NWA TNA PPV Results 2/25/04
    Submitted by Christina Schmalz on Thursday, February 26, 2004 at 4:13 PM EST

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    QUICK RESULTS

    Match #1
    Triple Threat Captain's Match
    Petey Williams (Team Canada) vs. Juventud Guerrera (Team AAA) vs. Jerry Lynn
    (Team TNA)
    WINNER: Team Canada (Williams pins Guerrera) at
    8:11


    Match #2
    Special Challenge Match
    Simon Diamond vs. Johnny Swinger
    WINNER: Swinger at 4:38 Match was re-started and Diamond
    wins at 1:27 by DQ


    Match #3
    New Franchise vs. 3LK
    WINNER: Michael Shane pins Konnan at 6:57yellow>

    Match #4
    Chris Harris vs. Chase Stevens
    WINNER: Chris Harris at 4:34


    Match #5
    Chris Harris vs. Andy Douglas
    WINNER: Harris at 2:42


    Match #6
    Handicap Match
    Chris Harris vs. The Naturals
    WINNER: Harris pins Stevens at 6:33


    Match #7
    The Gathering vs. Raven & Sabu
    WINNER: Raven pins Punk at 5:57


    Match #8 The Main Event
    Tables Match
    Abyss vs. AJ Styles
    WINNER: Abyss at 13:45



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    The Full Monty
    AJ Styles gives us the obligatory FBI warning. We are then shown the recap
    video from last week featuring the announcement of the new DOA, Vince Russo.
    There were clips shown from June 11th of Russo attacking Jarrett with his
    guitar and from October 15th where Jarrett viciously attacks Russo with
    chairshot after chairshot. The words "A New Chapter Begins" are shown on the
    screen. The intro music is no longer Macho Man's "Be A Man" but back to the
    old music instead. Another note about this evening's show, no TNA dancers.
    Apparently it has to do with Russo getting morals or something.

    Match #1 Triple Threat Captain's Match with Petey William (Team
    Canada) vs. Juventud Guerrera (Team AAA) vs. Jerry Lynn (Team TNA)
    Originally it was announced that Teddy Hart would be wrestling for Team
    Canada but he injured his knee earlier in a match-up against Mr. Aguila so
    he was unable to wrestle. We start the match off with a nice back and forth
    rally between the three of them and then we begin with the two counts. First
    is Petey on Juvi then Lynn on Petey. Next they get tangled up in a three-way
    armbar hold. Lynn is the first to break out and he gets Williams in a
    leglock. Juvi joins in with an abdominal stretch on Lynn. Lynn breaks the
    hold and lands a sunset flip on Juvi. Juvi responds with a basement dropkick
    for a two count. Juvi and Williams lock up but Lynn comes in with a reverse
    DDT. Lynn follows up with a necksnap on Juve. Somewhere in here we have
    about three different two counts. Even at a slower pace its two fast to
    catch them all. Juvi responds with dropkicks for both Williams and Lynn. The
    dropkick on Lynn hit right on his injured shoulder. Juvi sets Williams up
    for a Juvi Driver and delivers. Juvi gets Williams into a reverse armbar but
    Lynn interferes. Here comes one of my favorite moves. the tilt-a-whirl
    backbreaker on Juvi by Lynn. Williams takes advantage and somehow sunset
    flips right over Lynn while Lynn nails Juvi with a German suplex. A two
    count follows. Williams comes in and gets another two count on Lynn after a
    spinning DDT. Pump handle slam by Juvi on Williams. Juvi goes to the ropes
    but Lynn DDT's him off for a two count. Juve is down Here comes Williams
    with a tilt-a-whirl Russian legsweep. Juvi responds with a powerbomb but
    Lynn runs in and hits Juvi with a fireman's carry TKO. Williams takes it to
    the ropes for a frogsplash and nails Juvi for the pin. WINNER: Team
    Canada (Williams pins Guerrera) at 8:11


    This match sounds a lot better on paper than how
    it came across on my screen last night. I don't know what it was but it just
    didn't have the flow that you usually find in matches like this. Something
    was off. Personally I think they were exhausted from the earlier tapings for
    the America's X-Cup. Juvi was dragging the whole way through the match. It
    was still an okay match but not what I expected at all. However, seeing how
    exhausted they were leads me to believe that this next competition for the
    cup is going to be even better than the first.


    A video package is shown of Bill Apter, owner of "Total Wrestling" magazine,
    awarding AMW the Tag Team of the Year plaques. TNA also won an award for
    Most Innovative Promotion that was accepted by Mike Tenay. This actually
    took place on last week's PPV but for some reason was not shown. A really
    nice video package featuring career highlights of AJ styles is shown next.
    It calls him "The New Face of Wrestling."

    We now go to the ring with Mike Tenay. He tells us how he was skeptical of
    Russo's intentions but that he has convinced him that he will do what is
    right for the company. Tenay explains how Russo has sworn to keep Jarrett's
    out of control ego in check.

    Russo's music comes on and he walks to the ring. He looks like he has lost a
    lot of weight since his last stint on TNA. He begins to tell us how he felt
    after the beat down that Jarrett gave him back in October. He was battered,
    bruised and the whole time he was healing the chairshots echoed in his head.
    His wife Amy kept asking him how did it get to this point and Russo
    reflected on this as he healed up. He blames himself for it and says he
    deserved it because ten years ago he made the decision to "kneel at the
    altar of TV ratings. I sold my soul to the devil. nudity, violence, and
    vulgarity. I stopped at nothing." At the mention of nudity and violence the
    crowd erupted with cheers and a heckler yelled "so what." He tells us how he
    made $500,000 in his best year at WCW. He claims that the ratings, success,
    and money were all wrong though because he played for the wrong team.

    He then speaks of a recent interview where Bischoff said that Russo has a
    very dark side to him. Russo replies to that comment by calling him the
    anti-christ. He tells us how he is a changed man and that he needs to face
    his peers and ask for forgiveness. The crowd starts up a heartfelt
    "Bullshit" chant and then Jarrett's music hits.

    Jarrett walks to the ring chuckling to himself and tells us that he thought
    he has heard it all in his twenty years in the business until tonight. The
    crowd begins an "Asshole" chant (man, they were a rowdy bunch this evening.)
    Jarrett tells Russo that he isn't any different than any other promoter or
    owner in the business, always up to something and what Russo really wants is
    his forgiveness. Russo tells him it isn't like that but the curtain is
    coming down on the Jeff Jarrett show. Russo says it isn't about them anymore
    but it's time to pass the torch on to those who had earned it. A "Pass the
    Torch" chant starts up. Jarrett says his time isn't up until he says it is
    and that it is time for Russo to take another beating for the team. He
    proceeds to call him a Yankee.

    Jarrett slaps Russo and basically tries to instigate a fight between the two
    of them. Russo won't have any part of it though. He says that he just showed
    the guys in the back all they need to see. Russo states that tonight one
    man's dream is about to become his destiny and tells Jarrett to enjoy his
    night off. Russo leaves the ring and the "Asshole" chant starts up again for
    Jarrett.

    Backstage Hudson is with 2 Tuff Tony and Rude Boy from ICP. Shaggy and
    Violent J couldn't be with us this evening because they are back in Detroit
    putting the finishing touches on their new cd called "Dark Lotus." We should
    go check it out and stuff.

    Next we have a video package to introduce the next match-up between Simon
    and Swinger. It shows clips from the past few weeks' saga concerning the
    loyalty oath and Swinger's heel turn last week.

    Match #2 Special Challenge Match Simon Diamond vs. Johnny Swinger
    As soon as Diamond gets in the ring Swinger takes off running. They go
    around and through the ring a few times and then take off into the crowd.
    Finally they both get in the ring and Swinger hides behind the ref. The ref
    gets out of the way and Diamond goes to the ropes for a kick to the chest.
    The action goes outside the ring and Swinger has Diamond down choking him
    with a boot to the neck. He manages to get up but Swinger grabs an
    electrical cord and starts choking him with that. He then slams his head
    into the steps.

    Back in the ring Diamond is down and Swinger gets a one count. A few punches
    to Diamond's head and an eye poke followed by a couple more right hands.
    Swinger has Diamond in a sleeper hold and he reverses it on him. They both
    go for a hard clothesline and end up knocking themselves down. Diamond gets
    in some offense by way of a few right hands then a powerbomb. He begins his
    "Simon Series" of vertical suplexes but only lands two of the three.
    Superkick to Swinger knocking him out of the ring. He uses this opportunity
    to get something similar to brass knucks out of his pants but it looks like
    there was tape over them. Swinger gets in the ring and knocks Diamond out
    for a three count. Winner: Swinger at 4:38

    Senior Official Rudy Charles runs down the ramp to inform the ref that
    Swinger used an illegal object and they order the match restarted. Diamond
    struggles to stand. Swinger comes in with a flurry of punches but the ref
    breaks it up. Diamond gets in a low blow but Swinger has the "object" again.
    They exchange chops and the ref sees the object and takes it from him.
    Gilberti runs in followed by the rest of his goons. Tiny starts ringing the
    bell with all his heart to no avail. 2 Tuff Tony runs in but Young gets him
    with a spinebuster. Mayhem ensues as we now have Gilberti, Young, Kash, 2
    Tuff Tony, Rude Boy, Simon and Swinger all in the ring. Kash starts throwing
    chairs at ICP and then lays one on Diamond. Kash goes up on the rope but
    here comes Black Shirt Security to save the day. Official Winner: Diamond
    by DQ at a combined time of 6:05


    Ok, this match was just total BS. I hate when a
    match should end in a DQ but they decide instead to restart the match.
    Diamond was in no shape to continue the match after being hit with whatever
    it was that Swinger had. I'm not happy about their split in the first place
    but seeing a match like this just makes me even more upset. It was
    completely one sided and made Diamond look weak.


    We go to the back with Hudson who is speaking with the New Franchise. They
    cut a promo on 3LK telling them that if they want to stick their noses in
    the New Franchise's business there are going to show them where to stick it.
    Jarrett interrupts the promo to ask Douglas if he saw Russo's performance
    earlier and Douglas says they can't trust him. He reminds Jarrett that he
    meant what he said about having his back. just tell us when, where and how.
    Jarrett then tells the Naturals to get it done.

    We now see a video package highlighting 3LK and the New Franchise's feud
    that sets us up for our next match with.

    Match #3 New Franchise vs. 3LK
    3lk comes to the ring and does their little dance while BG joins us at the
    announcers' table again this week. Konnan is actually going to wrestle this
    week since he was attacked last week by the New Franchise.

    Konnan goes right in after Shane and knocks him over the top rope. Up to the
    top rope with a legdrop onto Douglas. Tags are exchanged and now we have
    Douglas and Killings. Douglas throws Killings over the top rope. Shane goes
    up for a moonsault onto Killings on the outside. Baseball slide dropkick to
    Killings by Douglas and Shane tags in. Killings comes back and the do a few
    standing switches. Shane breaks the hold with a few elbows to the head. He
    gets a two count on Killings.

    Shane follows up with some more punches to Killings head and then throws him
    into Douglas's corner where he is ready with a knee. Tag is made and Douglas
    spikes Killings on his head. He slaps Killings in the face a few times and
    now he is mad. Good rally coming up that starts off with some punches and
    clotheslines. Douglas goes for a back elbow block but Killings avoids it and
    hits him with a flying forearm. Both men are down from the impact.

    Both tags are made and Konnan was hot to come in. He nails Shane with a nice
    rolling thunder. Shane follows with a drop toehold resulting in Konnan's
    face getting jammed into the turnbuckle. Douglas can't play fair for long
    and he goes to attack James at the announcers' table. Here comes Konnan and
    Killings for the beatdown. Back in the ring Konnan goes after Shane. Nice
    powerbomb by Konnan. He follows with the Tequila Sunrise and Shane is
    tapping but no ref. Tracy comes in and hits Konnan with the cast to break
    the hold. Now the ref is back up in time for Shane to superkick him and get
    the pin. Winner: New Franchise (Shane pins Konnan) at 6:57

    Pretty decent match-up considering Konnan doesn't
    get in the ring very often these days. He's a fan favorite down at the
    Asylum or so it seems by the way the crowd was getting behind him. Then
    again, when wrestling against heels like the New Franchise it is hard to not
    get some face cheers.


    Hudson is in the back with AMW and they are discussing the Naturals and
    Jarrett. Harris talks about how his match tonight against Chase Stevens is
    all about revenge for what he did to his partner. Storm has a separated
    shoulder and is due to be out for sex weeks recovering. Harris cuts a promo
    on Jarrett about how he proved to everyone last week that he can beat him.
    He wants to know where his rematch is and is upset that Russo gave Jarrett
    the night off.

    We are shown a video package of the recent interferences by the Naturals. It
    shows how they come in with the powder and then follow with a few
    chairshots. They cut to a scene where the Naturals are telling Jarrett that
    they are there for him.

    Match #4 Chris Harris vs. Chase Stevens
    Once in the ring they both lock-up and exchange a few kicks and punches.
    Harris sets chase up for an inverted atomic drop then takes him up for an
    excellent high vertical suplex. He holds him up there for what seems like an
    eternity. This leads to a two count by Harris.

    Back and forth on the ropes then Chase gets the boot up in the air followed
    by a clothesline to Harris. Harris is down and Chase begins to choke him.
    Nice snap suplex by Chase but he only gets a one count. He chokes him some
    more then gets him in the corner. More choking followed by a few right hands
    to the midsection. Now Chase is choking him on the ropes. Harris fights out
    and land s a few punches and Chase responds with a nasty headbutt. Harris
    gets him up in a Lou Thesz press and flows with a few lefts to the head.
    Flying clothesline by Chase for a two count. Harris gets him with a full
    nelson slam for a two count. Chase goes for a leg lariat that leads to
    another two count.

    Time for a few Irish whips and reversals but Harris puts an end to it with a
    running powerslam. This gets him another two count on Chase. Harris attempts
    the catatonic but doesn't execute. Chase counters with a fireman's carry
    into a Death Valley driver for a two count. Chase goes to the ropes but
    overshoots the moonsault. Harris is waiting with a spear for another two
    count. A few more punches by Harris and this time he gets the catatonic done
    on Chase successfully ending the match. Winner: Harris at 4:34

    The action was a tad slow at the beginning but it
    didn't take long for the momentum to build. Good match overall. Harris is
    showing that he could have a very successful singles career here on TNA.


    Wait! Who's on the ramp? Why, it's none other than Russo who calls the ref
    over. We see him whisper something to him and the ref comes back to the
    ring. Borash announces another match. Now Chris Harris is to face Andy
    Douglas!

    Match #5 Chris Harris vs. Andy Douglas
    Well Douglas has the upper hand here since he knew the match was beginning.
    Before Harris has a chance to get over the shock of it Douglas begins
    pummeling Harris. Douglas is in control here with an arm bar stretch. While
    in the hold he punches Harris a few times in the side. Kicks and blows to
    the head follow. Harris gets out and it's time for a few irish whips.
    Bulldog slam to Douglas by Harris followed by a couple more Irish whips.
    Chase interferes by grabbing Harris's ankle. Douglas uses the opportunity to
    apply the "Natural Selection" (double arm implant DDT) and Andy gets a two
    count. It doesn't matter though because tonight is Harris's night to shine.
    He gets Douglas in the roll-up for a three count. Winner: Harris at
    2:42


    Harris is impressing me more and more this
    evening. After these two matches I am really looking forward to seeing more
    singles matches by Harris. I can't remember if Storm's injury is real (I'm
    assuming it is since he'll be out for six weeks) but this is a great
    opportunity for Harris to show us what he is made of.
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    Russo has been watching from the ramp and he's got his poker face on.
    There's no way of telling what is going through his mind or why he is
    targeting Harris like this but apparently it isn't over yet. This time Russo
    calls for a handicap match between Harris and the Naturals.

    Match #6 Handicap Match Chris Harris vs. The Naturals
    While the match begins we see Storm come out to the ramp and he is yelling
    at Russo. Russo says something to calm him down and Storm comes down to
    ringside to watch the match. In the meantime there is lots of action going
    on in the ring. Harris double clotheslines the Naturals and they return with
    a running clothesline to Harris. One two count and then another. The crowd
    is really getting behind Harris. Double back body drop by Chase leads to
    another two count. He gets Harris in a chokehold but Harris fights back with
    a few elbows to the head.

    Douglas takes it to the top rope and does a beautiful suplex landing about ¾
    of the way across the ring. This gets him a two count. He goes up on the
    ropes again but Harris gets his knee up. He begins to punch and kick Harris
    a bit but Harris is fighting back until an eye rake by Douglas. Temporarily
    blinded Douglas throws him into the rope but Harris regains his senses and
    counters with a clothesline taking Douglas down.

    Thrown out of the ring (I missed by who), Harris goes for a chair but the
    ref stops him from bringing it back into the ring. In the meantime Chase
    comes in with a chair but Storm sees him and knocks him down with a
    superkick while the ref wasn't looking. Harris takes advantage and gets the
    pin on Chase. Winner: Harris pins chase at 6:33

    Wow is all I can say at this point. Harris
    definitely earned the rest of the night off. He has to be exhausted but
    showed no signs of it in the ring. Very impressive matches by him tonight.
    He was always good in tag team matches but that is completely different from
    having multiple singles matches. Even though Storm made the save at the end
    by no means did he take away from Harris's wins this evening. I can't wait
    for more of this by Harris.


    It's now time for a video package featuring footage of Raven and Funk from
    last week in their battle with the Gathering. They show promos of Mitchell
    and Raven.

    Hudson is in the back with Russo and Russo is telling him that he knows what
    he is doing. He doesn't owe anyone an explanation for his actions. Harris
    comes in and asks him if he enjoyed throwing him to the wolves. Russo
    explains that he has been at home watching him for four months and that he
    just isn't ready to go after the belt yet. He plans on getting him ready
    over the next few weeks because he has booked a title match between Harris
    and Jarrett for March 17th. He tells him that over the next twenty-one days
    you will hate me. Someone in the crowd yells, "we all hate you Russo." Russo
    continues on by telling Harris that he will get what he has been dreaming
    of. He just needs to trust him. They shake hands to end the segment.

    Match #7 The Gathering w/ Father James Mitchell vs. Raven & Sabu
    Raven comes down the ramp to new music. It's an instrumental version of
    "Keep 'Em Separated" by the Offspring. It doesn't sound like they bought the
    rights to it has a slight knock-off sound to it. I could be wrong though.

    Raven immediately goes after punk and just goes nuts on him. Kick after kick
    to Punk and then a superkick. Punk wants out and tags in Dinero. Clothesline
    to the outside and now Sabu joins in the fun. He does a springboard off a
    chair onto the top rope and then another springboard onto everyone outside
    the ring. Back in the ring Sabu gets a 2 count on Dinero followed by three
    more two counts. Sabu goes up on the ropes with the chair and nails Punk
    with a chairshot. He goes to get Dinero too but he gets out of the way.

    Raven, Dinero and Punk are all going at it and Raven gets a neckbreaker on
    Dinero. He follows up with a big boot for a two count. Dinero fights back
    with a few punches and a superkick. Raven goes down and Punk stretch Raven's
    neck on the rope with his boot choking him. He goes up to the ropes for a
    dive but Raven quickly moves out of the way and tags in Sabu.

    Sabu is ready to rumble. He comes into the ring and throws a chair at Punk,
    then Dinero and back at Punk again. A few kicks to Punk and Sabu
    springboards off the chair onto Punk knocking him out of the ring. Mitchell
    comes in with a chair but Raven puts a quick stop to that with a few kicks.
    Sabu does another springboard off the chair and onto the ropes. From there
    he moonsaults onto Punk who is still outside the ring. Sabu sets the chair
    up again and jumps but Punk hits him with a chairshot. Raven gets Punk back
    in the ring for the one, two, three after the Raven Effect. Winner: Raven
    pins Punk at 5:57


    Yep, I marked for Sabu the whole time. Ok, Raven
    too. This was just an excellent match all around. There were high spots,
    chair shots, and lots of action just like I like it. Finally seeing Raven
    beat the Gathering was very satisfying. Good job guys on a very entertaining
    match. Matches like these just go to show that wrestling can be entertaining
    without all of the soap opera crap. You could just feel Raven's frustration
    that has been building for weeks during this match. From this match alone I
    got my money's worth.


    After the match Raven gets on the mic and tells us "as you can see, we are
    unstoppable." He goes on to talk about how he still hasn't fulfilled his
    destiny and wants to know why everyone else is getting their chance for the
    title but not him. He reminds Jarrett that he still intends on coming after
    him. Yeah, Russo's back. The main title hunt is interesting again.

    Let's go to the back with Hudson and AJ Styles. Hudson is explaining how
    tonight's table match will work. The winner is the first man to put his
    opponent through, not one, but two tables. There are four tables out there
    tonight, one in each corner. The winner of the match gets to pick a new
    partner for the tag team title reign and the loser picks a new partner to
    become #1 contenders with. AJ tells us that tonight isn't about tables or
    straps. It's personal because Abyss tried to end his career.

    Time for a video package! This one hypes up the America's X-Cup Competition
    Version 2.0. The packages shows pretty much all the high spots from the last
    competition between Team TNA and Team AAA. This time around Team Canada is
    challenging the winners, Team AAA.

    West and Tenay are at the announcers' table doing their best to hype up
    X-Cup 2.0. They go on to tell us to buy their PPV's. They also make an
    announcement that someone from Team Japan has challenged Team TNA for next
    week. I can't wait to see who it is.

    Hudson is now in the back for Lollipop who announces Fairplay by the good
    ol' fashioned "Heeeeeere's Jonny!" He comes to the mic and reminds us that
    he is here to make the buyrates go up, up, up and then makes Hudson say it.
    Hudson rolls his eyes and gives us an "up, up, up." Fairplay complains about
    how AJ interrupted his debut last week with his "redneck commercial." He
    tells AJ that he has a surprise for him this week though. He says it's not a
    run in by his grandma though because she's dead.

    We cut to a video package showing clips of last week's match between Abyss
    and AJ.

    Match #8 The Main Event TNA's First Ever Tables Match! Abyss vs. AJ
    Styles
    Fun match fact: Abyss outweighs AJ by 76 pounds. Styles doesn't waste a
    second to get the match started. He runs into the ring with a sunset flip
    and begins to chop Abyss. Throws him back into the corner but Styles moved
    and rams Abyss's throat into the ring. Styles follows up with a springboard
    hurricarana and then a baseball slide to Abyss outside the ring. Abyss sees
    him coming. They exchange blows and Abyss grabs Styles to throw him into the
    rails. Loud punch to AJ's head and Abyss whips him into the railing. Back in
    the ring, Abyss sets up a table but Styles dropkicks the table so it knocks
    Abyss out of the ring and back onto the floor outside. Styles literally
    flies over the top rope without touching it and lands on Abyss.

    Back outside Styles begins to kick Abyss. He goes over to set up a table
    vertically against the railing. Abyss comes over and they exchange a few
    more blows. Abyss goes for the table now but AJ kicks Abyss in the back of
    the head. Styles slams Abyss onto the table. He goes up to the rope to dive
    onto Abyss but abyss gets up in time. He has Styles in a gorilla press slam
    but he manages to wiggle out of it. Abyss teeters on the ropes for a few
    seconds but regains his balance and gives a hard clothesline to Styles.

    Abyss goes back outside to get a chair and hits Styles hard in the middle of
    the back with it. AJ is down in the middle of the ring. Abyss lays the chair
    on top of him and nails him with a hard sit down splash. He goes for another
    one but AJ the chair on its side just as Abyss lands. AJ delivers a spin
    kick and Abyss gets tangled up in the rope. AJ takes a running start to
    knocks Abyss out of the ring into the table but Abyss reverse and puts
    Styles through the table instead. AJ is out.

    Abyss brings a table into the ring and sets it up. Outside Styles is
    struggling to get up. Abyss snatches Styles up into a powerbomb but he
    fights out of it. He punches Styles and goes for the chokeslam to put him
    through the table but Styles manages to kick the table out of the way. Abyss
    throws Styles into the ref. The ref is down.

    A springboard snap hurricarana knocks Abyss off the rope and into the table
    on the floor. AJ sets up another table. Abyss is back in the ring and AJ
    goes for the Styles Clash but Abyss gets out and Irish whips AJ. As he comes
    off the rope Abyss snatches him up for a Black Hole Slam. Both men are now
    down. Abyss gets up first and sets AJ on the corner tops rope. He then goes
    to get the table ready. Abyss is on the ropes with Styles now but he is
    fighting out of it. Styles attempts a sunset flip but he is unable to
    complete it.

    Fairplay comes running into the ring and moves the table out of the way.
    This makes Styles mad and he grabs Fairplay to give him the Styles Clash.
    Abyss runs over and Irish whips Styles into the ref again. The ref is down
    once more. Styles grabs the chair and hits Abyss over the head with it
    stunning him.

    Styles attempt to set up the table in the ring but the ones set of legs are
    broken. He uses the rope to balance it. Multiple chairshots knocks Abyss
    onto the table and Styles takes it to the rope for a springboard. The table
    doesn't break so he goes for another. The table still isn't breakings. He
    goes to the far corner and tries a springboard from there. Success! The
    table breaks but where is the ref? He's still knocked out cold. Styles
    should have won the match right here.

    Wait, here comes someone down the ramp! Who is it? No, it can't be! Not
    him!! It's Lex Luger! He comes into the ring and press slams AJ through the
    last table outside the ring. He then goes over and wakes up the ref. The ref
    sees Styles lying on the table and declares Abyss the winner. Winner:
    Abyss at 13:45


    Side note: The last time Luger was in TNA he was in a tag team match. It was
    Luger & Jarrett vs. Styles & Sting. AJ was the one to win it by beating
    Luger. After the match Luger has Styles in the torture rack and the show
    ends.

    Wow, Luger returns. It looks like they really are
    going to pick up where things left off when Russo left. They didn't announce
    it but I think it is safe to say that Luger will be Abyss's tag partner for
    the title reign. The question is, who will AJ picks for his? I'm putting my
    money on a Sting return but I could be wrong. Overall this was a great match
    with a lot of sick moves. I was utterly amazed by AJ's one springboard. He
    didn't even come close to touching the rope.


    Overall I felt this was a decent PPV. The only match I was disappointed in
    was the Captain's Match to start the show. I was really expecting a lot more
    from that one. That's ok because between Harris's triathlon, Raven's match,
    and the table match I was a more than satisfied customer. I am extremely
    happy to see Russo's stamp over this show because I feel that Dutchie boy
    has been bringing it down for too long now. Well, thanks for reading. Feel
    free to email me or stop by the discussion thread to let me know what you
    thought of this week's PPV. Make sure to tune in next week for more exciting
    total, non-stop action.



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