OFFICIAL TNA “iMPACT” RESULTS
Thursday, August 17, 2006 – Orlando, FL
By: Marcus Cygy
Source: www.tnawrestling.com
Just four days after the chaotic “Hard Justice” Pay-Per-View, we entered “iMPACT!” on Spike TV still feeling the after effects from the epic event.
The question going into “iMPACT!” was why did Christian Cage betray Sting? He was seconds away from capturing the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Jeff Jarrett, but Christian decided to do what he felt was right; however, fans and reporters would certainly tell you otherwise.
Nonetheless, the program opened with the NWA World Tag Team Champions, AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels being beaten to a bloody pulp. This was retaliation on LAX’s part because of their loss against the champs. This had all occurred right in the middle of the setup Jeff Jarrett had in the ring with balloons and celebratory items for his successful NWA World Title defense against Sting. Despite the impromptu brawl, Jarrett released confetti anyway. The mayhem went even further though; Monty Brown and Rhino came barging in to brawl, as did “The Monster” Abyss who was later met with his nemesis Brother Runt. Samoa Joe even came in to continue the relentless attacks upon one another. The man that came to clean house though was the Stinger himself. Upon using his baseball bat to cause bail on opposing wrestlers, Sting grabbed the microphone and stated that Christian Cage beat him at “Hard Justice” – not Jeff Jarrett.
The big news we retrieved though was that Sting wants his rematch at the biggest show of the year, the second annual “Bound For Glory” extravaganza on October 22, 2006 and he will do anything to get his rematch. He demanded for an answer by the end of the night.
Our opening contest of the night saw Alex Shelley and Johnny Devine of The Paparazzi teaming up with “The Canadian Destroyer” Petey Williams taking on the number one contender for the X-Division Title, Chris Sabin along with Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal. Miscommunication between The Paparazzi and Petey Williams would affect them early on but that didn’t give them the loss. In fact it was the mayhem between everyone that caused so much confusion that Chris Sabin was all alone to pick up the win on a fallen Johnny Devine.
Interesting to note with the previous match was the reappearance of former referee Earl Hebner. He had done the same thing he did at Hard Justice and that was attacking Slick Johnson, in attempts to make a statement that if he was down and out then he was taking everyone with him. Will anyone respond to Earl before this situation worsens?
Next we saw the confrontation between Christian Cage and Rhino after Hard Justice. Rhino questioned Cage’s actions against Sting, but Christian said he did it for him and TNA. Cage even went further with that in a sit down interview, saying that he didn’t want to stand in the shadow of Sting. Christian went as far as stating that Sting never had the passion, nor has he ever in TNA. “What, did he want me to put on the face paint and wrestle for him?” remarked Christian Cage. Sting couldn’t get the job done, let alone bring TNA to greater heights as in bringing TNA to a new day and timeslot like Cage stated he did. Cage was definitely high praise of himself upon down talking Sting. But with all that being said, it’s going to be interesting to witness the reaction Christian Cage receives from the fans next week when he’s live in the iMPACT! Zone.
Backstage, the bloody Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles said that next week they’ll fight LAX with or without the NWA World Tag Team Titles on the line – they didn’t care. The only thing they wanted was a chance to leave LAX dead in the middle of the ring when they were finished having their way with them. Konnan at the Spanish announce table accepted the challenge with the NWA World Tag Team Titles, but if they want to have an all out fight then it would have to be in a Border Cross Brawl – an LAX specialty with no rules upon no limits!
In this next match we had representatives from various tag teams fighting for the chance of getting their team a future Tag Team Title shot. It was a four-way match pitting Frankie Kazarian, Chase Stevens, Chris Harris, and BG James all against each other. Midway through the match we would bare witness more communication problems with America’s Most Wanted when James Storm tried smashing a beer bottle across Chase Stevens’ head but it was a miss. The distraction this caused on Chris Harris would later lead him taking a loss over Chase Stevens in a roll up pin. Chase Stevens had earned his team The Naturals a future NWA World Tag Team Title shot, but after the match it was more problems between America’s Most Wanted – possibly a sign of future self-destruction within the duo. James Storm gave Harris the double salute with his fingers, after some pushing and shoving broke out between the two while Gail Kim tried to restore order. However, she was irrelevant in this issue between two men who have been described over the years as being close like bothers.
Our main event of the evening featured the undefeated “Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe taking on former 2-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Ron “The Truth” Killings. The difference between these two was that one has accomplished the biggest feat in this business, while the other being Samoa Joe has never won such a highly regarded title. Despite showing colors of a champion though, Ron Killings would indeed be the next victim in line of Samoa Joe’s undefeated the streak when the Muscle Buster was hit.
Finally we saw NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Jeff Jarrett answer the call to Sting. However, he went at this situation in typical fashion. Sting did say he would do anything to get this rematch, so since Jarrett never saw this as being a win-win situation like deals are supposed to be; he transcended it into being a win-win situation – that is if Sting accepts these new conditions. The conditions are: Career vs. Title, if Sting wins then he is the champion, but if Jeff Jarrett wins then Sting must retire and leave forever; his contract and merchandising line would be terminated by TNA. Jarrett wants an answer in 7 days, by next week on “iMPACT!” but not just verbally, but also in written consent – he wants this official!
Will Sting back down from his word on saying he would do anything to get this rematch for the title, or will he equal the stakes for this mega main event for the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View extravaganza in Detroit, Michigan on October 22, 2006? Find out next week on Spike TV at 11 PM ET!
Quick Match Results:
• Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt, & Jay Lethal defeated The Paparazzi (Alex Shelley & Johnny Devine), & Petey Williams.
• Four-Way Match: Chase Stevens defeated Chris Harris, BG James, and Frankie Kazarian.
• Samoa Joe defeated Ron Killings.
