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411’s TNA Victory Road Report 3.13.11
Championship Roll Call:
TNA WORLD TITLE: Sting
TNA TV TITLE: Abyss
TNA X-DIVISION TITLE: Kazarian
TNA KNOCKOUTS TITLE: Madison Rayne
TNA TAG TEAM TITLES: Beer Money
TNA KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM TITLES: Winter & Angelina Love
-Live from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.
-Mike Tenay and Taz are the announce team.
-Before the match Ray demands the mic from SoCal Val. Ray says thank God for men like Bischoff and Hulk Hogan. Men who know how to take a wrestling company to the top. Men who see the potential in one of the greatest wrestlers, himself, Bully Ray. Now, as far as Dreamer goes…
-Dreamer makes his way out, and Ray says that he is shocked that Dreamer had the balls to show up. Ray beat his ass for years, broke his wife’s neck, and figured Dreamer would have been smart enough to not show up. He is tight with Hogan and Bischoff. The match is now a No DQ, Fall Count Anywhere. Ray calls him a fat ass and we’re underway.
NO DQ, FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE: Bully Ray vs. Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer runs wild a she attacks Ray as he was talking. Ray comes back with a clothesline, and misses an elbow drop. Dreamer tosses Ray over the top and to the floor. They brawl around ringside, Dreamer has a fan hold a chair and slams Ray into it. Dreamer mists Ray with some water and then grabs a giant stuffed animal from Despicable Me (A MINION) and hits Ray with it! They now brawl into the crowd, and up into the bleachers. Dreamer grabs a cane from a fan and nails Ray and they battle back down the stairs. Crowd seems to like the match thus far as Ray comes back with chops. He then crotches Dreamer on the barricade and takes control. Ray now calls Val a bitch, gets a Singapore cane and chair, but misses Dreamer. Dreamer tosses in the can of goodies, and WE HAVE PLUNDAH BABY~! Dreamer comes off the 2nd rope with a cane shot, and then goes to the floor and has an inflatable doll. Pizza pan shot to Ray he falls 69 style onto the doll, rolls over and Dreamer splashes then for the cover of 2. Dreamer goes up top, but Ray hits him with the pizza pan. Superplex follows. Ray then drops the elbow on the doll and tosses her to the floor. Dreamer escapes the Bubba bomb and gets a DDT for 2. Dreamer now gets a table, and slides it into the ring. He has it set, looks for a piledriver, but Ray backdrops out. Trashcan shot by Ray, grabs Dreamer, counters and a big boot drops Dreamer, and Ray covers for 2. Ray has the cane and nails Dreamer. He sets the table up, nails Dreamer with the cane, and gets a mic. He talks shit to Dreamer and continues the beat down. He calls out Devon and says this is for him. Devon’s music hits, and here come Devon’s sons, one with a neck brace. Devon sneaks in, 3D from Devon and Dreamer through the table! 1…2…3! Fun for what it was.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Tommy Dreamer @ 10:00 via pin
RATING: **
-Dreamer celebrates with Devon and his kids.
-Tenay and West discuss the main event.
-Hemme with The Beautiful People and Winter. Winter says she wanted them all to be friends, and has no issue with Velvet. Winter leaves, and Velvet is not happy about this, and Angelina leaves as well.
-Sarita on the mic, and says tonight is a great night because they will win the titles. She doesn’t know what the deal is with the three chicks, but they are not focused. She speaks Spanish, which gets a USA chant. Starting tonight, Mexico takes back what is rightfully theirs.
KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Sarita & Rosita vs. Angelina Love & Winter ©
Angelina and Rosita to begin. Lock up, headlock by Angelina. Rights by Rosita, off the ropes and a shoulder block by Angelina. Another and a tag to Sarita. Headlock takedown by Angelina. Snap suplex follows and a tag back to Rosita. Drop toehold, tag to Winter and a back elbow connects. Side back breaker by Winter and a cover for 2. Tag back to Sarita, counters and a northern lights suplex by Winter gets 2 as Rosita makes the save. Tag back to Angelina, boots to Sarita. Sarita slams her down by the hair, tag to Rosita, and Sarita tosses her onto Angelina, who moved. Angelina slams Rosita and covers for 2. Tag back to Winter, misses the boot, Rosita takes her down, tag to Sarita, but winter moved and Sarita dropkicks Rosita. Tag to Angelina, she works the arm. Off the ropes, Rosita pulls down Angelina by the hair, she tags in and misses a splash. Front jawbreaker by Angelina, broken up by Sarita. Tag back to Winter, and Angelina KICKS her in the face. Things break down, Sarita grabs a title belt, and then Angelina cuts her off. Velvet in, takes the belt from Rosita, Winter rolls up Rosita, Sarita turns the roll and Rosita pins Winter. Well that was a cluster and had a lot of missed spots. They appeared to be trying, but unfortunately things did not go to plan.
OFFICIAL RESULT: AND NEW CHAMPIONS Rosita and Sarita @ 5:00 via pin
RATING: DUD
-Winter argues with Velvet after the match.
-We see the Jarrett family on their honeymoon, with the kids. Karen is not happy, but the kids love it.
-Hemme is with Matt Morgan. Morgan calls him SHAWN Hernandez, and that’s a shoot. He says he took everything from him, his moment, when he was supposed to become the champion. He is glad they loved Shawn in Mexico, but tonight, he knocks him back down. Morgan wants the title, and will go back after it tonight when he is all done.
FIRST BLOOD MATCH: Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan
Morgan charges the ring and we’re underway. Morgan in control and beats down Hernandez, and then tosses him to the floor. They try to slam each other to the steps, they block and finally Morgan slams Hernandez to the steps. Morgan goes to pull Hernandez into the ring, stun gun by Hernandez, and then gets a flying shoulder block. Hernandez grabs a broomstick, breaks it, and tries to stab Morgan with it. Morgan escapes, but boots by Hernandez and then he chokes him out in the ropes. Back rake by Hernandez, and then poke shim in the eyes. Morgan battles back and gets a side slam. Shoulder block by Hernandez, and then clubs Morgan down. We have a corner exposed, Hernandez whips Morgan and gets a corner spear. Rights by Hernandez, off the ropes and Morgan levels him with a clothesline. Clotheslines by Morgan as he fires up, corner splash connects. Sack of shit slam follows for Morgan. Morgan grabs the broomstick, but Hernandez boots him in the gut. Up top and Morgan goozles him and tosses him off. Morgan sets, and a FAN RUSHES THE RING, and the ref gets him out. Hernandez gets a chain and tries to hit Morgan, stopped, Morgan has it and NAILS Hernandez. Morgan calls for the ref, Hernandez is down, and so is the ref on the floor. Planted fan. Hernandez now sprays fake blood on Morgan. New ref in, sees the blood, and that is all. Really? No flow at all, bad finish.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Hernandez @ 8:00
RATING: DUD
-Morgan argues with the ref after the match.
-Hemme is with Generation Me. Max cuts off Jeremy, and says it is his birthday, and that no matter what happens, he gets to win the match. It was Jeremy’s idea. He even has a cake, and when he wins, he will celebrate with the title and the cake. Tonight, it is all about becoming Generation Max.
-JB is with Kaz. Kaz decides to interview Borash, and they discuss the first Ultimate X match and all of the amazing things Kaz has done. Kaz is like Charlie Sheen tonight, WINNING. Tonight, he makes his career by becoming the greatest Ultimate X Champion ever.
-We see Cookie and Robbie E arguing earlier today. Robbie says he has a plan, and tonight he wins the title, bro.
-Tenay and Taz discuss the Ultimate X match.
ULTIMATE X MATCH FOR THE X TITLE: Jeremy Buck vs. Max Buck vs. Kazarian © vs. Robbie E /Cookie
This is the 24th Ultimate X match, and this is Kaz’s 5th Ultimate X. Cookie grabs Kaz’s leg and Gen Me attacks Robbie. They toss Robbie and they take over on Kaz. To the corner, a boot by Kaz and then springs to the cable and climbs. Pulled down and takes out Gen Me with dropkicks. Robbie in and attacks Kaz. A whip to the corner, and Kaz to the floor. Max up and climbs, Robbie drops Jeremy, and Robbie pulls him down and clotheslines him. Robbie looks to climb, to the cable and he goes across, and Kaz is up and climbs along with him. He kicks him off and then a big leg drop from the cables. Kaz favors his hand, Jeremy nails him with a kick and then the X-Factor. Max now climbs, and walks on Jeremy’s shoulders. Robbie takes out Jeremy, and Kaz KILLS Max with a clothesline. Rights to Robbie, they trade now, back elbow by Robbie. Kaz tries for fade to black, countered, and Kaz backdrops Robbie to the floor, and he landed on the steps. Kaz with the plancha onto Robbie and then Max gets Kaz with the dropkick. Jeremy with a moonsault to the floor, with an assist by Max. Max now calls for him to get back into the ring, but Kaz stops him. Kaz and Max trade rights, dropkick to Kaz. Max climbs, Jeremy attacks Kaz, Max across the cable, Kaz grabs a leg and pulls him down. Jeremy over to attack, double teams dropkick to Kaz and he is down. Max goes to climb again, he slips and Kaz and Jeremy both climb as well. Kaz kicks off Jeremy and falls as well. Kaz grabs a leg and slings Max INTO A CUTTER off of the cables. Robbie is apparently alive and stun guns Kaz. He climbs now, across the cables he goes. Max pulls him off, and gets a sweet blockbuster onto Robbie. Cookie does not approve. Max climbs, but Kaz slams him into the light rigging and that had to suck. Jeremy and Kaz battle, and the chokes out Robbie. Kaz and Jeremy up top, Robbie over, TOWER OF DOOM! Cookie checks on Robbie, Kaz and Jeremy are up and Kaz takes him down and then gets the fade to black on Robbie. Superkick by Jeremy, and now he climbs. Enziguri by Kaz to stop that, Kaz over to Jeremy and BREAKS OUT THE FLUX CAPACITOR~! Everyone is down here. Robbie is up and looks to climb. Kaz up and looks to climb as well. Across the cables they go, Gem Me pulls Robbie off and double superkick him. They pull Kaz off as well and he is down. Max and Jeremy now argue about going for the belt, and Max pulls Jeremy down. Now they both decide to climb, they race across, and Robbie is in with a ladder. Kaz climbs the light rigging as Gen Me battles. Kaz walks along he top of the cables and Robbie has a ladder up as Gen Me collides to the mat. Robbie and Kaz go for the title, and Kaz gets it from the top to retain.
Not the best Ultimate X, but they worked hard, and this was the best thing on the card thus far. Good to see Gen Me get the PPV spot, but the match suffered without Ultimate X MVPs such as Daniels, Sabin and Shelley.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Kazarian @ 14:00
RATING: ***¼
-More of the Jarrett’s honeymoon, and Karen is not happy at all. They got seconds on the pizza, and Jeff tells Karen it will all be ok.
-Hemme is with Beer Money. They hit on her, and make her do the Beer Money celebration. They basically bend her over and have some fun. They then say they are the champions and the best in the world. They have shown respect to 3D, the Guns, LAX, but for some reason, Ink Inc doesn’t know about respect. Apparently Shannon Moore grew a set of balls, because they called them out on TV. You have to earn respect, and tonight, Shannon Moore will not be saved from his ass whooping.
TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Ink Inc (Neal and Moore) vs. Beer Money © (Roode and Storm)
No boozer cruiser tonight, James Storm is in SUPER SERIAL MODE. Storm and Neal to begin, this has some potential to be really goods. Some good counters to begin, arm drags and such, and they stand off. They talk trash, slap each other, and Storm takes over with a neck breaker and covers for 2. To the corner, back elbow by Neal, and then a cross body off the ropes gets 2. They stand off, shake hands, some mutual respect, and tags to Moore and Roode now. Lock up, they trade go behinds, takedown by Roode and a counter into the hammerlock by Moore. Reversal by Roode, standing switch and a side headlock by Moore. Off the ropes, shoulder block by Roode. Off the ropes and a leg lariat by Moore gets 2. Rights by Moore, off the ropes and a side back breaker by Roode gets 2. Tag to Neal, double team fails and Roode clothesline Moore, snap slam to Neal and a cover for 2. Tag to Storm, Moore breaks it up and Neal didn’t seem happy about that as he tags Moore in. Moore in now working full heel as he beats down Storm and ignores the ref. Leg drop by Moore, and into the seated headlock. Moore then slams Storm down by his hair, tags in Neal and he works him over with shots to the gut. Boot by Neal, off the ropes and a neck breaker connects for 2. Neal back to the headlock, but Moore tags back in and lays the boots to Storm in the corner. Taz mentions he was a multi time tag champ, he may want to pick that up. Neal works over Storm, tags Moore back in and whips Storm to the corner, and he drops. Moore mocks Roode, misses a corner dropkick and BOTH men are down. Tags to Roode and Neal, they trade big rights, Roode fires up, off the ropes and a forearm to Neal. Big backdrop follows the clotheslines, and then chops follow that. Boot by Neal, but the runs into the spinebuster for 2. Neal fights back, Storm tags in, double team lung blower and Moore is now in. Moore with the head scissors to Roode, and then the RANA follows. Whips Storm to the corner, counter, boots by Moore, up top and moonsualts in, wipes out Storm, and then the wheelbarrow to Roode gets 2. Neal back in now, they grab Roode and looks for the Mooregasm, Roode escapes, slams Neal into Moore and gets the northern lariat to Neal. Roode up top with Moore, Moore knocks him off, Storm over and gets kicked away. Moonsault onto Storm, but Roode with the uranage onto Moore and covers for 2. Neal stops Roode, head butts follow. A whip to the corner, kick by Storm to Neal and they grab Moore, double suplex…connects!
BEER!
MONEY!
They grab Moore, DWI try, Neal SPEARS Storm! Double neck breakers to Roode, and Moore covers for 2. Moore is not pleased with the count. Moore grabs the book of DILLAGAF, and Neal says they do not need to win this way. Storm in, SUPERKICK to Neal. Back stabber on Moore, DWI on Moore and that is all.
Good match, it slowed a bit at the end instead of building up, and the “tag partners that do not get along” are back.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Beer Money @ 12:00 via pin
RATING: ***
-After the match, Beer Money shows respect to Neal, while Moore spits beer into Beer Money’s face. Neal is again mad at his partner, saying that they are not like that.
-Hemme is with Flair and Matt Hardy. Hardy and Flair put each other over, and Matt calls AJ a kid again, and says he does not know about the business. He says nice is ok, but it doesn’t make you famous or make you money, and AJ needs to keep that in mind.
Matt Hardy w/Ric Flair vs. AJ Styles
Lock up to begin, to the corner they go and they trade rights. Chops by AJ, and works the side headlock. AJ transitions to a front facelock, Hardy escapes and tires to work the arm, and AJ back to the headlock. Takedown by AJ, and keeps control. Hardy to his feet, elbow by Hardy and then AJ gets the dropkick combo as hardy ran the ropes. AJ looks to slingshot to the floor, Hardy stops that, brings AJ in, and then tosses Hardy to the floor. AJ hits the ropes, Flair trips him up, distracts him and that allows Hardy to clothesline AJ out of his boots and cover for 2. Elbow drop by Hardy, forearms follow. Hardy charges, AJ ducks down and Hardy flies to the floor. AJ with a moonsault from the apron to the floor. Rights by AJ, but Hardy pulls AJ into the ring apron and then slams AJ’s shoulder into the steel post. The ref counts, Flair watches on as AJ tries to get back into the ring. Hardy to the floor, rights follow. He whips AJ to the railing, AJ slides UNDER it and then slingshots onto Hardy with a forearm. Back into the ring we go, chops by AJ. Rights follow that, a whip, reversal and AJ tries a German, elbow by Hardy, counters and then Hardy SLAMS AJ into the corner German style. Hardy with elbows to the back of AJ’s head, and then tosses him to the floor. Flair with chops to AJ, rights as well. Flair and the ref get into it, AJ back in and Hardy gets the catapult in the ropes on AJ, and covers for 2. Rights by AJ, but Hardy with the butterfly submission, hanging on AJ. AJ rolls and gets a cover for 2. Hardy really needs to transition to the guillotine here, but AJ gets the ropes. Hardy chokes AJ out with his boot, goes for the move again, AJ slams him to the corner but as he charges, Hardy drops him onto the turnbuckle and then gets a DDT for 2. As Hardy distracts the ref, Flair GRABS AJ’s BALLS. That is just not cool. Elbow drops by Hardy, Hardy then works a cravat, keeping AJ grounded. AJ fights to his feet, rights and chops follow. Off the ropes, and the clothesline each other. Enziguri by AJ and BOTH men are down. They trade rights from their knees, AJ in control and off the ropes, clothesline to Hardy. Another, back elbow and then the Death Valley Driver into the neck breaker for 2. Suplex into a neck breaker by AJ gets 2. AJ sets Hardy, goes up top, Hardy up and AJ jumps over him, but Hardy gets the side effect for 2. Hardy to the second rope, leaps off and gets the elbow. Twist of hate try, countered and AJ with the back slide for 2. Clothesline by AJ drops Hardy, and AJ now looks for the clash. Hardy counters it with the Alabama Slam for 2. Back elbow by AJ, Asai DDT connects, but Flair distracts the ref, and AJ only gets a cover for 2. AJ grabs Flair, Flair pokes him in the eyes, but AJ PELEs Flair. DDT but Hardy, and he sets AJ up, and climbs up top. MOONSAULT connects for 2! AJ slams Hardy to the corner, PELE from AJ as Hardy was on the ropes and Hardy is down. AJ up top…SPIRAL TAP~! 1…2…3!
This was a really good match and the performance from Hardy in his TNA run. Hardy actually worked a very different style (more of a brawler, used his size against AJ well) than he usually does, which is a good thing because he keeps talking about reinventing himself. AJ is AJ as always, which is a good thing. Best match on the show thus far.
OFFICIAL RESULT: AJ Styles @ 18:00 via pin
RATING: ***¾
-After the match, AJ nails Flair in the balls, payback dude.
-More honeymoon stuff with the Jarrett’s. Karen is still mad. Jeff says he will call for a truce with Kurt in Thursday, and they apparently have lost the kids. Nope, they found then and then they all the get splashed with water.
-Hemme is with Mr. Anderson. He’s an asshole don’t you know. Anderson says Dixie Carter got screwed, but doesn’t care about RVD crying about getting screwed. It is business, and he is an asshole but not a douchebag. Assholes finish first apparently.
#1 CONTENDERS MATCH: Mr. Anderson vs. Rob Van Dam
Chants for both as they start to trade rights right away. Some counters and reversals, roll up by RVD for 2, roll up for Anderson for 2. They stand off. It’s not RVD vs. Jerry Lynn but it’s all we got. They circle, lock up and Anderson takes control with the hammerlock. Reversal by RVD, off the ropes , more counters and they do some slow reversals of covers, and back to the headlock by Anderson. Anderson counters a leapfrog and clubs RVD into the ropes. Anderson lays the boots to RVD in the corner, and then chokes him out in the ropes. RVD fights back, snap mare, kick, rolling thunder and Anderson rolls to the floor. Baseball slide by RVD, and then the slingshot cross body by RVD follows. RVD sets Anderson onto the barricade, and flies in for the leg drop, but Anderson moved and RVD crashed into the barricade. That had to suck. Anderson takes RVD to the corner and slams his knee into the steel post. He keeps working the knee, back into the ring and then lays the boots to him. Anderson back to work on the leg, drops the knee as well and looks to ground RVD. Single leg crab by Anderson, and RVD manages to get the ropes. Rights by Anderson, and back to the leg he goes. Dropkick to the knee by Anderson, and then chop blocks the leg and covers for 2. back elbow by RVD, and a clothesline follows. RVD fires up, Mic check try by Anderson countered and RVD tries rolling thunder, forgets to sell the leg, they look lost for a moment, and Anderson with the backdrop suplex. Clotheslines by Anderson, neck breaker follows for 2. Finlay roll by Anderson, and a cover gets 2. Mic check countered again, and then they clothesline each other. BOTH men are down. OT the feet, they trade rights, kicks by RVD, to the corner, and shoulder blocks by RVD, back flips and they collide heads and are down. RVD then cross bodies Anderson to the floor and both guys are down again. RVD is up, rights to Anderson. They brawl up the ramp, MIC CHECK by Anderson on the ramp. The ref continues to count, Anderson looks to get up, crawls to the ring, but the ref counts to 10. Crowd hates this.
Not bad, but not great. They don’t mesh very well in ring, and the match never had a great flow. It had its moments, but just didn’t work that well. The finish didn’t help either.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Double Count Out @ 13:00
RATING: *½
-The fans chant for then to restart the match, while some chant NO. Both guys want more time, where is Hulk Hogan, I though the ran things?
-We get pre-taped comments from Hardy and Sting.
-Borash does the super special ring announcing.
-Eric Bischoff makes his way out before the match begins. He has a mic and a new haircut. We have a change of plans, due to the network getting involved in their business. Since Hardy was taken advantage of, he plans to be fair. Sting refuses to shake his hand. Bischoff then says to make this fair, and since Hardy could not prepare for Sting, they are changing things. The match is a NO DQ match. Sting levels Bischoff and here we go.
NO DQ WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Jeff Hardy vs. Sting ©
Jeff teases throwing his shirt to the crowd, and Sting backs him off to a corner. Jeff goes to the ropes. He finally tosses the shirt down and they lock up. Counter, scorpion death drop and Sting wins.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Sting @ 1:00 via pin
RATING: NR (Bullshit?)
-Sting leaves the ring with the title, and as he leaves, celebrates the heroic and grueling performance.
-Yes, that appears to be the PPV main event.
-The crowd is chanting bullshit in the background of the replays of the show.
-If Sting is in such bad shape that he cannot work a PPV main event, why did they give him the title? Seriously, I am just asking. Feel free to be pissed off if you paid for this.
EDIT: Word is that Hardy was in no condition to perform. Take that for what you will. [Credit: Torch]
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