NWA TNA Xplosion Report 1-24-04
Submitted by Michael Langan II on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at 8:17 PM EST



NWA Total Nonstop Action Xplosion
Episode #Lord Knows At This Point
1/24/04 (Nashville), Weekend of 1/24/04 (Elsewhere)

Hmmm... wonder if anyone read my RUMBLE 2004 STATISTICS?
(http://www.newzbytes.org/Rumble2004Stats.txt if you missed them!) ... No
complaints (yet) on the less detailed match recaps, so we're keeping it.
Any feedback/comments/whatever can be directed at mrnewz@mindspring.com ...
onto the show!

Match Results: Chris Sabin p. "Kool" Seth DeLay (Non-Title), Abyss p. Chris
Michaels, 3 Live Kru ("B.G." Brian Gerrard James/Ron "The Truth"
Killings/Konnan (X)) d. Delirious (O)/Masada/Jared Steele

Absurdity Of The Week: We didn't get A.J. STYLES v. GABRIEL?!?! Are you all
insane?!?

Overview:

D-LO~! HOGAN~! SONJAY~! RAVEN~! TEDDY HART~! JUVENTUD GUERRERA~! SKANKY TNA
GIRLS~! JOHNNY SWINGER IS ANGRY~! It's Xplosion~!

Let Us Take You Back... A.J. STYLES power bombs JONNY FAIRPLAY to hell!
STRAIGHT TO HELL! That damn STYLES just power bombed him in half!

JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY open the show. BORASH talks about JONNY FAIRPLAY
(official spelling we're going with) and THE INSANE CLOWN POSSE showing up
last week. TENAY says that in the previous year and a half of TNA there
have been some high stakes match-ups in TNA, but this week when DON CALLIS
faces ERIK WATTS--- the loser resigns from power. Plus, they have DUTCH
MANTEL's favorite gimmick as everyone will be handcuffed to everyone else
at ringside! Aside from GOLDYLOCKS, of course, who is going to stay in the
back. TENAY also informs us that CHRIS SABIN will defend the NWA X DIVISION
CHAMPIONSHIP against MICHAEL SHANE this week... to the ring!

MATCH #1: NWA X DIVISION CHAMPION: "THE FUTURE" CHRIS SABIN v. "KOOL" SETH
DELAY in a Non-Title Match.

Dance dance dance. Blarg... to the KOOLness ... DELAY is some ownage from
BILL BEHRENS' NWA WILDSIDE. DELAY is 19 years old and has come such a long
way since he and SALVATORE RINAURO were the tag team of G RATED. [sniff]
DELAY looks too much like a guy I went to high school with, which is even
odder that I'm in Georgia and not much older. Okay, to the match! Collar
and elbow start worked with the hammer lock/head lock series. DELAY does a
really rockin' leg sweep from an arm bar. Killer over release German suplex
by SABIN as DELAY tried to slide underneath him gets two. Springboard
spinning high cross body from the middle rope by DELAY. Scoop slam into a
back breaker sit-out Uranagi by SABIN for two. Leap frog from a corner
charge into an inverted double handed face slam by DELAY. Really nice move.
Crowd is starting to really react to this match and DELAY, who is totally
believable in his role. DELAY even hit his corner charge into a delayed
'rana. SABIN nearly kills DELAY with a leaping boot on the charge. They
work a series as SABIN tries to get DELAY in a fireman's carry and DELAY
gets out of it. SABIN finally catches DELAY with one as DELAY tries to push
off out of the corner. SABIN finishes from the fireman's carry into a
sit-out forward slam for the pin in 2:35. Freaking awesome for 2:35. DELAY
v. MATT SYDAL! XPLOSION CHAMPIONSHIP~!

MATCH #1: NWA X Division Champion: "The Future" Chris Sabin d. "Kool" Seth
DeLay by Pinfall (2:35) after a fireman's carry into a sit-out forward
slam. Non-Title.

The Series Is Tied: NWA X DIVISION CHAMPION: "THE FUTURE" CHRIS SABIN says
that SHANE took the belt from him in ULTIMATE X, but SABIN took it back in
ULTIMATE X II. SABIN says that the series is tied (forgetting the 3-Way
with DANIELS and the TROPHY v. TITLE Match, which are all in SHANE's
favor). SABIN says that he doesn't think SHANE can beat him without the NEW
FRANCHISE.

Bring The Noise - And My X Title: "THE FRANCHISE" SHANE DOUGLAS & MICHAEL
SHANE are hanging out. SHANE says that (I'm paraphrasing, but this is
basically it) next week he will guarantee you... [turns to DOUGLAS]... I
will guarantee you SHANE that I came to the NEW FRANCHISE to make some
noise and the X DIVISION title will be mine.

BEST OF THE X DIVISION is on DVD. $24.95 plus shipping and handling on
www.nwatna.com

NWA TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION only on Pay-Per-View.

Let Us Take You Back... SCOTT HUDSON interview SONNY SIAKI & TRINITY. They
argue. SIAKI tells TRINITY to stay out of his match. He was also advised
not to sign.

Let Us Take You Back... D-LO BROWN defeats SONNY SIAKI despite TRINITY's
interference. We join the match just as TRINITY hits the leaping Torando
DDT. KID KASH wants SIAKI to sign, but that leads to KASH & TRINITY double
teaming SIAKI. TRINITY has joined JARRETT. This continues segways into the
JARRETT/CALLIS/RED SHIRTS interview with HUDSON in the back where TRINITY
is welcomed and informs us she wants NOTHING to do with KID KASH.

MATCH #2: ABYSS v. CHRIS MICHAELS

TNA Girls dance. Goodie. ABYSS, after seeing him in person for the first
time at NWA WILDSIDE two weekends ago, is really huge. Amazing presence by
this guy. Crowd chants "He's a Jobber" to start. ABYSS controls early, but
MICHAELS fights back with some pretty token offense. ABYSS catches MICHAELS
come off the top with a bear hug, then hits an over head belly to belly
release from that. If you recall MICHAELS teamed with RICK MICHAELS (from
WILDSIDE) to win a tag title shot and challenge AMERICA'S MOST WANTED back
in OCTOBER/NOVEMBER of 2002. ABYSS works over MICHAELS for a bit, and
MICHAELS fights out after nailing ABYSS on a corner charge. Gorilla press
throw by ABYSS and MICAHELS' offense is quickly squished. Sitting Human
Torture Rack back breaker gets the pin to quickly end this one in 1:50.

MATCH #2: Abyss d. Chris Michaels by Pinfall (1:50) after a sitting Human
Torture Rack back breaker.

Revenge For A.J.: D-LO BROWN, despite us being able to hear the live crowd
in the background noise, says that for the past four days all he's been
able to think about is ABYSS powerbombing his dog A.J. BROWN says he's
coming on WEDNESDAY to avenge his friend and ABYSS can ask SONNY SIAKI
about how BROWN means business. BROWN says that ABYSS will be Down With The
Brown.

Oh No, Mr. D-Lo!: ABYSS plays with a D-LO BROWN BOBBLEHEAD doll. He makes
almost as short of work of it as he did CHRIS MICHAELS. He stomps it for
good measure.

We return with JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY hyping this Wednesday Night's big
NWA TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION PAY-PER-VIEW featuring CALLIS v. WATTS. The
graphic informs us that NFL SUPERSTAR BRIAN URLACHER will be there. Despite
being talked about in the previous segment, BORASH shills the NWATNA.com
web site and then informs us that he found out courtesy of them that BROWN
faces ABYSS this week! Wow! TENAY tosses it to the JONNY FAIRPLAY debut as
media outlets from around the world were in attendance or something.

Let Us Take You Back... DON CALLIS talks about ERIK WATTS and next week,
then introduces JONNY FAIRPLAY. They air the interview segment in all of
it's glory (roughly 10:00) including A.J. STYLES' interruption and the
power bomb that FAIRPLAY ate. Yummy.

NWA TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION only on Pay-Per-View.

Let Us Take You Back... as predicted, THE RED SHIRTS defeated AMERICA'S
MOST WANTED to become NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS to the NWA WORLD TAG TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIP. I gather they'll be winning the belts next week as 3 LIVE KRU
has kind of just been there (though I swore I said this was happening in
last week's report). THE NATURALS~! return to guarantee that AMERICA'S MOST
WANTED will be having cool tag team matches that don't involve the titles.

Believe In This: NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: 3 LIVE KRU ("B.G." BRIAN
GERRARD JAMES, RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS, & KONNAN) run through various
catch phrases. JAMES says they'll drop it like it's hot (oh yes you will),
KONNAN says they're thugs like that and KILLINGS said his stuff, but in the
opposite order that I relayed it.

Win The Gold... Or Else: RED SHIRT SECURITY (JOE E. LEGEND & KEVIN
NORTHCUTT) block a doorway when KID KASH walks up. They tell him to hold
up. KASH says he has a meeting with JEFF JARRETT, but is informed that DON
CALLIS has a meeting with JARRETT. KASH says that he's a little higher up
on the totem pole that CALLIS, but is still not let in. KASH informs the
RED SHIRTS that if they don't win the titles next week, they'll be back at
the bars. KASH, when told CALLIS won't let anyone in right now, then tells
the RED SHIRTS that if CALLIS doesn't win next week he'll be joining them.

MATCH #3: NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: 3 LIVE KRU ("B.G." BRIAN GERRARD
JAMES, RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS, & KONNAN) v.
DELIRIOUS, MASADA, & JARED STEELE

Crowd chants for KRU (funny, every time they're on PPV, the crowd is dead).
KONNAN runs through the catch phrases. KILLINGS starts off with STEELE and
ends the feeling out sequence with a nice spinning power slam. MASADA runs
in and KILLINGS gets his split to duck the clothesline before a spinning
scissors kick to the back of the NWA WILDSIDE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS' head.
GATEWAY'S FAVORITE referee, ROY--- err... DELIRIOUS comes in and is creamed
with a right by JAMES. KILLINGS then drops a guillotine leg drop from the
top between DELIRIOUS' legs as KONNAN & JAMES held the legs open. STEELE in
and jumps KILLINGS. Double team by MASADA & STEELE leads to a double
clothesline for two by MASADA on KILLINGS. DELIRIOUS back in, and he
quickly eats a flying forearm/clothesline just seconds in. MASADA and
KONNAN tagged in. MASADA eats a rolling thunder lariat. Full nelson into an
inverted DDT for STEELE by KONNAN. Toss by KONNAN on DELIRIOUS, then a
double handed face slam and KONNAN pins DELIRIOUS to win in 2:12. 3LK are
like 521781632636-2-1 in Six Man Tags. Seriously, I should have legit
rankings back in the next week or so. DELIRIOUS may one day find the right
tag team partners to defeat 3 LIVE KRU. My suggestion? ABYSS (or STING) and
NATE WEBB. That way, both WEBB and DELIRIOUS finally get their win over 3LK.

MATCH #3: NWA World Tag Team Champions: 3 Live Kru ("B.G." Brian Gerrard
James, Ron "The Truth" Killings, & Konnan) d. Delirious, Masada, & Jared
Steele by Pinfall (2:12) when Konnan pinned Delirious after a double handed
face slam.

Let Us Take You Back... MIKE TENAY & DON WEST shill at ringside. Oh, hi
INSANE CLOWN POSSE.

Before The Show - ICP's Fan Party: The crowd chants ICP and JARRETT SUCKS
outside with the clowns. VIOLENT J informs us that this will be there house
every week if they so desire it to be. He also informs JARRETT that there
might only be two of them, but you have to fight 200 of them when they come
to town. Quickee segment.

Let Us Take You Back... GOLDYLOCKS & ERIK WATTS open the show commenting on
the big WATTS v. CALLIS match next week... then brings the return of JERRY
LYNN. LYNN is captain of the NWA side of the AMERICA'S CUP. KID KASH
eventually comes out, wanting LYNN to sign with JARRETT. LYNN quickly
informs KASH of his decision... and we learn it's not in KASH's favor.

Let Us Take You Back... SCOTT HUDSON interviews EL LEON (APOLO),
GOLDYLOCKS, & ERIK WATTS. WATTS sends LEON to kill JARRETT. WATTS tells
GOLDYLOCKS to stay in the back next week, and she agrees. WATTS is *DOG
MEAT*... WATTS says that BRIAN URLACHER will be there. CALLIS shows up.
Pull apart.

JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY are back with us. TENAY puts over the dire
importance of the CALLIS v. WATTS match this week. No Disqualification, No
Count-Outs. Only *CONTRACTED* wrestlers will be paired off at ringside.
Hmm. Card run down as 3 LIVE KRU loses the tag titles to THE RED SHIRT
SECURITY. CHRIS SABIN defends the NWA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP against
MICHAEL SHANE. TENAY also spends the evening talking entirely too much with
not only JONNY FAIRPLAY, but THE INSANE CLOWN POSSE as well. They forgot
that D-LO BROWN faces ABYSS as well. BORASH says it's MAIN EVENT time as
JARRETT takes on EL LEON in a Street Fight. Must be code for commercial.

BEST OF THE X DIVISION is on DVD. $24.95 plus shipping and handling on
www.nwatna.com

Let Us Take You Back... NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF JARRETT and EL LEON battle
to a No Contest in a STREET FIGHT. Finish starts just prior to A.J. STYLES
showing up. ABYSS follows and destroys STYLES. ABYSS & JARRETT pose.
JARRETT gets in the face of TENAY. TENAY: "It'll be a cold day in hell
before I'm out of a job." Man, the TENAY v. JARRETT feud has been going
strong since 1999. Man, that's a long time before the blow off.

You Can Do It!: DON CALLIS & NWA WORLD CHAMPION: JEFF JARRETT are talking
in the back. JARRETT is hyping CALLIS up for his match this week. JARRETT
tells CALLIS that he can do it. Excitement abound.

Hard Sell It Don!: Apparently "Hardsell" finally showed up on their spell
check as not a word, so they fixed it to two this week. DON WEST has an
aneurysm shilling the card which has already been mentioned. DON'T MISS
IT~! The card is:

-DON CALLIS v. ERIK WATTS in a No Count-Out, No Disqualification Match
Where The Loser Must Resign and all contracted NWA Total Nonstop Action
Wrestlers are Handcuffed at Ringside. (Whew!)
-D-LO BROWN v. ABYSS
-3 LIVE KRU defend the NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP against THE RED
SHIRT SECURITY
-CHRIS SABIN defends the NWA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP against MICHAEL SHANE
-MIKE TENAY interviews JONNY FAIRPLAY
-MIKE TENAY talks with THE INSANE CLOWN POSSE
-THE GATHERING v. THE SANDMAN & ?? (not mentioned at all on the show this
week, which was odd)

See you next week. Remember, questions/comments/concerns to
mrnewz@mindspring.com








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