thought for sure that it was the finish. Harris hit an elbow off the top on Styles but Killings pulled Rudy Charles out. The finish saw Killings hit Styles with the ax kick off the top for the pin. I think that TNA listened to the fans because Killings is really over these days. 3LK celebrated with Killings.

Speaking of 3LK, it seems like Konnan might get an announcing job in WWE. They would do that as a favor to Mysterio. Here’s an idea for a favor to Mysterio: give him a storyline to work with. Now that’s crazy thinking. Can’t wait to see Chavo defend against a senior citizen and Jacqueline. Yeah.

Good show tonight but I heard that the Americas Cup will be even better. Unfortunately, I’ll be on a business trip so let’s hope that someone, ANYONE, actually recaps next week show.

Have a great week.

Gags