411’s TNA Slammiversary Report 6.21.09

Greetings, humanity! Welcome to 411mania’s Slammiversary Report with me, Chris Lansdell. Mike Tenay and Don West are ringside in Detroit an here! We! Go!

On the preshow, The British Invasion defeated the team of Rhino and Jesse Neal. Eric Young, Rhino’s scheduled partner, walked out on him. Jesse Neal came down and was allowed to tag in, only to get demolished by a Doomsday European uppercut.

King of the Mountain X-Division Title Match: Suicide © vs. Jay Lethal vs. Consequences Creed vs. Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley

No surprises here, you had to keep this one away from the big men’s version or this one would steal the heat. Curtis Granderson is on commentary for this match and he sounds pretty damn comfortable I must say. Suicide is on top of the cell.

Everyone stares down Suicide and they all charge him. Beatery ensues. Lethal Consequences double team him in the corner ending in the springboard bulldog, the the Guns work their speed kicks offence.
Lethal and Creed have a ladder, the Guns nail a pair of lariats from front and back but Suicide takes them down. Suicide is whipped towards the ladder but slides under it and levels all four men with the ladder! SUICIDE SOLUTION on the ladder!!! Lethal is pinned! Suicide is eligible to hang the belt. Granderson is now off commentary, which is a shame. Lethal’s in the box now. Double suplex by the Guns on Suicide, then all 3 men hit snap leg drops. They work a triple team catapult/enziguiri/reverse STO into the ladder. Creed charges but Suicide gets the ladder up. Guns charge him but he moves and they collide! Spinning Russian leg sweep to Sabin, reverse lungblower to Shelley! 3 count! Shelley is now in the box. Lethal is out and hits a double axe handle on Suicide for 2. Savage-style clothesline gets 2 more. Suicide slips out the back of a suplex and hits the Mind Trip to the turnbuckle on Lethal but does not see Sabin with a chair…LAUNCHED into the face of Suicide! Lethal sets up a chair, Sabin sits on it but quickly moves…LETHAL COMBO INTO THE CHAIR!!! Ouch. They fight over who gets the pin, in the end they all pile on and get the pin. OK, who’s eligible? They haven’t announced it, but Lethal was on the bottom. Well, above Suicide. Giggity. All 4 men dance around the ring and we have confirmation that Lethal is eligible. He calls for the belt and the Guns are not going to stand by and watch that happen. They work a series of reversals off a whip…damn this is fast…and it ends with the Guns getting clotheslines in the corner on Lethal and Creed. The fans are behind the Guns like crazy. They take Creed down with a legsweep/double stomp combo. Lethal is in a tricky position as the Guns kick him in the spine in the corner. Demolition Decapitation to Creed, Shelley rolls across the ring and hits a lungblower on Lethal! Suicide is now out of the box, and Creed hits a TKO on Shelley! 1…2…3! Shelley to the box, Creed is eligible. Lethal and Creed hit a backbreaker/Russian leg sweep on Suicide followed by a stiff kick to the head for 2. Suicide fights back but gets kicked in the gut by Sabin. Cradle Shock attempt…Suicide escapes and MONKEY FLIPS SABIN INTO THE LADDER! Suicide sends Lethal to the outside, he trips Suicide and drags him out too…CREED FLIES and takes out Suicide! Suicide and Creed brawl up the aisle and SABIN FLIES OFF THE PENLTY BOX HALFWAY UP THE AISLE! Damn white boy! Shelley sets up the ladder but neither he nor Sabin is eligible yet. Sabin lies down and Shelley pins him! Shelley is now eligible! He climbs but SUICIDE DROPKICKS THE LADDER from the top! Lethal and Creed are back in, they set the ladder horizontally across the top turnbuckle and whip Suicide into it. He went down like a $5 hooker. Lethal climbsbut Shelley intercepts him on the top rope and drives his head into the ladder. Creed charges Suicide but he sidesteps and Creed sends Shelley into the rail. Suicide sets Creed for a suplex, but Lethal is steadying himself on the ladder HOLY FUCKDUCKERY!!!!! Suicide drops Creed across the ladder, catapulting Lethal across the ring and almost dropping him on his head!!! One of the sweetest bumps I’ve seen. Sabin is out of the box, he charges Suicide and takes him over the top then hits a SICK tornado DDT on Lethal for 3! Lethal to the box, Sabin eligible. Creed hits a pumphandle…something, dropping Sabin on his faces. AIR RAID CRASH by Shelley on Creed!!! Shelley charges Suicide but Suicide ducks and hits a springboard DDT. Cradle Shock by Sabin on Suicide! Damn this is some match. Sabin is climbing the ladder but Suicide is up! Sabin fights him off and hangs him in the tree of woe…hesitation dropkick! Lethal has 5 seconds as Sabin climbs…Lethal makes the save. Back splex off the ladder…dumb. FROG SPLASH by Shelley as Lethal stayed down after the suplex. Superkick by Shelley to Suicide. Shelley is sliding the ladder out of the ring, propping it on the railing and the ring. ENZIGUIRI by Creed and Shelley is out of the ring again. Slam to Suicide, Lethal goes up top but Sabin crotches him. Creed avoids a whip and tries to body drop Sabin onto the ladder outside, he lands on his feet but gets tackled into it anyway! Missile dropkick by Shelley to Creed! Suicide goes to the floor, gets baseball slide kicked into the chair and SHELLEY crossbodies to the outside and into Suicide on the chair. Sabin is still lying on the ladder…ELBOW OFF THE TOP by Lethal to Sabin!!! Good grief Penfold! Alex Shelley is the only person on his feet, although Creed is now up. They slug it out on the apron, SICK superkick by Shelley and Creed is barely conscious. SLICED BREAD ON THE APRON! God damn! Suicide is up and he slugs it out with Shelley! Shelley tries a Sliced Bread off the penalty box!!! Suicide out the back and drop kicks him over the rail! Suicide has the belt and the ladder, the crowd are booing. BIZARRO WORLD! Suicide climbs, Lethal tips the ladder! Suicide keeps his balance on the top and slides onto the box, then takes the ladder and hits Lethal with it! The ladder is horizontal across Lethal’s back, the box and the top rope as Shelley has another ladder! Shelley climbs, Suicide runs across the ladder and hits a cutter off the ladder on Shelley! Suicide has the belt and climbs….WINNER!

Winner: Suicide via belt hanging
Rating: ****¼
I initially thought 4.5 for this, but it felt too high. The reason I even went above 3 is that it wasn’t just a spotfest. There was a megaton of psychology here, from everyone picking on Suicide to Sabin lying down for Shelley. They did well to put this first because there is no way the main event can match this for action.

Lauren has Shane Douglas, looking even more like Ricky Gervais. He”s the benchmark, he sets the standard…you know the drill.

Daniels’ Roster Spot on the Line: Daniels vs. Shane Douglas

Douglas is out in yellow and black. As long as he keeps the shirt on.

They lockup and Douglas gets control with clubbing forearms and EVIL HEEL tactics. Daniels ducks a clothesline and hits a low dropkick into a headlock. ATOMIC NOOGIE! Douglas steps on the back of the knee to escape, Daniels gets a drop toehold and stands on Douglas’ back. Douglas is up, whip by Daniels and a big dropkick. Stomps by Daniels and then back to the headlock. Douglas with a whip and Daniels takes him down with a shoulder block. He runs the ropes, Douglas drops down but Daniels sees it coming and reapplies the headlock. Daneils flips out of a back suplex attempt and hits a pair of kicks for 2. He whips Douglas in but the Franchise holds the ropes and goes to the floor. He avoids the baseball slide but NOT THE SPLIT-LEG ASAI! Nice. Daniels takes Douglas’ head repeatedly into the apron. I think I see Hawaiian Shirt Guy! Douglas takes control by shoving Daniels into the steel steps. Douglas applies a hammerlock on the outside and then drives Daniels arm-first into the steps. Pleasant. Back inside and Douglas goes to work on the arm with hold number 4…ARM-BAR. Daniels fights out but goes down to a lariat. Modified butterfly lock applied by Douglas now. This is surprisingly good, they’re going old school. Fujiwara applied now, but Daniels makes the ropes. Stomps by Douglas disrupted by an up kick by Daniels, enziguiri and Douglas is down. Clotheslines by Daniels, a Northern Lights gets 2 and he signals for the BME, but Douglas grabs his leg to stop him, then kicks him in the face! They exchange shots, Daniels gets the better of it but Douglas blocks the lariat and goes for the belly to belly! BLOCKED! STO! BME! It’s over!! That was refreshingly good.

Winner: Daniels via pinfall (BME)
Rating: ***
I had every expectation of this being awful. Douglas hasn’t exactly been active in the ring in the past few years, and Daniels is good but not the type to carry people to great matches. What happened was that they had an old-school style match with some mat work, some psychology and some good improvisation, especially considering Douglas looked to have hurt himself early on. Top notch effort

JB is with Foley. Foley is not happy about JB’s numbers and thinks he’s going to be fine. Then he starts singing. FAIL.

TNA Knockouts Title Match: Angelina Love © vs. Tara

Somewhere in Australia, Sforcina is awake and smiling. But that’s OK, because DAT AZZ CUBED~!
Velvet Sky is wearing a hydraulic bra tonight because DAMN she could rest her chin on those babies. I love you cameraman. Sweet Jesus.

Staredown to start. Love pushes Tara, they lock up and Love gets a headlock. To the ropes and Tara goes down to the shoulder block. Waistlock by Love and a go behind, she takes Tara down and paintbrushes her! Love poses but Tara is up! Unches and kicks, then Tara picks her up by the hair! Again! HAIR BEALE! 1 count only as Love flees to the outside. She might need some Hair Club for Women after all that. Tara kicks Love into the railing then goes out after her and rolls her back in. As the ref is not looking the other two ladies attack Tara leading to a 1 count for Love. Snap mare and a low dropkick by Love gets 2. Love gets full mount and slams Tara’s head into the mat repeatedly. That’s Motrin pain. Apparently Team 3D are not yet in Detroit. Hmmmm. Love whips Tara, who rolls through the backdrop for a 2 count. Kick and a high kneelift by Love followed by a soin kick for 2, then 2 more. Love throws Tara outside where Madison and Velvet lay in the shots and whip her to the steps. They throw her back in and Love gets a 2. She covers again and gets 2 more, then throws a tantrum. Boots by Love but Tara fights back, beating Love to the punch! Whip and a series of clotheslines by Tara! Scoop slam…boot to the gut and she takes her up on the shoulders…Spider’s Web! Tara doesn’t go for the pin, instead she goes outside and WAFFLES Velvet and Madison with some nasty right hands. She goes back in but charges into a push kick by Love. SPRAY TO THE FACE by Madison! Lights Out by Love!!! 1…2…3!

Winner: Angelina Love via pinfall (spray to the face and Lights Out)
Rating: **¼
Not the best from these two ladies, but far from bad. I’m glad they didn’t pull the quick switch to Tara, she’s got plenty of time to get that win.

Dr Stevie and his freaks are with Lauren. He’s not the bad guy, he tried to help Chris. But he can’t be helped. Raven gets REALLY creepy on Lauren while Daffney looks bizarre. This stable has win written all over it.

Monsters Ball Match: Raven and Daffney vs. Abyss and Taylor Wilde
Stevie is out with the freaks. Wilde comes out smiling, like she forgot she is about to get fucked up. Shame it’s going to be 3-on-2.

The faces charge the ring and attack hard. Abyss pounds on Raven in the corner and they whip the heels into each other. Abyss elevates Wilde into Raven and Daffney in the corne, then charges himself…Raven moves! Daffney gets squished! Raven calls for a trash can but Abyss punches it back into Raven’s face! Wilde has pounced on Daffney…FU to Daffney! Stevie trips up Wilde from the outside! Abyss picks up Daffney and press slams her over the top and onto her team!!! Wilde is going up top…cross body to all three! Wow. Boots to Daffney by Wilde as Abyss and Raven go into the crowd. Daffney regains control andgoes to help Raven by mounting Abyss from behind! TRASH LID SHOT to Daffney by Wilde! Raven is using a lid on Abyss now as they battle through the crowd, Wilde and Daffney are following. Abyss reverses a whip and takes Raven to the railing, then Raven returns the favour. Raven sets up a table and tries to get Abyss onto it, but Abyss fights him off and takes him to the railing. Wilde is kicking seven shades of shit out of Daffney and then puts her on thr table. Wilde is climbing the set! She’s on one of the speakers…SPLASH through the table!!! Neither lady is moving. That leap was maybe a little higher than a tope rope one. Ravem and Abyss are back towards the ring, Raven has a kendo stick but Abyss just punches him and he drops it. Raven is in the ring and Abyss goes under the ring…for a bag!! Glass or tacks? I say tacks. Stevie is in with a chair! WHAM!! Right on the head. Abyss is down! Raven sets up the chair while Abyss blades…yup. Drop toehold onto the chair, vintage Raven~! Wilde has amanged to get to the ring, Daffney is almost there and both are selling the table bump. Raven is drumming Abyss’s head with a kendo now. 2 count only. He chokes Abyss with the kendo stick but Wilde breaks that up with a trash lid shot to Raven! Daffney LEVELS Wilde with a baking sheet!!! Raven with repeated trash can shots to the head of Abyss, but he’s Abyssing up! Raven charges right into a boot! Trash can shot by Abyss! BIG kendo stick shot as Tenay kisses Granderson’s ass some more. We have a new trash can in the ring…GOOZLE! Raven manages to kick the can away but still eats a chokeslam. Stevie has the ref distracted while Abyss covers!!! Abyss goes to remonstrate with Stevie but Raven hits a trash can shot. Stevie restrains Abyss while Raven charges…Abyss moves! ROCKET LAUNCHER as Abyss launches Wilde onto Raven! Stevie has the ref AGAIN!!! Abyss goes for the bag and WE HAVE TACKS! Daffney is up and laying in shots to the back of Abyss. That has about as mucn effect as a fly bite and Daffney is trapped between Abyss and the tacks…TAYLOR WILDE FUCKING SPINEBUSTERS DAFFNEY INTO THE TACKS!!!!! 1…2…NO! Stevie breaks it up! Stevie turns around….RIGHT INTO ABYSS! Goozle! Raven with a chair shot…EVENFLOW! 1…2…2.889!!! Raven sets for another DDT into the tacks this time…countered! BLACK HOLE SLAM INTO TACKS!!! 1…2…3!!!

Winners: Taylor Wilde and Abyss via pinfall (Abyss on Raven, Black Hole Slam into tacks)
Rating: ***¼
Some may be nonplussed by this match, but the sheer psycho-ness of Taylor and Daffney really tooks this one to a new level in my mind. Raven and Abyss did some good stuff but it’s stuff we’ve seen many times from both men. However if you had told me going in that Daffney would take a fierce bump into the tacks, I would have sent you for testing.

If Morgan Wins, He is in The Main Event Mafia: Matt Morgan vs. Sting

Morgan still can’t decide if he’s Chris Masters or Brock Lesnar. Sting is rather popular in Detroit.

They are hesitant to lock up but when they do Morgan throws him right out of the ring. Morgan follows him out and takes Sting to the railing. He lifts him by the lower body and swings him into the railing. Back to the ring and Sting catches Morgan straddling the ropes, then kicks him off the apron. Now it’s Sting’s turn to take Morgan to the rail. Shots on the outside by Sting, focusing on the leg. Back inside, Sting tries to take Morgan down with shoulder blocks but it doesn’t work. In fact all it gets him is a clothesline. We get word that Team 3D JUST arrived. Morgan has Sting trapped in the corner and hits the alternating back elbows. Scoop slam and a big leg drop by Morgan gets 2. Big whip to the corner by Morgan. Another whip and he follows him in with an avalanche followed by a side slam for two. Most big men would be into rest holds by now. Morgan snaps Sting’s neck over the top rope with tremendous athleticism then drops a guillotine leg over the bottom rope for 2. NOW we get the rest hold. Sting elbows out but Morgan takes him down again and gets 2. Back to the chinlock. Sting fights out and they exchange big right hand bombs. Sting goes to the leg kicks to take control, then avoids a charge. MISSILE DROPKICK BY STING!!! Good Lord when did you last see that? Stinger Splash! He goes for a second CARBON FOOTPRINT!!!! 1…2…no! Hellevator attempt, it was supposed to be countered to the Deathdrop but they botched it. Sting hits the Deathdrop out of nowhere but it gets 2 only! Sting lays in the boots, Morgan catches one while on his knees but Sting hits an enziguiri! Scorpion Deathlock…Morgan kicks him off! Morgan charges again, Sting moves again and hits a second rope Deathdrop! 1…2…3!!

Winner: Sting via pinfall (second rope Deathdrop)
Rating: **
It wasn’t a bad match, it was just short and the botch really hurt it. I think it may even have been the finish. They managed to do some good things here but it needed more.

TNA World Tag Team Title Match: Team 3D © vs. Beer Money

The Boozer Cruiser is back! Team 3D don’t look like they were travelling for 17 hours.

Devon and Storm to start. Storm hits a stinging jab, ducks two haymakers and grabs a headlock. Headscissors by Storm! He poses but turns into a clothesline by Devon. Scoop slam and a diving headbutt gets 2. Tag to Roode, double whip and they hit an inverted atomic/Russian leg sweep combo for 2. Devon backs into the corner and tags Ray, but Roode escapes the corner. Lockup, Ray powers Roode to the corner but Roode comes out with a kick to the gut. They trade big shots, Roode gets a kick and runs the ropes but gets a big boot to the face for his troubles. A Roode clothesline has no effect, he runs the ropes and ducks a Ray clothesline then takes Ray down with a flying forearm. They lockup again and Rey controls it, BIG slaps to the chest by Ray. Storm blocks one and lays in some of his own, he tries a kick but GERMAN BY RAY! He landed HARD on his head. Was nobody reading about Misawa or something? Roode fights back with chops, whip reversed, Roode tries a sunset flip bur Ray blocks and tags in Devon. Sidewinder by 3D gets 2. Roode is able to tag Storm, they try the double suplex but Ray comes in to block that and Devon levels Roode and Storm with clotheslines. Devon’s whip is reversed by Storm but Storm charges into a boot, Roode trips Devon from outside and yanks him crotch-first into the post. Clothesline by Storm. Tag to Roode who comes in with a choke. Chinlock by Roode. Devon escapes but runs into a back elbow by Roode. Tag to Storm who lays in some shots and whips Devon, leading to each man clotheslining the other. Hot tag to Ray! Clotheslines, a back body drop, BUBBA BOMB! He is a house! En! FUEGO~! 2 count only. Double shoulder block on Roode, they set for the 3D but Storm hits an enziguiri on Ray. Devon hits the flapjack instead on Roode. Slam by Ray, Devon goes up top…headbutt of supreme discomfort! The crowd wants tables, which I believe would be a DQ. Storm intercepts Devon and Roode hits the spinebuster on Ray for a 2 count. There is a table set up on the outside. Double suplex………BEER! MONEY~! Now the British Invasion are here? Brutus Magnus joins the commentary as does Doug Williams. This could be awesome. “That’s an epic shirt you’re wearing Don West” – Brutus Magnus. He might not be able to wrestle but the man is gold on the mic. Jawjacker and a flying neckbreaker by Storm gets 2. Double whip by Beer Money who drop their heads, boot to Storm and a HUGE uranage to Roode. El tag caliente! Punches galore, a back body drop and a back elbow! Spinebuster to Roode gets 2. A pait of clotheslines gets 2 more, Storm breaks it up. POWERSLAM by Devon on Storm, chokeslam to Roode and another 2 count. Ray in, they get the back suplex/neckbreaker combo! 1…2…2.901! Storm gets a cross body block on both men! “We call it a dive across actually” – Magnus. Devon with a boot for Storm and a clothesline to Roode. Ray has Roode in the electric chair, Devon is up top…Roode punches out and shoves Ray into Devon! “Righ in the bollocks!” – Magnus. WIN. Lungblower by Storm on Ray! Storm goes up with Devon, top rope rana! Splash by Roode!!! 1…2…NO!!! They position Devon up top for a double superplex, Ray comes over and pushes Storm off! DOOMSDAY DEVICE on Roode! 1…2…2.9446! Storm spits beer…into roode’s face!!! 3D!!!!!! Rob Terry is distracting the ref! Ray punches him down and goes up top…HE TAKES OUT MAGNUS AND TERRY! Williams tries to interject…he goes through the table!!!! Devon pushed him off the apron…but turns right into a superkick! DWI!!! 1…2…3!!!

Winners: Beer Money Inc via pinfall (on Devon, DWI)
Rating: ***
I would have gone a lot higher, but that finish really annoyed me. Did we really need 7 people involved in the match ending? For all the awesome of Magnus and Williams on commentary, they needed to stay there. Why do Team 3D need protecting from Beer Money at this point?

JB is with…Good God that’s Kurt Angle??? He looks like Ernie Osiris! We get the 20-minute TNA main event intros, allowing me to recover from the bullshit my laptop tried to pull on me tonight.

King of the Mountain World Title Match: Mick Foley © vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle

WIN! Angle has a Penguins jersey!!! JB says AJ is the only grand slam champ in TNA history, despite standing next to the other one. And don’t even pretend the Legends belt counts. Foley is stanfing on the ladder watching the whole thing, the crowd goes bananas for him. If he weighs 280 I’m a featherweight. I just noticed Joe is wearing a Wings jersey. I noticed this because he chraged across the ring and killed Angle. Cheap. And it doesn’t fit his character. Ah, the applause was for Joe donning the Wings jersey. Refs try to restrain him but it’s pointless. JOE IS EJECTED FROM THE MATCH! Wait, no, he starts the match in the penalty box and Angle starts off eligible! Jarrett and Styles play tennis with Angle for the ball, Angle takes advantage of Jarrett dropping his head and boots him silly, then AJ cacthes him with a SWANK dropkick. Jarrett hits the Boss Man attack and ducks a clothesline, then hits an enziguiri. Styles and Jarrett take turns pinning Angle but both get 2 counts. Double suplex to Angle. Foley is still on the ladder as Styles gets 2 on Angle. Double whip and double back elbow to Angle, and here’s Foley! He scoops up Jarrett who falls on him!! 1…2…huh? The ref stops counting, but because of the lousy camerawork we can’t see why. Another 2 count that stops for no reason. And a third! Wait, what??? Foley apparently told the ref that was three and voluntarily goes to the penalty box??? Oh my dear this is a weird start. Joe is free and has commenced bitch-killing mode, having borrowed the skills from Kong for the night. In case you were not aware, Kong kills bitches dead. Clotheslines for all by Joe. He throws Angle to the floor, whips in Jarrett and hits a clothesline and enziguiri in the corner. Styles in, he grabs a headlock but Joe pushes him off. He ducks under the Joe clothesline and slides into Angle on the outside! Inverted atomic, big boot and senton to Jarrett by Joe gets 2. Chops by Joe to Jarrett while Angle and AJ fight outside. Angle is back in briefly until Joe sends him out again. Foley in with shots to Joe, Joe fights back with roaring forearms! KOKINA CLUTCH! Foley won’t tap though. On the outside Angle whips Jarrett into and over the guard rail. Joe has choked out Foley and is eligible, Foley is going to the box. Angle slides the ladder in, Joe kicks him and grabs the ladder then nails Angle with it. Jarrett gets a ladder shot. Joe suplexes Angle on to the ladder! Ouch. Jarrett attacks Joe, props the ladder in the corner and whops Joe into the ladder REVERSED! Jarrett eats rung! Joe sets up the ladder, Foley is out of the box but only partialls conscious. Joe is RIGHT at the top of the ladder…FOLEY RUNS INTO THE LADDER!!! Joe took a nasty bump there, as did the ladder. Foley tosses out AJ then whips Joe into the ladder. He charges…Joe hip tosses him into the ladder! Jarrett sets up the ladder but it’s about as much use as tits on a bull, so he ust throws it at Kurt on the outside and fetches a new one. He sets that one up and climbs, but Angle hits him in the nuts. Foley gets taken to the outside by Angle, then Styles takes it to Angle. Kurt tries a German…AJ flips out! He tries a tornado DDT off the ladder…blocked! NORTHERN LIGHTS INTO THE LADDER! AJ may be dead. Jarrett has a guitar….meauring Angle…kick to the gut stops him. They slug it out, Jarrett gets control and tries a Pedigree but it gets countered…Angle Lock! Jarrett has his guitar though! He kicks Kurt off…WHAM! EL KABONG! Jarrett is climbing, Foley goes up with him and they sexchange shots on the top of the ladder! SPRINGBOARD KICK TO THE LADDER BY AJ!!! Foley and Jarrett are down and the ladder fell on him! AJ takes it to Foley while Joe is on Jarrett. Jarrett to the outside, Foley is climbing on top of the penalty box! Oh boy. AJ is going up with Foley! They’re fighting on the penalty box and Foley is going to suplex him off!!! AJ blocks, teeters on the edge…he’s going to suplex Foley! NO! Foley tosses him off the box into the ring!!! Meanwhile Joe has the Klutch on Jarrett! He breaks it with a jawbreaker…STROKE TO THE LADDER! ANGLE SLAM ON JARRETT!!! 2 count only. FOLEY WITH AN ELBOW OFF THE BOX TO ANGLE!!!! Good GOD that man just doesn’t care. That gets 3 on Angle! Foley has the ladder now and is climbing, but AJ hits Foley with the Legends belt and then kicks him off the ladder! AJ is still not legal. Angle is in the fetal position in the cage. PELE to Foley in the ring, then Joe elevates AJ over the top and on to Foley on the floor! AJ pins Foley on the outside and is now eligible.Jarrett has the ladder behind Joe…levels him with it!!! Angle is out of the box but barely moving, Jarrett is on his way up the ladder AJ is slowly going up too. Kurt has Jarrett’s leg, Jarrett jumps off the ladder and DDT’s Kurt! Sweet. AJ retrieves the belt, Joe and AJ exchange forearms, Joe gets a flurry and runs into an AJ dropkick. Everyone is down. Foley is out of the box and takes the belt from AJ, then levels him with it. Joe charges with a low kick to Foley, and Jarrett takes it to him on the outside. Foley gets control but Joe is at the top of the ladder!!! AJ has his boot! Joe fights and fights but eventually goes down. AJ tries to climb with the belts around his neck but Joe cuts him off. Jarrett comes in long enough to get knocked outside again…TOPE BY JOE TO THE OUTSIDE!! ANGLE SLAM…NO! STYLES CLASH!!! STYLES CLASH!! STYLES CLASH!!! AJ has the belt! He makes sure he has a clear run and climbs! JOE POWERBOMBS HIM OFF THE LADDER! Joe takes down AJ with a clothesline!! He has the belt and climbs! But Angle is up there too!!! JOE HANDS THE BELT TO ANGLE! JOE HANDS THE BELT TO ANGL! ANGLE IS THE CHAMP!

Winner: Kurt Angle via belt hanging
Rating: ****½
Remember how I said that this match couldn’t top the opener? FAIL. Everyone pulled out all the stops on this one, even Foley with his dive off the penatly box. Even the ending was one nobody saw coming (no you didn’t, you’re all full of shit.), and for once Russo has pulled off a swerve that works. I wonder if this means Sting really was Joe’s advisor? Either way, this is TNA’s match of the year and a real contender for the overall award.

TNA really pushed this PPV to the limit. Not a bad match on the card and every story came to a satisfying ending. Bravo TNA. Bravo.