3-weeks worth as TNA starts to build Lockdown.
[Credit: Richard Trionfo and PWInsider.com]
Impact! for 3/18/05:
*NWA champion Jefff Jarrett is backstage with Monty Brown.
*TNA X-Division champion Christopher Daniels pinned Jerelle Clark. Daniels declared himself "Mr. TNA."
*Kid Kash pinned Mikey Batts.
Backstage, 3 Live Kru were talking. Konnan doesn't trust BG Jammes after Destination X.
*NWA Tag Team champions America's Most Wanted & Dusti Rhodes defeated Chris Candido & The Naturals.
Mike Tenay interviewed NWA champion Jeff Jarrett & The Outlaw. The crowd chanted "Drop the belt." They brought out Monty Brown and the crowd chanted, "You sold out." The trio declared they would take over the world.
*Backstage, Dusty Rhodes said there would be two cage matches at Lockdown. Tracy Brooks and Trinity are both still his assistants.
*In his TNA in-ring debut, Shocker pinned David Young.
*Diamond Dallas Page & Sean Waltman (with Kevin Nash) defeated Buck Quartermaine and Lex Lovett. Nash called out Dusty Rhodes and demanded he & DDP & Waltman vs. Gunn & Jarrett & Brown at Lockdown in a Steel Cage.
Impact! for 3/25:
*Impact! began with a shot of Abyss and AJ Styles brawling in the back after Styles saved Tracy and Trinity from harassing them.
*Trytan pinned Buck Quartermaine with an F-5.
*Backstage, BG Jammes tried to talk to The Outlaw. They played up that Konnan doesn't trust Jammes anymore.
*Shocker & Jeff Hardy defeated David Young & Lex Lovett.
*The Disciples of Destruction defeated Shark Boy & Cassidy Riley.
*Diamond Dallas Page called out Dusty Rhodes who made the six man tag Cage match official for the Lockdown PPV. They called it "Six Worlds of Steel."
*Kevin Nash is jumped in the back by the heels.
*Backstage, Raven stops Jeff Hardy and tries to form a tag team with him, but Hardy blows him off.
Nuevo Gran Apollo defeated Sonny Siaki. Kash & Lance Hoyt come out and challenge them to a tag match.
*Backstage, Shane Douglas interviewed Dustin Rhodes. Scott D'Amore and Bobby Rude came out to build a singles match.
*Phi Delta Slam vs. America's Most Wanted went to no contest or a DQ ending after a number of run-ins by Team Canada and Dustin Rhodes.
Impact! For Friday 4/1:
*Abyss defeated Cassidy Riley. AJ Styles did commentary at ringside. After the match, Abyss went for the thumbtacks, which brought out Jeff Hardy. Raven attacked Hardy, with Styles jumping into the fray.
*They officially announced Styles vs. Abyss as the second Six Sides of Steel match for the PPV
Primetime Elix Skipper won a four way, defeating Chris Sabin, Michael Shane (announced under that name), and Petey Williams. Sabin pinned Williams. Skipper pinned Michael Shane. Skipper pinned Sabin to become the top contender for the X-Division championship. Christopher Daniels did commentary
Notes: There are plans to produce a history package on Daniels and Skipper to air for hour three…TNA announced the next taping would be 4/5, taping another three weeks of TV….Lockdown looks to be Kevin Nash & DDP & Sean Waltman vs. Outlaw & Brown & Jarrett in a Cage, Abyss vs. Styles in a Cage, AMW & Rhodes vs. Team Canada, Raven vs. Hardy, and Daniels vs. Skipper.
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TNA Impact Taping Results for March 15, 2005
by Richard Trionfo
After a Destination X pay per view that saw a champion lose his title, but not the one that the Orlando crowd wanted, Total Nonstop Action wrestling moved on towards its next pay per view, Lockdown on April 24th. Probably because of the dates for its next two pay per views, TNA Wrestling gave its fans three weeks of television tapings in one night. Here is what happened:
Results for March 18, 2005
They start this week’s episode of Impact with a package of photos on the ImpactTron recapping Destination X and the new alliance between Monty Brown and Jeff Jarrett.
We move to the back where Jeff Jarrett is celebrating with Monty Brown, the Outlaw William Pistol, the Naturals, Chris Candido, and Tim Welch, attorney at television law. Jeff mentions that there will be a celebration tonight.
Match Number One: Jerrelle Clark versus Christopher Daniels
Daniels comes to the ring and slaps Clark before the bell. Clark goes after Daniels, but Daniels hides behind the referee and then he slaps Clark again. Daniels punches Clark. Clark flips over Daniels on a back body attempt and hits a rana into a rollup. Clark punches and chops Daniels, but Daniels with an STO. Daniels stomps on Clark. Daniels with an T-Bone suplex to Clark. Daniels slams Clark and hits the seated springboard moonsault, but pulls up Clark before the three count. Daniels with shots to Clark’s back. Clark flips out of a belly-to-back suplex and hits clotheslines on Daniels followed by a drop kick and tilt-a-whirl DDT. Clark goes up top, but he takes too long and Daniels punches Clark, crotching him. Daniels throws Clark to the mat and then hits the Angel’s Wings for the three count.
After the match, Daniels gets on the mic and he reminds us that on Sunday, he faced a four-time X Division champion and beat him He faced a three former world tag team champion and beat him. He faced two former World Champions and he beat them. He proved that he is the heart and soul of the X Division and what he is to this company. He is now Mr. TNA. Elix Skipper emerges from the Chute of Heelish Impact and he has a mic. Elix says that A.J. and the fans do not know Christopher Daniels. However, Elix knows Daniels and he has heard him say what he just said a thousand times before.
Match Number Two: Mikey Batts versus Kid Kash (with Lance Hoyt)
Kash with a double leg take down and then he punches Batts. Batts with a hammer lock but Kash reverses. Kash with a shoulder block to Batts. Batts with a jumping leg lariat. Test of strength, but Kash with a leg sweep. Batts with a sunset flip, but Kash with a drop kick. Kash with a chop to Batts. Batts with a clothesline that sends Kash over the top rope to the floor. Batts with a tope but Hoyt catches him and sends him into the ring post and then throws him back in over the top rope. Kash with a springboard clothesline to Batts. Kash goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a clothesline. Batts with a flying forearm followed by an overhead belly-to-belly throw. Batts with a wheelbarrow into a rollup. Batts with an Impaler DDT. Hoyt gets on the apron and Batts goes over to him. Hoyt punches Batts and then Kash hits a springboard somersault drop kick to Batts across the ring. Kash with the Moneymaker for the three count.
We go to the back where 3 Live Kru are talking. Konnan does not trust Brian James after being hit by a guitar on Sunday night. However, he still has Ron Killings’ back if anything happens.
Match Number Three: America’s Most Wanted versus Chris Candido and the Naturals
America’s Most Wanted and the Naturals stand face to face and then Harris and Storm punch Douglas and Stevens. All six men go at it as the match begins. Harris squares off with Douglas and they go outside the ring while Storm and Stevens go at it; and Rhodes and Candido fight in the ring. Harris sends Douglas into the guardrail while Stevens and Storm move outside the ring to fight. Rhodes with a back body drop to Candido followed by a punch. Rhodes tries for a cross body, but Candido ducks and Rhodes goes out of the ring. Candido and Douglas make a wish with Rhodes on the floor. Candido rolls Rhodes back in and punches him. Candido with a suplex. Rhodes punches Candido, but Candido with an eye gouge. Candido tries for a drop kick, but Rhodes holds on to the ropes. Rhodes with a bridge on Candido. Rhodes with a reverse atomic drop followed by a clothesline and both men are down. Harris and Douglas tag in and Harris punches Douglas followed by a back body drop. Harris punches Candido and then he brings Stevens in over the top rope, but Stevens lands on his feet. Harris with a flying clothesline to Stevens. Harris and Storm with a double hip toss to Douglas, but they hold on and run him into Stevens. They do the same thing to Candido, but then give Candido to Rhodes who hits a running power bomb. Douglas punches Storm. Storm with an Irish whip to Douglas and Harris hits a bulldog. Storm pulls Stevens off the ropes, but Stevens flips and lands on his feet. Storm with a super kick to Stevens and then they hit the Death Sentence on Douglas for the three count.
Mike Tenay comes to the ring to interview the NWA World Champion, Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett comes to the ring with the Outlaw William Pistol. The crowd chanted for Jarrett to ‘drop the title’ and he literally dropped the title in the center of the ring. Jarrett says that Monty did what he did because of one word: Opportunity. Jarrett brings out his ‘personal friend’, Monty Brown. The crowd chants ‘You Sold Out’ at Monty. Monty says that he will continue to sell out. Monty wants to shake the hand of the man who shook the world, and that man is Jeff Jarrett. Monty says that it is time for them to take the world over.
Dusty Rhodes is in his ‘office’ with Traci and Trinity. Dusty says that there will be two ‘six sides of steel’ matches at Lockdown. He talks about the match at Destination X between the teams led by Traci and Trinity. Dusty says that as a result of the match, Traci is his assistant. Dusty then announces that Trinity is also his assistant.
Match Number Four: Shocker versus David Young
Shocker with a go behind followed by a series of standing switches. Young with an arm bar, but Shocker with an arm drag. Young with an arm drag. Shocker with a leg sweep and cover followed by one from Young. Young with a side head lock followed by a shoulder block. Shocker with a drop kick and then he climbs the turnbuckle and hits a missile drop kick on Young, sending him outside the ring. Shocker with a tope onto Young. Young with a clothesline and then sets up for a power bomb, but Shocker counters with a rana. Shocker with a rollup. Young with a kick and knee to Shocker’s head. Shocker gets the three count with a rollup.
Match Number Five: Lex Lovett and Buck Quartermain versus Diamond Dallas Page and Sean Waltman (with Kevin Nash). Nash joins Don and Mike at the announce position
Waltman and Lovett start things off. Waltman with a side head lock into a single leg take down and float over. Then Waltman with a crotch chop. Waltman with an arm drag followed by a kick to Lovett’s head. Waltman with an arm bar and he tags in Page. Lovett is able to tag in Quartermain. Page with a side head lock followed by a shoulder block. Page with an arm bar and then he works on the arm. He tags in Waltman. Waltman with a kick to Buck followed by an arm bar. Buck punches Waltman. Waltman with an arm drag and arm bar. Page tags back in and Page punches Buck. Buck avoids a Page punch and he goes outside as they probably go to commercial. Waltman and Page go outside and attack Lovett and Quartermain. Waltman and Page send Lex and Buck into the guardrails. Waltman and Page send Lovett and Quartermain into each other. Quartermain rakes Page’s eyes and puts Page in a side head lock. Page works on Bucks’ arm and then Buck goes back outside. Buck returns to the ring and Page with a side head lock. Buck with a hammer lock and Page with an elbow. Page with a shoulder block. Buck and Page each block a hip toss attempt. Page with a clothesline to Quartermain. Page slams Buck and then misses an elbow drop. Lovett tags in and so does Waltman. Waltman with a kick and punch followed by a chop. Lovett with a chop of his own. Waltman with a spin kick to Lovett off an Irish whip. Waltman with kicks followed by a jumping back kick. Waltman sets up for the Bronco Buster, but Lovett moves out of the way. Lovett tags in Quartermain. Buck and Lex with a double back elbow to Waltman. Quartermain with a belly-to-back suplex to Waltman followed by a leg drop. Quartermain with a front face lock and Waltman makes the tag, but the ref does not see it, so he disallows the tag. Lovett tags in and he covers Waltman. Lovett puts Waltman’s throat on the bottom rope and Lovett does a guillotine leg drop from the ring over the top rope to the floor. Quartermain tags in. Quartermain Irish whips Waltman into the corner, but Waltman moves when Quartermain charges. Then he clotheslines Lovett. Page tags in and he punches Quartermain and Lovett and then he gives a discus clothesline to Quartermain and Lovett. Both men are sent into the corner and Waltman does a Bronco Buster on both men. Page with a Diamond Cutter on Quartermain for the three count.
After the match, Kevin Nash joins Page and Waltman in the ring. Nash wants Dusty Rhodes to come out. Dusty comes out with Traci and Trinity. Dusty says the fans will decide who gets to wrestle in the cage matches. Nash says that he wants one of the matches to be Nash, Waltman, and Page against Pistol, Brown, and Jarrett. Dusty says that we will get a final decision ‘next week’.
Results for March 25, 2005
This week’s show starts off with Abyss entering Dusty’s ‘office’ while Traci and Trinity are there. Meanwhile, A.J. Styles happens to be walking by with a member of TNA security.
We go to Don and Mike at the announce position, but we go to the back where there is something going on. Abyss is still with Traci and Trinity in Dusty’s ‘office’ and he scares them out of the office. From out of nowhere, A.J. Styles attacks Abyss.
Match Number One: Buck Quartermain versus Trytan
Trytan throws Buck into the corner on a collar and elbow tie up. Buck punches Trytan, but Trytan throws him into the corner again. Trytan with a biel to Quartermain. Trytan with shoulder blocks in the corner followed by an elbow. Trytan with an Irish whip followed by a big boot. Trytan with punches to Quartermain in the corner followed by a boot to the throat. Quartermain with a drop kick to Trytan’s knee followed by more kicks to the leg. Trytan with a spinebuster followed by an F-5 for the three count.
Konnan is in the back and he wants to talk to the Outlaw William Pistol. Brian James and Ron Killings stop by to break things up. Pistol says that he has some business to discuss with James. Konnan tells Killings that he knows that James is going to screw them over.
Match Number Two: David Young and Lex Lovett versus Jeff Hardy and Shocker
Hardy and Young start things off. Hardy with an arm bar, but Young reverses. Hardy with a kick and arm drag. Young punches Hardy. Hardy kicks Young and hits the screaming double leg drop. Shocker tags in and Hardy with a jumping leg lariat off Shocker’s back and Shocker hits a clothesline off Hardy’s back. Shocker with a small package, but Lovett makes the save. Lovett tags in. Shocker with a running boot to Lovett. Shocker goes to the apron on an Irish whip and then he hits a shoulder block to Lovett and then he goes up top for a clothesline. Hardy tags in and sends Lovett under the ropes on an Irish whip. Hardy chases Lovett outside the ring and when Lovett returns to the ring he distracts the ref so Young can send Hardy into the guardrail. Young rolls Hardy back into the ring. Lovett stomps on Hardy and then gives him a leg drop. Young tags in and punches Hardy. Young follows that with a drop kick. Lovett tags back in and he kicks Hardy. Lovett with a suplex and then he floats over into a Dragon Sleeper. Lovett sends Hardy into Young’s boot and then chokes him with his boot before Young tags in. Young with a clothesline to Hardy and then he chokes Hardy. Young with a back body drop and then he tags in Lovett. Hardy with a Whisper in the Wind onto Young and Lovett and he tags in Shocker. Shocker goes up top and hits a missile drop kick on both men. Shocker with drop toe hold followed by a rollup on Young for a two count. Hardy with a pescado on Lovett while Shocker gets the three count with a rollup on Young.
Kevin Nash is in the back talking to Michael Shane.
Match Number Three: Shark Boy and Cassidy Riley versus Disciples of Destruction (with Traci Brooks)
[Since I want to give a full play by play of this match, I will do what I did for the last spoilers report and call one of them Ron/Don and the other Don/Ron].
Riley and Ron/Don start things off. Riley with a handspring elbow to Ron/Don. Shark Boy with a torpedo drop kick to Ron/Don. Don/Ron comes in and he tries to choke slam Shark Boy, but Shark Boy with a wheelbarrow into a bulldog. Riley punches Don/Ron and then tries a cross body, but Don/Ron catches Riley. Shark Boy comes off and hits a torpedo drop kick on Riley’s back and that sends Riley on top of Don/Ron. Don/Ron goes outside and Traci talks to him. Ron/Don sends Shark Boy into the guard rail. Don/Ron with a side slam to Shark Boy. Don/Ron with a standing power slam to Shark Boy and Ron/Don tags in. Ron/Don with a double axe handle followed by elbow drop. Ron/Don with a big boot to Shark Boy. Don/Ron tags in and Shark Boy gets a rollup. Don/Ron punches Shark Boy and tags in Ron/Don. Shark Boy kicks Ron/Don and then Shark Boy with a drop kick and enzuigiri. Traci gets on the apron to check on Ron/Don and Shark Boy takes a bite out of Traci. Ron and Don attack Shark Boy and then Ron/Don catches Riley and throws him into the turnbuckle. Ron and Don hit the H Bomb on Riley for the three count.
Diamond Dallas Page comes out and he talks about Dusty’s announcement about the six ‘walls’ of steel match that was mentioned ‘last week’. He wants Dusty to come out and the Director of Authority and his assistants make their way out of the Chute of Facial Impact. Dusty tells Page and the rest of the Orlando crowd that at Lockdown, one of the ‘six sides of steel’ matches will be Jeff Jarrett, The Outlaw William Pistol, and Monty Brown versus Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, and Diamond Dallas Page. On the TNATrons, they show footage of Jeff Jarrett in the back while The Naturals, Chris Candido, and the Outlaw William Pistol are beating someone up. They leave and we see Kevin Nash laid out. Page runs to the back to help Nash.
Jeff Hardy is walking in the back and Raven stops him. Raven mentions that he has his fans while Jeff has his own fans. Raven suggests that the work together.
Match Number Four: Sonny Siaki versus Apollo
Apollo tries to get the crowd behind him and then he has Sonny in a side head lock. Apollo with a shoulder block. Siaki tries for a leap frog, but Apollo stops short and punches Siaki. Apollo slaps Siaki. Siaki punches Apollo. Siaki with an Irish whip, but he runs into a boot from Apollo. Apollo with a tackle on Siaki. Apollo with a punch, but Siaki with a jumping leg lariat and a swinging neck breaker. Siaki with a punch to Apollo. Apollo with a sit out choke slam. Apollo and Siaki exchange forearms and chops. Siaki with a punch, but he runs into a super kick from Apollo. Apollo misses another attempt, and Siaki with a back breaker. Apollo gets the three count with a rollup.
After the match, Apollo and Siaki shake hands. From out of the Chute of Heelish Impact, Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt appear. Kash says that TNA was about WRESTLING, not a Puerto Rican/Samoan soap opera. Kash says that TNA is where the biggest and baddest come, and there is no lovemaking in the ring, so if they want to continue to do that, they can leave. Siaki has a mic and he challenges Kash and Hoyt to a match right now. Kash says that they will not come to the ring, but they would consider fighting them. Siaki says that since they won’t come to the ring, he will go up there and take care of them. Apollo and Siaki go up the ramp of Heelish Impact while Kash and Hoyt go to the back.
We go to Shane Douglas in the back and he interviews Dustin Rhodes. From out of nowhere, Scott D’Amore and Bobby Roode interrupt the interview.
Match Number Five: Phi Delta Slam (with Trinity) versus America’s Most Wanted in a non-title match.
Sassi starts things off with Harris. Sassi tries to punch Harris, but Harris moves and Harris punches Sassi out of the ring. Storm punches Tilly, and that brings him into the ring. Storm leaps over Harris and knocks Tilly out of the ring. One of the members of Phi Delta Slam throws a chair into the ring and Storm gets his hat and sits down. Trinity gets on the apron and Harris brings her into the ring. Storm spanks Trinity and then Harris press slams Trinity onto Phi Delta Slam outside the ring. Sassi and Storm exchange punches. Harris and Storm with a double drop kick. Harris punches Sassi. Sassi with a back elbow and then he drops an elbow before Tilly hits an elbow drop. Tilly punches Harris and then Sassi tags back in. They hit a double butterfly slam followed by a boot to Harris’s head by Sassi. Tilly tagged back in and kicks Harris. Tilly punches Harris and then Storm. Storm comes in, but the ref sends him back outside. This allows Phi Delta Slam to hit a double back elbow. Tilly tags back in and punches Harris. Harris gets out of a slam attempt and he sends Tilly into Sassi, knocking Sassi off the apron. Harris hits a flying clothesline and he tags in Storm who punches and kicks Tilly. He punches Sassi on the apron and then gives Tilly and enzuigiri. Storm with a superkick to Sassi and Harris goes up top for a Death Sentence, but before he goes up, Team Canada runs in and they attack Harris. Sassi slams Storm and Tilly goes up for the splash. From out of nowhere, Dustin Rhodes comes in and he helps Harris and Storm fight off Team Canada.
After the match, America’s Most Wanted, Dustin Rhodes, and Team Canada fight on the ramp as the show ends.
Results for April 1, 2005
This week’s show starts with A.J. Styles at the announce position with Don and Mike.
Match Number One: Abyss versus Cassidy Riley
Abyss charges at Riley, but Riley ducks him. Riley with a go behind, but Abyss with a head butt. Abyss punches Riley, but misses a clothesline. Riley with chops followed by a flying forearm, but Abyss stays up. Abyss with a clothesline followed by a splash in the corner. Abyss with the Torture Rack Drop followed by the Black Hole Slam for the three count.
After the match, Abyss looks under the ring for something and finds his bag of thumbtacks. Abyss brings them into the ring. From out of nowhere, Jeff Hardy comes out and attacks Abyss before he can release the tacks. Hardy gives Abyss a Twist of Fate. From out of another nowhere, Raven comes out and attacks Hardy. A.J. Styles comes from the announce table and hits a springboard Phenomenal clothesline on Abyss while Hardy gives Raven a jaw breaker. Hardy grabs the bag of thumbtacks and teases that he will toss it into the crowd, but A.J. tells him that he will put someone’s eye out if he does that.
It is announced that A.J. Styles and Abyss will meet in the second ‘six sides of steel’ match at Lockdown.
Christopher Daniels comes out and joins Don and Mike at the announce position.
Match Number Two: Chris Sabin versus Elix Skipper versus Petey Williams (with Scott D’Amore) versus Michael Shane in a Four Way Elimination Match to determine the number one contender for the X Division title.
Sabin and Skipper start things off. Skipper with a hammer lock, but Sabin with a side head lock. Sabin with an arm drag and kick. Skipper lands on his feet on a back body attempt and then hits an arm drag. Skipper with a rollup for a two count. Sabin with a rollup. Williams and Shane tag in. Shane with a side head lock, but Williams turns it into an arm bar. Shane with a top wrist lock into a side head lock. Williams with an arm drag followed by a chop. Shane with a chop and then they exchange some more. Shane punches and chops Williams. Williams with a back kick, a kick and a clothesline. Shane with a snap mare and then he stomps Williams in the face. Shane goes up top, but Williams punches him and puts him in the Tree of Woe-eh. Time for Petey to sing. Williams tags in Skipper and Skipper with a Mick Foley Clothesline to Shane. Williams with a pescado into a rana on Skipper. Sabin feels left out so he hits a double jump Asai Moonsault to the floor on all three people. We probably go to commercial around this time while all four men are down. Skipper and Sabin exchange punches and kicks. Sabin tags himself in while Shane tags in Williams. Shane pushes D’Amore outside the ring while Williams goes to the floor instead of into the ring, leaving Sabin in there by himself. Williams and Sabin have some words during the commercial. Shane teases bringing a chair into the ring. Williams drops Sabin on the top rope and enters the ring. Sabin with forearms, but Williams with a back elbow. Williams rolls Sabin over and tries for a suplex, but Sabin floats over and pushes Williams into Shane and knocks him to the floor. Sabin with a back kick and then he sets up Williams for a Cradle Shock, but Williams escapes the hold and sends Sabin off the ropes and clotheslines him. Petey sets up for the Canadian Destroyer, but Michael Shane with a super kick while the ref was distracted by Elix. Sabin with a bridge for the three count to eliminate Petey Williams.
Shane comes in and goes after Sabin. Shane punches Sabin, but Sabin punches back. Sabin drops Shane on the top rope and Skipper tags in and hits the tightrope rana on Shane. Skipper with a kick to Shane’s back. Skipper has some words for Daniels, but that allows Shane to knock Elix out of the ring. Elix rolls towards the announce position. Shane with an Irish whip of Skipper into the guardrail. Shane rolls Skipper back into the ring. Skipper punches Shane. Shane with a belly-to-belly suplex. Shane chokes Elix on the ropes. Skipper punches Shane, but Shane with a knee followed by a suplex. Shane goes up to the second turnbuckle for an elbow drop. Shane with a rear chin lock. Skipper with elbows. Shane and Skipper each hit cross body blocks and both men are down. Skipper and Shane try to tag in Sabin, but they are pulled back at the last second. Elix tries for a Play of the Day, but Shane escapes. He tries for a power bomb, but Elix counters with a Vertebreaker for the three count to eliminate Shane. We are down to Elix Skipper and Chris Sabin. Sabin with a springboard drop kick that sends Elix out of the ring. Sabin goes out after Elix and rolls him back in. Sabin with a bow and arrow on Skipper. Sabin with a drop kick. Sabin with a leg drop to Skipper. Sabin with a forearm to Skipper. Sabin with an Irish whip followed by a cross body in the corner and suplex. Sabin with a head scissors submission, but Skipper escapes. Sabin with a reverse atomic drop to Skipper. Skipper punches Sabin, but Sabin responds with a forearm of his own. Sabin with a forearm in the corner followed by an Irish whip and power slam. Instead of making the cover, Sabin with a headspring and then goes off the ropes and hits a senton onto Skipper. Sabin with a snap mare and rear chin lock. Skipper with a matrix out of the cover and then he hits a spin kick on Sabin. Skipper with a forearm to Sabin, but Sabin with a clothesline and both men are down. Sabin with a snap mare and a rear chin lock. Skipper with a series of elbows. Skipper with an Irish whip, but he charges into a Sabin boot. Sabin tries for a tornado DDT, but Skipper throws him off. Sabin responds with a back kick and a tornado DDT. Skipper with a modified choke slam for a two count. Elix with forearms to Sabin. Sabin with an enzuigiri followed by a running sit out power bomb for a two count. Sabin puts Skipper on the top turnbuckle, but Elix punches Sabin. Sabin with a European uppercut that leaves Elix barely hanging on the turnbuckle. Elix throws Sabin off the turnbuckle and hits a spin kick from the turnbuckle and both men are down until Skipper makes the cover. Skipper with a kick to Sabin. Sabin has Skipper up for the Cradle Shock, but Skipper escapes the hold and turns it into a sunset flip. Elix hits the Vertebreaker for the three count and is the challenger for Christopher Daniels at Lockdown.
After the match, Skipper gets in Daniels face at the announce position as the show ends.
Tapings Thoughts: The Impact Zone was not full, but was near capacity. It might have been affected by the rain that started shortly after they started letting people from the two outer lines to the Soundstage…..I thought the last television tapings had the best Impact match that I had seen live, but the X Division number one contender’s match was better….While the shows are done live to tape, the third show went about 35 to 40 minutes, so they will probably run some video packages building the Lockdown pay per view to fill out the hour….If you are only going to watch the first hour for one thing, watch it for the springboard somersault drop kick that Kid Kash hits because it is impressive to see him go almost across the ring on that move…..During the first hour, when Jarrett came to the ring, there were audible ‘Drop the Title’ chants. Some of the crowd also chanted ‘You sold out’ when Monty Brown came out to the ring to join Jarrett….When Dusty made the announcement that both Traci and Trinity were going to be his secretaries even though the stipulation of the tag match at Destination X was that the person whose team won would be his assistant, I want to thank TNA for taking away 11 minutes of my life on that pay per view, and keeping the top heel in the company (Kid Kash) on the pre-show. You are still on my list Dusty…..What is the purpose of a stipulation if it is not enforced?....If Buck Quartermain and Lex Lovett are supposed to be a tag team, why were they split up when Lex was in a tag match?....It still looks like they are doing some ‘dartboard’ booking with another face versus face match (even though it set up the Kid Kash promo)….I find it amazing that it seems like Chris Sabin is in the best match of every television taping, but he is an afterthought for the pay per views…..If Kid Kash is not going to be in a tag match at the pay per view, a match between Kid Kash and Chris Sabin could steal the show…..I wonder how they are going to explain how Michael Shane is now Michael Shane again…..It was interesting that they did not have A.J. Styles, Monty Brown, or Ron Killings wrestle at all during these tapings…..I guess David Young is no longer associated with The Naturals and Chris Candido…..As I was preparing to make the trek from the Tampa area to Orlando, I was thinking about the two steel cage matches and while I had my ideas for what would make the Orlando crowd happy, I wrote down what I thought the main event would be. That match was a six man match featuring Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, and Sean Waltman versus Monty Brown, Jeff Jarrett and William Pistol. I hate it when I am right like this….Speaking of the lines, there were no significant problems that I noticed since the TNA and Universal people were working together. They are cracking down on the people in the ‘Street Team’ and ‘VIP’ areas so it is not as congested as it has been in the past.
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