Posted on 10/02/126 by Bob Magee
Tonight’s Impact began with a graphic honoring the late Ben
Satterley or Pac as we knew him. It was a classy move, as
Pac never wrestled in TNA to my knowledge, showing what an
impression he left across the entire wrestling industry.
After that, the Hardy’s were shown entering the arena and we
got right down to business:
Bound For Glory X-Division Qualifying Match: Mr. Elegance vs
BDE
Bound For Glory will host a Six-Way Scramble for the
currently vacant TNA X-Division Championship. This match
sets up the final spot and BDE is still looking for his
first singles win in TNA. Mr Elegance recently lost his
first singles match in TNA, so they both have things to
prove here.
After a lockup, neither man had the upper hand and Elegance
threw BDE off the ropes and then let him fall for a cover
and two count. Elegance laid gloved fists onto BDE and put
him in a modified headlock to try and work him to the mat.
BDE countered and whipped him into the corner, but Elegance
caught him with a German suplex for two.
Elegance went for a stallllllling suplex, but BDE kicked out
of the ensuing cover. BDE hit a double knee codebreaker
sending Elegance to the outside for a dive. Back in the
ring, Elegance bounced back and went for a backfist, but BDE
avoided it an caught Elegance with a backslide cover to pick
up the surprise win.
Match Result: BDE defeated Mr. Elegance
With the field complete, the Scramble for the X-Division
Title at Bound For Glory looks like this: Fabian Aichner vs.
KC Navarro vs. Cedric Alexander vs. Rich Swann vs. Ryan
Nemeth vs. BDE
-Backstage, the Great Hands were getting ready for their
match later in the night. Skylar said that it was like old
times, but Hotch was a little salty about Skyler not
standing up for his family when Ali was insulting them.
Skylar said that he needed the job because Order 4 was his
family.
-Back from break, The Home Town Man was talking with the
Dude Wipes Mascot, Deuce. AJ Francis and Expressions
approached and told Deuce to do his job later during his
match with Moose. That was a pair of real sentences that I
just wrote.
Zoey Serrano vs Indi Hartwell
Daria Rae (currently suspended) hates Indi Hartwell. So, she
brought in Serrano to do something about that. That
something, is this. Also, TNA Knockouts champion Xia
Brookside who will face Hartwell at Bound For Glory, joined
in on commentary.
They started brawling before the bell with Serrano slamming
Hartwell’s head on the apron. Hartwell fought back and they
traded shots at ringside. Serrano drove Hartwell back-first
into the apron and then both climbed into the ring
officially starting the match.
Serrano started with a superkick and then a suplex, trying
to overpower Hartwell. She peppered her with elbows and
smashed Hartwell’s head against the mat. Serrano hit a snap
suplex and started jawing at Hartwell on the mat. She went
off the ropes, but Hartwell caught her and countered into a
spinebuster.
Hartwell clotheslined Serrano out of the ring and then
stepped up to Brookside who issued a stern warning. Hartwell
pump-kicked Serrano, but Serrano came back and shoved her
into the ringpost, then the steps. Serrano tossed Hartwell
back into the ring then superkicked a member of the
production team for absolutely no apparent reason.
Serrano then brought a chair into the ring and the Ref
called for the DQ.
Match Result: Indi Hartwell defeated Zoey Serrano via DQ
After the match, Serrano beat up Hartwell with the chair
until security pulled her away. Brookside then got into the
ring a clocked Hartwell with the TNA Knockouts title belt
and stood tall over her.
Order 4 (TNA International Champion Mustafa Ali & Special
Agent 0) vs The Great Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skylar)
So to make this brief, all these guys used to be buds in
Order 4. But then Ali and Hotch had a falling out over the
International Title and Ali being real creepy with his wife.
Elsewhere, Skylar developed a crush on Moore, who left Order
4, taking Skylar with her after Ali was a crummy boss. Agent
0 remains loyal to Ali, and Tasha Steels is in there
somewhere too.
TL;DR: These guys all hate each other because Ali is kind of
a dink.
Any way, Hotch and Ali went right to it with Ail dropkicking
Hotch off the bell. Hotch fought back and knocked Agent 0
off the apron before chopping Ali. He charged at him but Ali
was waiting and slammed him before taking out Skylar with a
baseball slide.
Hotch then hit Ali on the outside with a moonsault. He want
back into the ring to leap over the top rope, but Zero
caught him and slammed him on the apron. On the other side
of the ring, Skylar caught Ali with a spear and then turned
to Zero for a a spear on the apron.
Back in the ring, Ali caught Skylar with a kick, but Hotch
and Skylar came together for a super codebreaker. Zero came
in and spammed some headbutts before clotheslining Hotch and
Skyler over the rope and diving onto them.
Back from a commercial break, Hotch nailed Ali with a
powerbomb while Skylar and Zero begged for tags. They got
them and started trading shots. Zero went for a kick, but
Skylar caught it. Skylar hit a DDT on Zero for a two count
then limped over and climbed up the ring post. Zero caught
him up there and Hotch went up to help. Zero caught him too
and dragged them back to the mat.
Skylar and Hotch came together and kicked his legs out from
underneath him before setting him up for a superplex. Zero
blocked it though and hit them both with a double powerbomb
from the ringpost. He could only get a two count through
which incensed Ali who went over and took a swipe at Moore.
Hotch hit Zero with a crossbody that sent them both out of
the ring and Ali went for a 450 on Skylar. Skylar moved
though and hit Ali with a spear for a two count. Ali sent
Skylar into the ropes throat first and then locked in a
Boston Crab. Skylar tried to reach the ropes, but had to tap
out.
Match Result: Order 4 defeated The Great Hands
After the match, Ali yelled a Zero and Steels in the ring.
Steelz ordered Zero to take out Skylar and Hotch and he did.
Ali then yelled at her for giving orders. Then on the order
of Steelz, Zero attacked Ali, laying him out with a
clothesline. Steels told Zero to get Moore and he slammed
her to the mat next to Ali. Zero and Steels then stood tall
with the International Title belt.
-According to the TNA Injury Report, Indi Hartwell’s match
at Bound For Glory is now in quesiton after the beating she
recieved earlier in the show.
-Back from break, Skylar was trying to get Moore some help
as Ali came in and wanted to know what was up with Steels.
Hotch hobbled by and the men of the former Order 4 broke
into a brawl that had to be quelled by security. Director of
Authority Sanitno Marella then arrived and declared that all
four would face off in a fatal four way for the
International Title, which seems like a reasonable way to
settle things.
Moose vs AJ Francis
Last week, Moose and AJ Francis argued over which one of
them is the real Face of the Franchise in TNA. Moose thinks
it’s him, because he’s Moose and Francis thinks it’s him
because of Dude Wipes, which apparently he was responsible
for bringing in as a sponsor. I don’t know if one should be
proud of that, but either way Deuce, the Dude Wipes mascot,
will likely factor into this bout, so get ready for that.
Moose and Francis are two big dudes, so the meat slapping
began right away. Moose knocked Expressions off the apron
and Francis shoved him into the corner for a splash. Moose
dodged the second one and hit Francis with a shoulder.
Francis clubbed him to the mat and hit a running knee in the
corner.
Francis ran at Moose and Moose sent him out of the ring.
Moose followed and Francis threw him into the steps. Back in
the ring, Francis went for a chokeslam, but Moose countered
with a head butt. He threw clotheslines at Francis, but
couldn’t get him off his feet. Francis charged back and
dropped him with a right hand.
Moose evaded a senton and pump kicked Francis. Moose went
for a suplex, but Francis countered it into one of his own.
Francis put Moose in a shoulder lock, but Moose powered out
of it and went to go off the turnbuckles, but Francis saw it
coming and pulled him down. Francis went up and set Moose up
for a superplex, but Moose shoved him off and hit him with a
crossbody.
Moose looked for a spear but caught a boot for his trouble.
Francis went up top, but Moose followed and tried to power
him into a superplex, but Francis head butted him off. Moose
popped back up and finally landed the superplex on Francis
in the middle of the ring, but only for a two count.
Francis laid out Moose and made Expressions get a table.
They covered it in money and then Deuce got into the ring
and helped Moose, which caused Expressions to go through the
table. Francis started getting in the, uh, face? I guess, of
Deuce, so Moose hit him with a toilet seat (?) to make the
save, and the cover to get the win.
Match Result: Moose defeated AJ Francis
I honestly don’t know what just happened.
-Back from break, TNA Knockouts Tag Champions Allie and
Kiera Hogan were walking down the hallway in slow motion
when Allie saw her old partner, Rosemary. It’s unclear if
Hogan saw her too. Allie asked if this was real and Rosemary
said “what is real?” touche. Allie said that she hears
Rosemary, but Rosemary said “beware” and then ran away
screaming about snakes. It still made more sense than the
Dude Wipes thing.
Leon Slater vs Joe Alonso
Leon Slater has a date with Nic Nemeth for the TNA World
Title at Bound for Glory. So tonight, he gets a warm-up
against Joe Alonzo, while Nic Nemeth makes dated
observations on commentary. Slater and Nemeth are under a
“no contact” order until Bound For Glory.
Alonzo did a little crowd work on the way to the ring while
the crowd chanted their unappreciation. Alonzo said that he
could do this all night and then said that Slater was a one-
trick pony that is going to lose at Bound For Glory. He said
that the crowd is going to turn on him and Alonzo accused
him of taking spots and opportunity form him, so he’s going
to make sure Slater doesn’t make it to Bound For Glory.
The bell rang and Slater immediately destroyed Alonzo and
hit him with a Swanton 450 to win the match.
Match Result: Leon Slater defeated Joe Alonzo
After the match, Nemeth taunted Slater knowing that he
couldn’t be touched. He stole Slater’s coat and pranced
around with it before bolting up the ring entrance. The
problem was that he forgot his belts so Slater picked them
up and posed with them.
-Next, a taped segment with Frankie Kazarian training Avery
Styles for the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match at Bound For
Glory. He told Styles Bound For Glory will be the time to
show the world what he can do.
-Back from break, Elayna Black confronted M By Elegance
saying she was going to take the Knockouts TV title. M Said
that wasn’t going to happen because she is the centerpiece
of the Elegance Brand. Black asked Heather what she thought
of that and the Concierge jumped in to calm them down. M
promised to embarrass Black next week and Black said that M
can’t win without her friends helping. M said that she can
do it by herself, and told everyone to stay in the back
during the match, much to the Concierge’s chagrin.
Ricky Sosa vs Cedric Alexander
Ricky Sosa has had more problems with The System than a
hapless central air technician. Now, Alexander takes his
turn one on one with Sosa.
They locked up and I was reminded that Sosa is about 17 feet
tall. Alexander backed off and they reset with Alexander
swiping Sosa’s legs out. Sosa dodged a senton, but Alexander
went for the eyes and hit a codebreaker. Sosa came back with
a bridging slam but Alexander got out of the cover.
Sosa hit a dropkick, sending Alexander out of the ring for
Sosa to dive onto him.
Back from break, Alexander hit a suplex and then splashed
Sosa in the corner. He slammed him to the mat and then
tossed him through the ropes. Alexander slid out to chop
him, but Sosa fought back. Alexander caught him with a kick
and then sent him into the stairs.
Back in the ring, Alexander tried to get a cover, but Sosa
wouldn’t stay down. Alexander tried to wear him down, but
Sosa popped back up and suplexed him. Sosa hit a neckbreaker
on Alexander out of the corner but could only get a two
count.
Sosa went to suplex Alexander, but they ended up exchanging
elbows. Alexander hit a suplex, but Sosa stayed alive
kicking out at two. Alexander went for a Lumbar Check, but
Sosa blocked it and threw some elbows. Alexander tried
again, but Sosa hit him with a strike and dropped him to the
mat.
Sosa lined up Alexander for a headshot, but Bryan Meyers and
Bear Bonson came down with the Alisha Edwards. Sosa dove
onto all of them, but Alisha got up on the apron to cause a
distraction so that Eddie could low blow Sosa. Alexander hit
the Lumbar Check and got the win.
Match Result: Cedric Alexander defeated Ricky Sosa
-Back from break and proving that the WWE-TNA partnership is
back on and healthy, tonight’s Main Event is a talking
segment.
For weeks, mysterious figures have been attacking TNA
wrestlers and leaving them knocked out in the back. Matt and
Jeff Hardy both fell victim to these attacks and last week
called out the attackers in the ring. They turned out to be
Joseph Sawyer and Samuel Shaw (FKA Joe Gacy and Dexter
Lumis), now going by the name Syx. Tonight, the Hardys want
answers, again, and Syx has promised to provide them.
Sawyer and Shaw made their way to the ring through the crowd
with their creepy sound effects record playing as the lights
flickered. They both grabbed mics, but Sawyer spoke first,
saying simply “we’re here” in a callback to his former Wyatt
Sicks persona.
Shaw said that people have been asking the wrong questions.
They should be asking why they are here. Saw said that
they’ve been watching TNA and it’s a rotten place. He said
that they are here because sometimes a place becomes so
rotten, it has to be cut apart. Sawyer said that it doesn’t
matter who or where, no one is safe from their cutting.
Sawyer continued saying that everyone is on the chopping
block. Shaw said that the Hardy’s are at the top of the
chopping block which is totally something that people say.
He said that they have built their reputation as survivors,
proving that they can’e be killed. Shaw said that it was
great because now they get to do it again.
Sawyer said that Syx are in the heads of the Hardys and they
are looking over their shoulders. He said it was time to see
how hard it is to kill the Hardys. That brought the Hardys
out from the back.
Matt had a club in his hand and said that Syx attacked from
behind and hid in the shadows trying to put them down. Jeff
agreed saying “guess what, dudes? We’re still standing.”
Matt said that the Hardys wont die and are unkillable
(Vampires?).
Matt challenged Syx at Bound For Glory in a No DQ, Anything
Goes, Falls Count Anywhere Match. Syx accepted in what will
surely be called a “Chopping Block Match” and chased Syx out
of the ring to end the show.
Next Week on the Bound For Glory go-home episode of Impact:
-The Nemeths vs The Hardys in the Hardy’s contractural
rematch for the TNA Tag Titles
-TNA Knockouts TV Champ M By Elegance defends against Elayna
Black without the help of the Elegance Brand
-An 8-Person match for the advantage in the Call Your Shot
Gauntlet Match at Bound For Glory