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411’s TNA Global Impact Report 5.03.06
The debut! You can watch the episode by clicking this link. The show’s length is about 23-minutes.
Jeremy Borash and Christy Hemme are the hosts. Christi looks pretty hot. They promise interviews and a match with AJ vs. Joe from Detroit. Christi also says there will be a preview of the new Knockouts DVD!
From the first TNA house show in Detroit on March 17th: Samoa Joe © vs. AJ Styles
JIP after the announcements and the crowd is hot. Joe sets AJ up top, they battle and Joe goes up with him…AJ battles him and Joe falls to the mat. AJ on the apron and springboards in, but Joe catches him with a powerbomb for 2, and then right into an STF then crossface. AJ fights and crawls…and gets a foot on the ropes. Clipped ahead to AJ with a sunset flip into a clash try, but Joe gets a kick to break it up. Sunset flip by Joe into the Terry Funk rolling pin dealy! 1…2…NO! Joe misses AJ who then rolls him up for 2. Joe locks in the Kokina clutch out of nowhere! Then into a camel clutch sleeper! AJ passes out and Joe wins. About 2:44 shown. This was good, fun stuff with a hot crowd. AJ gets a standing ovation after the match.
So Cal Val is with Team Canada members “Hotshot” Johnny Devine and Tyson Dux. She welcomes Johnny back. He was back in Canada back in the dungeon of Scott D’Amore’s school. This was the perfect time to return. Eric Young is there as well. She asks if he can keep his head in the game. Foreigners frighten him. He says it is in Devine and Dux hands. Devine says they win own the X cup. Devine is rocking some new long hair and So Cal Val is fine.
Team Canada (Young, Roode and Dux) vs. Team USA (Dutt, Sabin and Lethal)
Sabin and Dux to begin. Lock up and a take done by Dux. Sabin escapes and they exchange reversals. Dux dances, more reversals and arm drags by Sabin. Off the ropes and Jay is in to level Dux. Dux is hilarious and Jay licks the shit out of him. Dux crawls to the corner and hugs Young’s crotch. Eric Young tags in and Jay grabs him and drags him back in. Elbow by Jay and a cover for 2. Snap mare and a basement dropkick to the last of the head for 2. Irish whip by Jay, Eric flips in the corner and then runs to Roode calling for a time out. Eric pulls Jay to the corner and Roode just clubs away at Jay. Rams him to the corner and then chokes him out. We get a commercial break @ about 3-minutes in for Sacrifice.
Back @ 3:35 with Dux beating Jay down with sledges in the corner. Suplex to Jay gets 2. Tag to Roode, rights to Jay and then a slam. Roode to the 2nd rope…big knee drop gets 2. Tag to Eric, boots to Jay and then a right takes him down. Rights by Eric, reversal and Jay gets a spinebuster! Tag to Dutt and Dux. Springboard back elbow. Atomic drop and a clothesline. Spinebuster and an Asai moonsault gets 2 as Roode makes the save. Sabin in with a sweet tornado DDT! Jay takes out Eric. Dux is left, Dutt gets a dropkick to the knee, shining wizard and a standing shooting star press finish Dux!
Winners: Team USA @ 6:27 via pin
A Sting video promo runs.
We get the hype about the Alex Shelley interview of Kevin Nash. Two Camera SHOOT~!
JB and Christi are back. JB asks about being down under? They talk about the big Australian announcement. TNA stars were recently there, including JJ, Rhino, Team 3D, AJ and others. TNA will be on PPV on Main Event I believe they said. That is cool. We go to an interview with Rove McMannis of Australia.
He is a huge wrestling fan, but they were separated from the wrestling world. Now with the newer cable they are getting more wrestling. TNA is more exciting to him and he prefers it to WWE. He is a huge AJ, Daniels, JJ and Abyss fan. TNA does great things. Many years ago he was in Nathan Jones corner and got into an “altercation” with JJ and got the EL KABONG~! He says it was cool though.
JB and Christi return. They look forward to going back to Australia. On Impact this week is will be:
NWA Tag Title Match: AMW © vs. AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels
More World X Cup Action
Sting’s Tag Partner Game Show
They go to highlights of the new Knockouts DVD. The DVD will be out in August. Lots of hot chicks in hot outfits, DivasRGr8 will love this!
Next week we will see clips if Christi Hemme’s first TNA photo shoot!
Closing thoughts: A really fun little show. The clips of AJ vs. Joe rocked, the 6-man was really fun and they even pushed Impact, the PPV and some other stuff that will hopefully generate money. Good deal, thumbs up from me.
