NWA TNA Xplosion Report 11-16-03
Submitted by Michael Langan II on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 10:11 AM EST



NWA TNA Xplosion
Episode #? (#7 on EMPIRE)
Weekend of 11/15/03 (aired 11/15/03 in Nashville, 11/16/03 on Empire)
By: Michael M. Langan II, mrnewz@newzbytes.org
AIM/AOL: MrNEWZ

It's TUESDAY so that must mean.... yup, you guessed it. Shit happens.
Pay-Per-View weekends for Xplosion will be altered as the reports should
generally be done MONDAY nights during the second playing of the show on
EMPIRE (as it has been lately, they totally botch the first airing, then
air the second and third correctly... go figure)... needless to say, when
there's a Sunday PPV that might involve me changing the DirecTV box in the
other room during it (between HeAT)... then the reports should be MONDAY---
of course, EMPIRE chose this week to pump us full of HOCKEY and they moved
around the re-airs of XPLOSION and IWA... so here I am. Whew.

In other news, will the semester END?!?

The Big News: RAVEN'S CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF FUN returns to the ASYLUM
this week as RAVEN/THE SANDMAN/ERIK WATTS take on RED SHIRT SECURITY (JOE
E. LEGEND/KEVIN NORTHCUTT/RYAN WILSON)... plus, JARRETT has a plan for
HOGAN. It's not SPECIFICALLY mentioned (just glazed over in JARRETT's post
PPV comments), but an angle was already shot so I figured it's important
enough to mention.

Match Results:
3 Live Kru ("B.G." Brian Gerrard James/Ron "The Truth" Killings (X)/Konnan)
d. Johnny Curtis/Jarod Steele/"Spyder" Nate Webb (O), Erik Watts p. John
Saxon, Joe E. Legend p. Chris Hero

Overview:

We begin the show with the graphic, as the NWA TNA Pay-Per-View did this
week with a picture of MIKE "MAD MIKEY" LOCKWOOD, complete with his KITTEN
T-shirt. Say what you will about him, but he wished to make someone
laugh... and man, I always did enjoy his stuff. As I stated last week, I'll
miss his work.

Let Us Take You Back... A.J. STYLES is buried and it takes a bat to pin LEX
LUGER. WOW! Wow, that was a quick recap.

JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY are back at the perch looking DOWN~! at the TNA
set from high above. BORASH puts over this past week's show and gets right
down to pimpin'. BORASH puts over the CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF FUN main
event this week and talks about NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF JARRETT's recent
salvo at HULK HOGAN. This brings us to an update on the X DIVISION TRIPLE
CHANCE TOURNAMENT... seriously.

Let Us Take You Back... "FALLEN ANGEL" CHRISTOPHER DANIELS pinned LOW-KI in
order to gain a spot in a Three Way with X and the winner of SONJAY DUTT
and CHAD COLLYER this week for a shot at MICHAEL SHANE's NWA X DIVISION
CHAMPIONSHIP. DANIELS is the only guy who they've built up as a legit
challenger at this point. While I'd love to see DUTT get the shot and the
title, they'd only risk giving us *ANOTHER* MICHAEL SHANE as champion as
SHANE has pretty much been a dud in the roll. Everyone was shocked that
LOW-KI lost... and I wonder why. I mean, he was only in for two weeks---
and isn't he already back in Japan? Or am I thinking of something else?
Much longer than normal airs, plus the post match KILL of DANIELS by X.

"Making An Xample": The TNA Cam shows us X walking out of the entrance way
and passing by LOW-KI from behind the curtain (so to speak). We get to see
the beat down from the point of view just behind LOW-KI as he watches
before leaving. Sounds silly, but I liked this aspect and thought it was a
nice change of pace from what's been on Xplosion (i.e. STUFF I PAY FOR).

Let Us Take You Back... Remember said COLLYER v. DUTT match? Well, DUTT
pinned COLLYER to advance. It's DUTT v. DANIELS v. X. Maybe X will get
"taken out" in the back. I can dream. Don't mind Oulett, but come on...
Only the finish airs. Sadly, DUTT has been so misused in TNA as I don't
think any of his work in TNA can hold a candle to his worst stuff in MLW.
Man, if I ever believed I'd say that about the X Division...

"That's Gonna Leave A Mark": Another TNA Cam look from the entrance way.
This time, X attacks SONJAY DUTT following his contest. We get a behind
view of the gorilla press into a forward slam on the top of the entrance
way. What a buzz killer this is going to be when it's revealed that X is
working for THE NEW FRANCHISE to help eliminate contenders for MICHAEL
SHANE. Any odds on X winning the 3-Way and laying down for SHANE? Anyone?

"Allow Me To Introduce Myself": "FALLEN ANGEL" CHRISTOPHER DANIELS holds an
ice pack to his head. DANIELS informs X that he must not know who he is and
introduces himself. DANIELS says he's the future X DIVISION CHAMPION
(please?) ... DANIELS says that DUTT will not be a factor in the three way
and that X's defeat will be his greatest victory on his march to the title.

"A Second Chance": SONJAY DUTT is oddly also nursing his wounds. DUTT says
that next week the TRIPLE CHANCE comes to a close and that he'll get his
shot and time and he'll come out victorious next week. DUTT says there
isn't a damn thing X or DANIELS can do about it. Again, why don't they use
this stuff on the pay-per-views?

NWA TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION is only on Pay-Per-View. Or you can watch all the
story lines and angles for free without any of that pesky wrestling stuff
on XPLOSION.

NWA TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION is only on Pay-Per-View. Or you can watch all the
story lines and angles for free without any of that pesky wrestling stuff
on XPLOSION. Yes, They returned with another promo. Albeit it was the
"BECOME A FAN AGAIN" promo, but hey...

Back with JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY for our weekly www.nwatna.com pimp.
It's from MIKE TENAY this week. Hell hath frozen over. This leads into THE
MOVE OF THE WEEK brought to us by "MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE's CD, BE A MAN.
Since we just saw DUTT defeat COLLYER--- let's see it again. DUTT's victory
roll from the Texas Cloverleaf attempt to win the match is the move of the
week.

MACHO MAN's CD PROMO. BE A MAN HULK! How this managed to get time on TNA is
sort of funny. www.machoman.com to buy the CD less that 4,000 people were
intrigued enough to check out. I don't think I can take seeing this
commercial anymore. Seriously.

Back with JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY for Segment #3. TENAY starts off again
saying that we'll finally determine the Number One Contender for the X
DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP in a Three Way Dance with DANIELS v. DUTT v. X. TENAY
calls DUTT a Cinderella story. BORASH talks about the footage of NWA WORLD
CHAMPION: JEFF JARRETT & "THE TOTAL PACKAGE" LEX LUGER v. STING & A.J.
STYLES later tonight. BORASH puts over the return of the CLOCKWORK ORANGE
HOUSE OF FUN this week on Pay-Per-View as well as ABYSS v. A.J. STYLES.
This segway to TENAY talking about the determination of the Number One
Contenders for the NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP this week...

Let Us Take You Back... RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS and "THE TENNESSEE COWBOY"
JAMES STORM both win the 10 MAN GUANTLET FOR THE GOLD, eliminating EKMO
FATU to win. They stand and face off. Clip to...

Let Us Take You Back... RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS defeats "THE TENNESSEE
COWBOY" JAMES STORM in a singles match immediately following to earn 3 LIVE
KRU an NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE SHOT this week. Didn't they
already try this route as a viable "bide time" option before the
DIAMOND/SWINGER v. AMERICA'S MOST WANTED rematch? Alas, the finish of the
singles match airs as DAVID YOUNG costs STORM the match.

Let Us Take You Back... SCOTT HUDSON interviews 3 LIVE KRU ("B.G." BRIAN
GERRARD JAMES, RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS, & KONNAN). The entire interview
airs from Wednesday. AMERICA'S MOST WANTED confront them about the finish
to the singles match earlier tonight. JAMES says they're not hard to find.
They're the crack, the brother, and the Latino.

"But... It Was Your Idea": "GIFTED" GLENN GILBERTI is ranting and raving
about what the hell that was while DAVID YOUNG stands near by. GILBERTI
reams out YOUNG about his performance in the GUANTLET FOR THE GOLD. YOUNG
says he did his best. GILBERTI says that YOUNG's best sucks. YOUNG says he
did exactly what GILBERTI told him to do. GILBERTI says that he doesn't
want YOUNG to do exactly what he's told to do and to think and react...
then goes on to say that every idea YOUNG has backfires in their face.
YOUNG informs GILBERTI that the GUANTLET was his idea. GILBERTI says it
doesn't matter who's idea it is and that it sucked. GILBERTI informs YOUNG
that he's going to have to tell SIMON DIAMOND & JOHNNY SWINGER about the
defense against 3 LIVE KRU next week and hands him a cell phone. End with
YOUNG asking GILBERTI as he storms off "What's that number again?" ... RANT
TIME~!: Okay... Shouldn't GILBERTI & YOUNG be happy that the shot is with 3
LIVE KRU instead of AMERICA'S MOST WANTED? I mean, it's not like they tried
to screw both teams and one still won, right?


MATCH #1: 3 LIVE KRU ("B.G." BRIAN GERRARD JAMES, RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS,
& KONNAN) v. JOHNNY CURTIS, JAROD STEELE, & "SPYDER" NATE WEBB

Segment #4. Ah yes. TNA Girl dances to the 3 LIVE KRU music. Commentary
talks about 3LK being Number One Contenders and having the shot with
DIAMOND & SWINGER this week on NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. KONNAN does
his normal spiel before the match. This, of course, interrupts DON WEST's
comments putting over KILLINGS and the experience of 3 LIVE KRU over
DIAMOND & SWINGER. Since KILLINGS & JAMES worked later in the evening, I
expect that this match should be mostly KONNAN, despite his horrible back.
KONNAN and NATE WEBB start. KONNAN taps his tattoo for the camera, but you
can't make it out. Circle to start. Collar and elbow and KONNAN quickly
gets a weird arm drag/throw on WEBB. KONNAN rolls through with it and moves
back up to his feet with WEBB then gets a deep arm drag take over. KONNAN
makes a nice transition and floats over with a modified double chicken wing
from that. Whew. I think I've just seen the best wrestling KONNAN has done
since the 90's right there. KONNAN works this more into an STF and
eventually breaks for no apparent reason. KONNAN pulls WEBB back to his
feet and rocks him with a right as he backs him into the corner. Cross
corner whip is reversed by WEBB. KONNAN takes the most cushioned bump I can
ever recall hitting the corner. WEBB charges in and misses a somersault
into the corner as KONNAN moves. WEBB ties himself upside down in the Tree
of Woe, and KONNAN flips him to his feet. KONNAN backs WEBB into the ropes,
then a whip followed by his trademark rolling clothesline. This brings in
JOHNNY CURTIS, who doesn't even bother tagging in. CURTIS hops in an
screams. CURTIS charges KONNAN and takes a hip toss. KONNAN then tosses
CURTIS over the top to the floor. JAROD STEELE makes his way in, eats a
boot to the mid-section, then a double handed face slam by KONNAN. B.G.
JAMES comes in and he and KONNAN hold STEELE's legs open as RON KILLINGS
scales the corner turnbuckle. KILLINGS hits a guillotine leg drop from the
top between the legs of STEELE. KONNAN remains in the ring with STEELE.
KONNAN backs STEELE into the ropes and WEBB ends up with a tag as KONNAN
just holds STEELE against the ropes ready to whip him. WEBB comes in and a
clubbering begins. WEBB & STEELE pummel KONNAN with rights and lefts. Whip
by WEBB, but KONNAN ducks the clothesline and gets a go behind. KONNAN then
spins WEBB around into a wicked inverted DDT that spent a replay to verify
that it was KONNAN who hit the move. I'll give KONNAN credit, he at least
recognizes what his strengths are at this point in his career and is well
aware of what he is unable to do. Ten minute sell at not even 2:00.
KILLINGS and CURTIS each get the tag. KILLINGS slaughters CURTIS with a
right. STEELE comes in and eats a right too. Right for CURTIS, then another
for STEELE. STEELE rolls to his back over towards the corner and KILLINGS
starts putting the boots to him. WEBB slides back into the ring. WEBB nails
KILLINGS from behind and then cross corner whips him. WEBB charges, but
KILLINGS gets a float over in the corner and does his trademark back
flip/break dance sequence. WEBB charges KILLINGS, who drops down into a
split. JAMES is in the ring at this point and catches WEBB with a waist
lock pick-up and holds him up so KILLINGS can hit a high leaping single
leg lariat. KILLINGS then finishes off WEBB with "THE TRUE CONVICTION"
split leg sit-out gordbuster to get the win in 2:27. Here's the post match!
Just kidding.

MATCH #1: 3 Live Kru ("B.G." Brian Gerrard James, Ron "The Truth" Killings,
& Konnan) d. Johnny Curtis, Jarod Steele, & "Spyder" Nate Webb by Pinfall
(2:27) when Killings pinned Webb after "The True Conviction" split leg
sit-out gordbuster.

JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY are again back with us. BORASH puts over 3 LIVE
KRU's victory and their title shot this Wednesday night. This leads to
TENAY talking about NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF JARRETT. TENAY says that he
has the feeling that JARRETT doesn't want anyone asking questions and just
wants someone to hold the microphone for him. Gee, what *EVER* might have
given you that idea Professor? Footage time!

Let Us Take You Back... MIKE TENAY interviews NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF
JARRETT... or at least tries to. JARRETT kicks TENAY out of the ring and
orders DON WEST to get in the ring. Clip after showing WEST befuddled to
WEST in ring and JARRETT commenting. Graphic on screen says THIS WEEK~!
that there will be an UPDATE ON HULK HOGAN. The entire JARRETT rant airs.
RAVEN shows up. Still no clipping. RED SHIRT SECURITY attacks RAVEN and
then bludgeons him with the most deadly weapon ever... JEREMY BORASH's
microphone. They air the entire beat down through JARRETT & Company
leaving. That was a nice way to kill 10 minutes.

Become a fan again! Order NWA TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION on Pay-Per-View!

Let Us Take You Back... We're in Segment #5 and SCOTT HUDSON tries to
interview RAVEN as trainers check on him. C.M. PUNK & JULIO DINERO show up
and we get the full interview where PUNK puts over his desire to be picked
as RAVEN's partner and how RAVEN will make the right decision. WOO! PUNK v.
RAVEN is always fun.

Let Us Take You Back... RAVEN walks out and introduces THE SANDMAN as his
partner to take on the RED SHIRT SECURITY (KEVIN NORTHCUTT & RYAN WILSON).
PUNK in the background bouncing up and down with his fingers crossed is
pretty funny in and of itself. The poor GATHERING is dejected in the
background. Aww. We get SANDMAN's entrance for a bit but clip before he and
RAVEN stare down.

Let Us Take You Back... RED SHIRT SECURITY defeats RAVEN & THE SANDMAN
thanks to the help of (as we're informed now) the third RED SHIRT... JOE E.
LEGEND. Seriously. LEGEND fits the mold of the other guys and this role
works. DUTCH MANTEL, I love you man... but seriously--- buy a new idea. Try
something you didn't do in IWA. LEGEND is now NORD short of his bad ass
hood and weaponry... We actually get about a full minute of this match
including the finale. Clip to LEGEND and WILSON double big booting RAVEN,
leading to THE GATHERING making the save. THE GATHERING confront RAVEN and
then get destroyed leading to ERIK WATTS making the save.... clip to WATTS
in ring with RAVEN, THE SANDMAN, & THE GATHERING laying around. WATTS talks
and sets up RAVEN/THE SANDMAN/ERIK WATTS v. RED SHIRT SECURITY (JOE E.
LEGEND/KEVIN NORTHCUTT/RYAN WILSON) in a RAVEN'S CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF
FUN MATCH.

"Followers... Or Fanatics?": THE GATHERING are in the back. PUNK can't
believe that RAVEN didn't pick either of them as his partner this week.
DINERO says he picked SANDMAN. PUNK says that RAVEN picked SANDMAN this
week, but asks if this is all just a test. PUNK (complete with RAVEN
shirt) wonders if it'll be him or DINERO this week as his partners since
WATTS was the one who randomly put the match together. PUNK says that this
is all just a test. PUNK says that they know RAVEN and he's just testing
them. They end saying that they have what it takes and they'll be there for
RAVEN.

MATCH #2: ERIK WATTS with GOLDYLOCKS v. JOHN SAXON

TNA girls dance. ERIK WATTS is introduced as "MR. XPLOSION", but I'm not
putting that as a nickname as it doesn't carry over to the actual
Pay-Per-View when he shows up. GOLDYLOCKS scares me. In other news, my
girlfriend thinks the TRINITY song that GOLDY sings on the TNA: THE MUSIC,
VOLUME II is horrendous and sounds like cats dying. Frighteningly enough,
the song has grown on me... I just can't imagine wanting to sing the lyric
"You're jacking off on my reputation" in the manner that GOLDY sings it. I
dunno. WOW! It's JOHN SAXON! Lord knows I was so impressed by him last week
that a match with ERIK WATTS will surely be amazing. One Xplosion match
already went over two minutes, so hopefully things aren't looking good for
Mr. SAXON. TENAY on commentary puts over that KEVIN NORTHCUTT has been in
the ear of SAXON saying that they've teamed up in the past and what not
(which apparently he talked about in length during the commentary which was
clipped)... this begs the question... if they only clip the entrances of
the jobbers now--- why do they even bother doing commentary until after
BORASH introduces the guy under contract? I mean, isn't it kind of counter
productive for TENAY and WEST to talk for 3 minutes about the virtues of
random guy only to have us have NO CLUE who random guy is sometimes at all?
WATTS poses and talks to GOLDY on the apron. Stare down to start. SAXON is
no where near WATT's size if you care. WATTS backs off and drops to his
knees in a fighting stance. WATTS finds his mockery of SAXON's height to be
hilarious. Well ERIK, you just killed 30 seconds of this kid's two
minutes... you should be ashamed! SAXON jumps WATTS as he laughs about it
with clubbing rights (two of 'em) then a boot to the mid-section. SAXON
whips WATTS out of the corner and WATTS reverses it. SAXON charges out of
the corner and WATTS hip tosses him. The less said about the sequence the
better. WATTS charges out of the corner with a clothesline. TENAY then
informs us that LEGEND is now a RED SHIRT SECURITY member, which we
actually see the footage of (XPLOSION XCLUSIVE~!) later... chop by WATTS.
WATTS backs SAXON to the ropes, then whips him. WATTS gets a pick-up off
the ropes, but SAXON floats up and over. SAXON gets a waist lock and pushes
WATTS to the ropes, and WATTS shoves him off. WATTS then hits a nice big
boot. WATTS drops to the floor and comments to TENAY & WATTS on commentary.
They inform us that WATTS is MR. XPLOSION. Back in, SAXON decides to fight
back. He must have gotten the message to take it home. Rights by SAXON,
then a boot which backs WATTS to the corner. Cross corner whip by SAXON is
reversed. TENAY & WEST talk about the INTERROGATORS segment. WATTS charges
the corner, but eats a boot by SAXON. SAXON charges WATTS and takes a
spinning powerslam for two as WATTS pulls SAXON up. WATTS signals for
something and GOLDY gets on the apron with a sign that says "When ERIK
WATTS says it's over it is..." on one side, then flips it to the other side
for "THE END!" ... Oh yeah. WATTS his a Uranagi Suplex for the pinfall in
1:50. WATTS celebrates. He'll be in action this week on PAY-PER-VIEW, you know.

MATCH #2: Erik Watts with Goldylocks d. John Saxon by Pinfall (1:50) after
a Uranagi Suplex.

"Membership Has Its Privileges": DON CALLIS, JOE E. LEGEND, & RED SHIRT
SECURITY (NORTHCUTT & WILSON) are in the back via the TNA Cam for the start
of Segment #6. CALLIS informs LEGEND that this is the greatest day of his
life.... bigger than his first born, his wedding day... or winning millions
of dollars in the lottery. CALLIS says that today, LEGEND is apart of
something. CALLIS informs LEGEND that he is the man that makes sure that
JEFF JARRETT remains the NWA WORLD CHAMPION. I guess we're supposed to
forget their feud this past summer where it was LEGEND's job to make sure
JARRETT didn't get a shot. CALLIS presents LEGEND with the colors of the
RED SHIRTS. CALLIS says that he's apart of an elite organization and will
be apart of the CLOCKWORK ORANGE match. CALLIS tells him that he's going to
do his color's proud.

MATCH #3: JOE E. LEGEND v. CHRIS HERO

Wow! Right to the ring for another match? What is this... a wrestling show?
They circle to start. Commentators wonder if LEGEND is going to send a
message to WATTS after what we saw in WATTS' match and also question where
LEGEND's shirt is. Collar and elbow and LEGEND quickly peppers HERO with
some rights. This takes HERO into the corner and LEGEND gets in some jabs
to the face. Clip. Oh look, they're randomly in the center of the ring.
HERO chops LEGEND. HERO bounces off the ropes and charges LEGEND, but takes
a drop toe hold, ending up throat first across the middle ring rope.
LEGEND drops to the floor and drives HERO's throat first across the side
of the ring, then jams an elbow to the throat. LEGEND chokes HERO with a
boot to the throat on the apron. Back in, LEGEND gets a right on HERO.
LEGEND backs HERO into the corner. Commentators discuss that X's name is X,
not Mr. X as DON WEST keeps referring to him as. Cross corner whip by
LEGEND. LEGEND delays the charge and eats a boot/superkick by HERO. HERO
fires off at LEGEND with a right, then another, then another. LEGEND is
backed into the opposite corner than the one he charged at this point. HERO
tries a cross corner whip and LEGEND reverses it, short whipping HERO into
a fireman's carry, then into a spinning face first drop (like an F5, only
LEGEND keeps the legs instead of the head). LEGEND pulls HERO to his knees
and counts. 3. 2. 1. LEGEND hits the ropes and boots HERO's head off.
LEGEND only gets a two count. LEGEND fires off a few rights to the head of
HERO from his knees, then gets to the middle turnbuckle. HERO stops LEGEND
as he's perched in the corner. HERO hits a toss while holding a 3/4 nelson
into an inverted DDT. I'm sure he has a name for that move, but I'm
ignorant to the move names. Both men back to their feet and LEGEND eats a
series of rights by HERO. LEGEND follows back with rights of his own.
LEGEND bounces off the ropes and misses a clothesline. Rights by HERO
again, then tries a whip. LEGEND reverses, but ducks his head to early and
eats a boot to the face. HERO sets LEGEND up for a reverse neck breaker,
then spins him around to eat his knee. HERO tries a round house forearm,
but LEGEND moves and hits a round house kick to the head of HERO. Boot to
the mid-section by LEGEND. "Twisting stunning move!" "OH! WHAT A MOVE!"
Both TENAY and WEST act like they've never seen the STONE CUTTER before.
It's just a Stunner with a corkscrew/flip in it. I mean, really. This gets
the three count in 3:07 TV Time. It was, in their defense, the best looking
STONE CUTTER that LEGEND has done yet. This week on TNA PPV, LEGEND is in
the CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF FUN! But hey, no time for post match since we
clipped the match, plus WATTS had to get all that post match stuff (a
whopping 15 seconds)...

MATCH #3: Joe E. Legend d. Chris Hero by Pinfall (3:07 TV Time) after "The
Stone Cutter" corkscrew forward jawbreaker.

BE A MAN is on CD by "MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE. Maybe if he ignore it, it'll
go away.

Back with JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY for Segment #7. We haven't seen
BORASH's mug since segment #4! WOW! BORASH puts over this week's huge show
saying that every time RAVEN has brought the CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF FUN,
it's been wild and uncontrollable. BORASH runs down the card (with TENAY's
help): RAVEN/THE SANDMAN/ERIK WATTS v. RED SHIRT SECURITY (JOE E.
LEGEND/KEVIN NORTHCUTT/RYAN WILSON) in RAVEN'S CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF
FUN! ABYSS v. A.J. STYLES! "FALLEN ANGEL" CHRISTOPHER DANIELS v. SONJAY
DUTT v. X in a Three Way Dance for the Number One Contender to the NWA X
DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP! NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: SIMON DIAMOND & JOHNNY
SWINGER defend against 3 LIVE KRU's team of "B.G." BRIAN GERRARD JAMES &
RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS... plus (not mentioned here), EKMO FATU & SONNY
SIAKI take on THE GATHERING. It's time to recap last week's Main Event...

"The Return": The TNA Cam brings us the back of "THE TOTAL PACKAGE" LEX
LUGER as he walks out to the ring. The "THIS PAST WEDNESDAY" graphic covers
up to the title of this until the very end. It was enthralling, as you can
imagine.

Let Us Take You Back.. NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF JARRETT & "THE TOTAL
PACKAGE" LEX LUGER (after some comments by DON CALLIS) postulate that A.J.
STYLES doesn't belong in the ring with them and isn't in their league.

Let Us Take You Back.. STING agrees with them, saying STYLES is above them.

Let Us Take You Back... STING & A.J. STYLES defeat NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF
JARRETT & "THE TOTAL PACKAGE" LEX LUGER. Ending airs. We start just prior
to the high cross body block from the top by STYLES. LUGER gets the Human
Torture Rack, but then eats 3 shots from a baseball bat right in front of
the referee to finish the "Wow, A.J. STYLES really *ISN'T* in their league"
match with STYLES getting a sunset flip pin for 3. Bah! Right finish, wrong
execution. If you're going to have the heels say that someone isn't in
their league you need to establish (win or lose) through the entire match
that the face is not only in their league, but BETTER than them. This was
quite counter productive. Clip to post match brawl as ABYSS attacks STYLES
as he tries to give JARRETT the STYLES CLASH. STING and LUGER brawl to the
back. RAVEN hits the ring and gets beat down by the RED SHIRTS.

"Insert Foot In Mouth": "THE TOTAL PACKAGE" LEX LUGER is upset. "Sting! You
did this on purpose to deliberately embarrass 'The Total Package' in his
first match back!" LUGER says that STING knows him and knows that what he
says is the truth.. yes, LUGER was pinned by STYLES and wants STING.
Booking For Morons 101 says yes to this idea! YEAH!

"Hey Lex... Tough Luck": STING says that you never... ever try to one up
the STINGER. STING informs us that when you try to one up him... you get
one upped.

"After TNA Went Off The Air - Xplosion Exclusive": "HEAVY D" DON HARRIS,
"THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH" JIMMY HART, RAVEN, THE SANDMAN, A.J. STYLES, &
ERIK WATTS are in the ring with ABYSS, DON CALLIS, NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF
JARRETT, and all three RED SHIRT SECURITY are on the floor. They exchange
words and try to have a brawl. RAVEN says that if he's scared he'll have
the others leave and they can go right now. RAVEN lays down in the ring and
the crowd claps.JARRETT gets on the apron and eases getting into the ring.
RAVEN gets to his feet and faces off with JARRETT. LEGEND slips into the
ring and gets disposed of quickly. NORTHCUTT gets knocked off the apron.
Nice little exclusive for XPLOSION and much appreciated.

"From Your Number One Fan": "THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH" JIMMY HART is with
A.J. STYLES. HART says that STYLES beat LEG LUGER. HART says that he's
managed some of the biggest names in this sport. STYLES can't believe what
just happened. A.J. is written in what looks to be a red hued dirt on the
side of the production truck. HART & STYLES joke about his fan. They walk
away and the camera man is scared to see ABYSS behind him. ABYSS stands
there and rubs his hands together. ABYSS rubs the AJ written on the
truck... then hits it. Trademark ABYSS poses! WOO!

"Listen Up, Hogan!": NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF JARRETT says that A.J. STYLES
is riding on cloud nine tonight, but this Wednesday Night... ABYSS will
take care of him. JARRETT puts over the CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOSE OF FUN, then
says that it leaves him and "HOLLYWOOD" HULK HOGAN. JARRETT says that he'll
get HOGAN's attention one way or another. Turn to DON CALLIS sitting near
by on the telephone. CALLIS tells JARRETT that his plan is a go. They
laugh. I guess this is where JOHN BOY & BILLY get involved.

"A Mind Like Clockwork": RAVEN sits. "Once again... it would appear that my
destiny is delayed. Obstacles are always being thrown in my path. Obviously
it is no coincidence that JEFF JARRETT will not... will not mention me...
throws the RED SHIRTS in front of me... He brings up STING's name... He
brings up A.J.'s name... He brings up HOGAN's name... yet he somehow seems
to forget my name. You think that's an accident? He's trying to diminish
me. He's trying to lessen me. That's alright... because I'll go through the
RED SHIRTS. The RED SHIRTS started as two. Now there's three. Well I
have... the single... most fearsome opponent I've ever faced on one side...
THE SANDMAN. On the other side, I have a personal friend... ERIK WATTS. The
ultimate advantage lies in the fact that this match... will be my match...
a CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF FUN. Quote the RAVEN... Nevermore." Pose.

"Hardsell It, Don!": DON WEST shills this week's show... RAVEN/THE
SANDMAN/ERIK WATTS v. RED SHIRT SECURITY (JOE E. LEGEND/KEVIN
NORTHCUTT/RYAN WILSON) in RAVEN'S CLOCKWORK ORANGE HOUSE OF FUN! ABYSS v.
A.J. STYLES! "FALLEN ANGEL" CHRISTOPHER DANIELS v. SONJAY DUTT v. X in a
Three Way Dance for the Number One Contender to the NWA X DIVISION
CHAMPIONSHIP! NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: SIMON DIAMOND & JOHNNY SWINGER
defend against 3 LIVE KRU's team of "B.G." BRIAN GERRARD JAMES & RON "THE
TRUTH" KILLINGS... plus (not mentioned here), EKMO FATU & SONNY SIAKI take
on THE GATHERING. Not in that order, but I already pimped the entire card.
So much action, you've got to be there!

Best Match: LEGEND v. HERO. Even in clipped form, this match was head and
shoulders above the rest of the stuff on the show. Nothing was really
bad... well... This match flew by even faster than a lot of matches I've
seen recently, especially on this show... yet was one of longest on this
show. Good sign. HERO is next to sign. Please?

Worst Match: Mr. Xplosion blows. Well, JOHN SAXON didn't help him much. If
they did one more spot where WATTS stood in the center of the ring and
SAXON ran at him and was obviously gonna get hip
tossed/powerslammed/whatever... I would have to hurt someone. I'm sure
they're both nice guys, but this match was not good, nope.

Grade: A+. One of the best put together Xplosion shows in a long time. The
show didn't oversell me on getting the Pay-Per-View, which has been the
case lately for this show a lot. They aired plenty of new material on this
show that made it worth the hour of my time to watch while also recapping
enough to make everything seem important. Another good sign of the big
picture, which is good... but there are nitpicks that I disagree with.
That, however, is life. Enjoy the Pay-Per-View Tomorrow! (which by the time
you read this is tonight)...

-Michael








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