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TNA iMPACT! Results - 10/25/2007
Written by Richard Trionfo (PWInsider.com) on Oct 25, 2007 - 11:00:28 PM
TNA iMPACT! Results - 10/25/07
Orlando, Florida
Report By: Richard Trionfo of PWInsider.com
TNA iMPACT! Opener:
We start off with a video package showing highlights from last week with Sting receiving the TNA Heavyweight Title Belt. We also see Frankie Kazarian advance to the second round of the Fight for the Right Tournament. We then see Kevin Nash attack Kurt Angle. We also see Team 3D attack Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. We see the announcement that Christian would face Samoa Joe and we see Robert Roode interfere on Christian’s behalf. We see the announcement that Kurt Angle will face Sting tonight on Impact.
Backstage:
We go to Kurt Angle, his wife Karen Angle, and Jeremy Borash. Angle wants to know if he is coming and Jeremy says that he just got off the phone with him. Angle says that he is here so there is no time for strategy. Kurt sees Kevin Nash arrive and Kurt and Karen try to suck up to him. Kurt apologizes to Kevin for what happened. Angle says that he is a mess because of this. He wants Nash in his corner when he wins the title tonight. Kurt has a token of his appreciation and Kurt gives him a bag. Nash wonders if it is a mix tape, but Kurt says that it is better. The note says that Kurt and Kevin are BFFs. Kurt says that BFF is better than nWo for Life. Nash tells Angle that the nWo was a shoot and they were real friends. Nash says that he will be ringside and looks forward to seeing Sting kick his ass. Karen wonders why Kevin would say that and then he leaves. Kurt and Karen wonder what to do next.
Eight Man Tag Team Match
LAX and The Steiner Brothers vs. Voodoo Kin Mafia, AJ Styles and Tomko
We see footage of A.J. Styles and Tomko defeating Team Pacman to become the TNA Tag Team Champions at Bound for Glory. We also see footage of the Tables Match between Team 3D and the Steiners.
The start:
Styles and Homicide start things off and Styles with a side head lock and shoulder tackle but Homicide with a hip toss and then he tosses Styles face first into the mat. Homicide with an arm drag and a side head lock take down. Rick tags in and he makes the tag to Kip. Kip with a knee and forearm to the back. Kip tries to slam Rick’s head into the turnbuckle but Rick blocks it and he punches Kip. Rick with an Irish whip and flying clothesline. Kip pops up and then he falls to the mat as if he were a sixteen time World Heavyweight Champion and Rick gets a near fall. BG is tagged in and he takes his time getting into the ring.
Mid-match notes:
BG finally locks up but Rick with an arm bar and Scott is tagged in. Scott works on BG’s arm and then has BG in a side head lock followed by a shoulder tackle. BG with jabs to Scott but Scott with a clothesline when BG starts to dance between punches and then Scott with the flex elbow followed by a quick cover and push ups but Kip kicks Scott in the head. BG with a knee drop to Scott. BG with an Irish whip and then he charges into a boot and Scott hits a belly-to-belly suplex for a two count. Hernandez and Tomko tag in and they stare each other down. Hernandez and Tomko exchange forearms until Tomko connects with a number of chops. Hernandez with a drop kick and Homicide is tagged in. Hernandez sends Tomko into boots from Homicide and then Hernandez with a belly-to-back suplex and Homicide hits an elbow from the second turnbuckle. While the action goes on in the ring, we go to a split screen to see the door to Sting’s dressing room.
Back to the action in the ring, we see Homicide send Tomko into the corner and then he tries for a monkey flip but Tomko pushes Homicide off and then Tomko connects with a clothesline as we go to commercial. We are back and BG misses a boot on Homicide and Hernandez is tagged in and Hernandez hits a slingshot flying shoulder from the apron onto Kip and BG. Hernandez with clotheslines to Kip and BG and then he tosses Kip into the corner and then hits the cracker jack on BG. Styles tries for a cross body on Hernandez but Hernandez catches Styles. Tomko with a big boot to Hernandez that staggers the big man. Rick goes after Tomko but he turns his attention to Styles. Scott with a clothesline to Tomko and things spill outside the ring. Scott sends Tomko into the guardrail while Rick and A.J. battle by the announce table and bleachers.
The Finish:
Hernandez has Kip up for the Border Toss but Roxxi comes into the ring and spits something in Hernandez’s face. Kip hits the Fameasser but only gets a two count. Kip yells at the referee and that allows a supporter of LAX to come to the ring to hand something to Homicide. BG tries for the pump handle slam but Homicide hits BG with the slapjack and Hernandez covers BG for the three count while Homicide tries to clothesline Kip over the top rope to the floor.
Winners - LAX and The Steiner Brothers
Backstage:
We go to comments from Sting and he is with Crystal. She asks Sting about his title defense and wants his last thoughts. Sting says that this has nothing to do with the title. Kurt put his hands on his son Garrett. Sting tells Kurt to get up and look at the screen real close. He asks Kurt what he would have done if someone put their hands on one of his children. Sting says that he is striking a chord. That person would have been torn apart limb by limb. That is what he is going to Angle.
Backstage:
We cut to Kurt Angle’s dressing room and Karen is freaking out at what her husband is going to be getting into the ring against. Karen says that is a pissed off parent. That is worse than the Sting that Kevin told him about. Karen points out that Kurt also pissed Kevin off. Kurt thinks about his next move and he says that it is Karen’s move. Kurt tells Karen that she is going to go to Kevin’s locker room and she is going to seduce him. Angle says that money and sex are the only thing that Kevin understands and he says that he is not going to part with a penny. Karen says that she cannot believe that Kurt wants him to do it. Kurt tells Karen to amp it up about 50 times. Karen asks Kurt what would happen if Kevin bites. Kurt says that he will get over it. Kurt tells Karen that if she does not do it, her money gets cut in half. Karen leaves and she is not happy. Kurt asks Jeremy if he thinks that Kurt did anything wrong and Jeremy says that Kevin probably won’t mind. Kurt says that is all that matters.
Fight For Your Right Tournament Match
James Storm vs. Eric Young
The start:
Young offers his hand to Storm, but Storm with a poke to the eyes. Storm punches Young and then puts Young in a side head lock followed by a shoulder tackle. Young with a drop kick followed by a slam and then he goes up for the punches of ten and then he puts on Young’s hat and does the Jarrett Strut. Storm chases Young out of the ring and then Jackie pulls Young down to the apron to allow Storm to hit a drop kick and Young is sent to the floor.
Mid-match notes:
Storm runs Young’s back into the rail and then he punches Young. Storm with a DDT and he gets a two count. Storm with a high knee to Young and then he chokes Young with his boot. Storm with a reverse chin lock and then he tosses Young back to the mat. Storm goes to the second turnbuckle and he jumps into a boot from Young. Storm is staggered back into the ropes. Young with punches to Storm followed by a back elbow and clothesline. Storm with an Irish whip and he does the Modified Flair Flip and then he slides back in and hits a belly-to-belly suplex for a two count. Storm with an enzuigiri and lungblower but he only gets a two count.
The Finish:
Storm tries for a tornado DDT but Young tosses Storm off the turnbuckles to the mat. Young goes for the Death Valley Driver and he hits it but he only gets a two count. Jackie Moore gets on the apron and Eric is distracted by her and so is the referee. Young can sense that Storm is going to attack him from behind and he moves, causing Storm to knock Jackie to the apron. Storm checks on Jackie and then Young checks on Jackie. Storm hits the super kick for the three count.
Winner - James Storm
The Aftermath:
After the match, Jackie holds a beer for Eric Young, but Storm takes it from Jackie. James and Jackie argue but Storm tosses Young the beer and Young drinks it.
Backstage:
We go to the area outside Kevin Nash’s dressing room and Karen is fixing herself before she offers her body to Kevin Nash. She asks Jeremy how she looks and he says that she looks fabulous. Karen slaps Jeremy and she calls him a perv. Karen knocks on the door and she enters. Kevin asks Karen if he can help her but she says that she thinks that she can help him. Karen tells Kevin to stop being so stiff. She tells him to think about pleasant things. Kevin asks Karen where her man is and Kevin says that he has been waiting for a long time for this and he does not care if the cameras are here. Kevin teases that he is going to take advantage of Kurt’s offer but then he drops her on the couch and tells Karen that she has to be kidding. Maybe ten years ago, but all of the enhancements and implants make her an Angle. Kevin tells Karen and her two friends to hit the bricks and that he is not interested. Karen leaves and Jeremy asks Kevin if he is okay and Kevin says that a cold shower will take care of that. We go to commercial.
Earlier Today:
We are back and we go to an interview from earlier today when Mike Tenay talked to Team 3D. Devon asks Mike if he is nervous. Devon says that they did not ask for this. Every since they came to TNA they have gotten the short end of the stick. Their tag titles were stolen from them and TNA did nothing about it. They are going to fix the wrong. Until they get back what is rightfully theirs, they are going to wreak havoc. Mike asks about the path of destruction in TNA. Now they have focused on the X Division and Mike wants to know. Ray tells Mike that Mike makes him want to throw up all over his face. He wonders why anyone cares about the X Division and then he tells Mike to shut up or he will punch him. Ray tells Mike that he has been singing the praises of the X Division for the last five years. Ray wonders what the X Division brings to the table. They are a bunch of little boys in a man’s world. The man’s world of pro wrestling. Ray says that they put TNA on the map. Every single X Division wrestler deserves to be out of this company and not have a job. They are going to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Mike asks them why Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley and Ray calls Mike a full blown moron. Ray reminds Mike about what Shelley and Sabin did at Bound for Glory. They were ready to kill Scott Steiner, but the Motor City Machine Guns come out and cost them the match. They are taking it out on them and all of their boyfriends in the X Division. They are not going to be done until they are finished with the X Division. They are going to do it because they can.
Sonjay Dutt vs. Havoc vs. Petey Williams vs. Shark Boy
The start:
Havok swings at Sonjay at the start of the match but he misses. Petey punches Havok but Sonjay hugs him. Havok does not like hugs from other men so he pushes Sonjay away. Shark Boy with a forearm and then Williams and Shark Boy with a double hip toss. Sonjay hits a somersault senton followed by a moonsault. Sonjay wants a hug from Shark Boy and Petey and then they give Sonjay a double breakdown. Petey tries for a suplex but Shark Boy floats over and tries for a rollup in the ropes but Petey holds on to the ropes. Havok with a bulldog to Shark Boy and then he hits a stunner from a suplex position.
The Finish:
Dutt with a tilt-a-whirl head scissors that sends Havok out of the ring. Dutt sets for a move to the floor, but Williams pushes Dutt out of the way and Williams hits the slingshot into a rana on the floor. Shark Boy sets for a move to the floor and he hits a pescado onto Havok and Williams. Dutt follows that with an Asai moonsault onto all three men. Team 3D come out and Brother Ray says that this is another crappy X Division match with crappy X Division wrestlers. Ray gets the kendo stick and they hit everyone in the match with it. The referee calls for the bell.
Winner - No Contest
The Aftermath:
After the match, Team 3D continues the attack and they roll Williams and Dutt back into the ring. All four men are now in the ring with Team 3D. They give Dutt a 3D. Devon slams Shark Boy and then Ray whips Shark Boy in the groin with the belt. Ray whips Havok and Williams. Ray says that they are going to destroy the X Division. Wherever an X Division wrestler is going to be, so is Team 3D. They set up two tables and then they powerbomb Havok and Petey through tables. We go to commercial.
Backstage:
We are back and Crystal is with Robert Roode and Traci Brooks. She mentions Roode’s match against Junior Fatu and she then asks him why he attacked Samoa Joe last week. Roode says that it is business. It is apparent that some people don’t like the way that Robert Roode does business. What matters to him is the Fight for the Right Tournament and the TNA Heavyweight Title. He says that some people might not have taken him seriously about his comments and how he is sick of seeing the same people every week on Impact. He mentions Kurt Angle, Sting, and Samoa Joe. The only way to become the top dog in the tournament is to take out the top dog. Roode comments on Junior Fatu’s interview from last week when he showed Roode no respect. Roode wants Fatu to come a little closer and he tells Fatu who he is. When he gets one step closer to being the TNA Heavyweight Champion he will learn that it will pay to be Roode.
TNA Heavyweight Championship Match
Kurt Angle vs. Sting (c)
The start:
Angle backs into the corner before they lock up. Angle then goes to the apron before locking up. They finally lock up and Sting with a side head lock and Sting with a clean break. Angle with a side head lock and Angle with a shoulder tackle and a near fall. Sting with a side head lock and shoulder tackles. Sting with a side head lock take down. Angle with a head scissors but Sting escapes and hits a side head lock take down. Sting with a shoulder tackle and Angle with a leap frog but Sting with a side head lock takedown one more time. Angle with a top wrist lock but Sting returns to the side head lock.
Mid-match notes:
Angle backs Sting into the corner and Angle with an elbow and kicks in the corner. Angle with an Irish whip but Sting moves out of the way when Angle charges. Sting with another side head lock takedown. Angle with a belly-to-back suplex followed by a European uppercut. Angle punches Sting in the corner and follows that with kicks in the corner and then he chokes Sting with his boot. Sting with a spinebuster and he kicks Angle. Sting with a suplex for a near fall. Sting with the punches of ten and Angle slumps into the corner. Kevin Nash takes his time as he comes to the ringside area and he watches the match and we go to commercial. We are back and Sting with an elbow but Angle with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex for a two count as we see Kevin Nash. We see footage during the break when Kevin Nash’s presence distracted Sting.
Angle tries to slam Sting but Sting counters with a DDT. Sting with a series of clotheslines and the last one sends Angle over the top rope to the floor. Karen checks on her husband Kurt. Sting Irish whips Angle into the guardrails and then he sends Angle into the ring post. Angle rakes Sting’s eyes and then Angle pushes Sting onto Nash’s lap. Sting gets up and knocks Nash out of his chair. Sting punches Angle and then rolls Angle into the ring. Sting with a Stinger Splash to Angle’s back. Sting tries for another but Angle moves. Angle hits a German suplex and Nash returns to his feet outside the ring. Angle waits for Sting to return to his feet and Angle tries for a tombstone piledriver but Sting counters and Angle turns it into an ankle lock.
The Finish:
Sting escapes the hold and Sting tries for the Olympic Slam but Sting gets the Scorpion Death Lock applied. Sting points to Nash to keep him out of the ring. Sting releases the hold and he punches Nash as Nash tries to enter the ring. The referee is between Sting and Nash and Angle hits Sting from behind and the impact knocks the referee out. Angle hits the Olympic Slam on Sting and everyone but Angle is out. Angle covers Sting and a second referee makes the three count.
Winner and new TNA Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle
The Aftermath:
After the match, Angle celebrates in the ring with his title belt . . . and his wife Karen as we see highlights from the match. Nash is in the ring with the Angles and Nash offers his hand to Angle but Angle gives Nash the finger. Angle leaves the ring and Nash is not happy. Nash follows after Angle to the back but we return to the ring where Rudy Charles and Earl Hebner are having some issues over the match. Jim Cornette comes into the ring and all three men argue as we go to commercial.
Back on iMPACT:
We are back and we return to the ring where Jim Cornette is still with Earl Hebner and Rudy Charles. The new referee has joined the action in the ring and Jim Cornette finally gets a mic. He tells them to act like grown men. Cornette says that each of them have a story so he is going to go to the back with them and Cornette is going to get a statement from each of them and then watch what happened during the match. They are going to figure out what happened and he will make his decision after seeing everything. As Cornette heads to the back, he is stopped by Mike Tenay who wants to know what Jim has to look at the video tape for. Cornette tells Tenay to do him a favor and says that it is a big enough mess and he tells Mike to do his job while he does his. Don tells Mike to calm down and he says that Jim Cornette will make the right decision.
Angel Williams vs. Awesome Kong
Kong has a piece of paper with her as she comes to the ring and we see that it is a photo of Gail Kim. Williams tries to choke Kong but Kong snap mares Williams over like a rag doll. Kong misses a charge into the corner and Williams kicks Kong. Kong misses a clothesline and Williams with an enzuigiri. Williams with more kicks but Kong stays on her feet. Kong with a clothesline to Williams and then Kong with a vertical choke slam. Williams with a jaw breaker followed by chops but Kong with a spinning back hand followed by a sit out power bomb for the three count.
Winner - Awesome Kong
During The Match:
During the course of the match, Mike Tenay left the announce position and goes to talk to Jim Cornette about Cornette’s earlier comments to him. Don talks about the attack by Black Reign and James Mitchell on Abyss with help from Black Reign’s rat.
Backstage:
We go to the back and Abyss throws his chain at Black Reign’s work area. James Mitchell appears and he distracts Abyss long enough to allow Black Reign to attack Abyss from behind. Black Reign hits Abyss in the head and then he hits Abyss in the head with his pick axe. Abyss’s head is put in a vise as they tape Abyss’s hands together. Black Reign tightens the vise while Mitchell yells at him. Black Reign brings his rat to join in the attack as we to go commercial.
Backstage:
We are back and we go to Jim Cornette’s office where Jim is with Matt Morgan, Mike Tenay, Earl Hebner, and Rudy Charles. Kevin Nash enters with Crystal and Nash says that Cornette has a lot bigger things to worry about. Nash tells Cornette to stop worrying about Sting and Angle and he better worry about Kevin because nobody disrespects him. He says that Cornette can do it the easy way. That is to put him in the ring with Angle. Nash says that Cornette can do it the hard way and that is by putting Cornette’s head through a wall. Matt Morgan tries to join in the fun but the referee stops Morgan and Nash. Cornette tells Matt to calm down. Cornette says that he is going to address Nash’s problem after dealing with the finish of the championship match. Cornette tells Nash that since he was at ringside so he is partially responsible for what happened. Nash says that he will be partially responsible if Cornette does not make his match with Angle happen.
Fight For Your Right Tournament Match
Robert Roode vs. Junior Fatu
Before the match starts, Christian Cage comes out with a ladder in tow. Christian joins Don at the announce table.
The start:
They lock up and Fatu pushes Roode down into the corner. Roode with a side head lock into a hammer lock but Fatu with a shoulder tackle and Roode leaves the ring. Roode returns to the ring and Roode with a forearm to the back followed by chops. Fatu blocks an Irish whip attempt and chops Roode. Fatu with more chops in the corner. Fatu with an Irish whip and Fatu sets for a belly-to-belly suplex but Roode gets out of the hold with a head butt but it hurts him as much as Fatu. Roode tries for a sunset flip and Fatu does not go over and he tries to drop down but Roode moves.
Mid-match notes:
Roode with a leap frog neck breaker but Fatu with a super kick that sends Roode to the mat. Fatu sets for the Bonzai Drop but Roode gets his legs up. Roode with a DDT and we go to commercial. We are back and Roode punches Fatu but Fatu punches back with jabs and an Irish whip but he charges gingerly into a boot. Roode hits a Blockbuster for a two count. Roode chokes Fatu in the ropes in front of Traci. Roode chokes Fatu in the ropes again but Fatu comes back into the ring. Roode punches Fatu but Fatu stays on his feet and Fatu with a Samoan drop and both men are down. Roode gets to his feet but Fatu blocks a punch and Fatu responds with punches. Fatu with a clothesline and then he sets for the choke slam and hits it. Fatu covers Roode but Roode kicks out after a lazy cover by Fatu. Fatu with a punch and he hits a DDT and gets a near fall with another lazy cover. Fatu sets for the running butt splash but Roode pulls the referee into the corner as he gets out of the way and the referee goes down.
The Finish:
Roode misses a clothesline and Roode with a super kick that sends Roode into the referee in the corner. Fatu sets for the Stinkface on Roode and the referee. Roode with a low blow to Fatu while the referee is still down. Roode wants Traci to give him the chair but she refuses. Roode knocks Traci out of the chair. Roode gets ready to hit Fatu with the chair but Joe takes the chair and Joe hits Roode with the chair and Fatu with the Fatu Driver for the three count.
Winner - Junior Fatu
The Aftermath:
After the match, Joe goes after Christian and the head to the back...
Backstage:
But we go to the back where Kevin Nash is about seven and a half lengths behind Kurt Angle as Angle gets into his car and leaves. Angle speeds away without Karen in the car. Karen runs behind the car to avoid Nash’s fury.
In the arena:
But we return to the Impact Zone where Jim Cornette and Mike Tenay walk to the ring. Jim starts off by apologizing to Mike. He says that emotions were running high and it was a tense situation. Mike wants to get to the bottom of things and wants to know what the decision is with Kurt Angle and Sting. Cornette says that he talked to both referees and reviewed the video tape. Earl Hebner says that Kurt Angle was the winner by pinfall and Cornette agrees but with mitigating circumstances and extenuating circumstances. Rudy Charles wants to disqualify Kurt Angle for Kevin Nash’s interference. The problem is that Kevin Nash did not attack Sting, it was Sting who attacked Nash. After reviewing the situation, Kurt Angle is the TNA Heavyweight Champion. Cornette says that he does not like it any more than the fans. Cornette says that Angle might not be the champion much longer. Angle will be forced to defend his title at Genesis. Kevin Nash says that he wants to be in the ring with Kurt Angle, and they will be real close in the ring. Angle will defend the title in a tag match at Genesis and Kevin Nash will be his partner. Their opponents will be Sting and . . . The lights go out and Sting is in the center of the ring. He says that before things get too out of hand, he says that he will come up with his own partner and he is more than qualified. Cornette reminds Sting that the title is on the line. The person who gets the fall will be the TNA Heavyweight Champion. Sting says that the TNA Heavyweight Champion will not be Kurt Angle and that is his promise. We go to credits.
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