NWA TNA Xplosion Report 3-20-04
Submitted by Michael Langan II on Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 10:20 PM EST



NWA Total Nonstop Action Xplosion
Episode #?
3/20/04 (aired early AM 3/20 on Sunshine)

The *BIG* News: The NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Tournament starts *THIS
WEEK~!* ... JEFF JARRETT has tons of contenders gunning for his title...
and There is a Six Man X Division Elimination Match To Determine The Top
Contender For CHRIS SABIN'S Title~!

Results:
-El Leon d. Ryan Boz by Pinfall (3:01 TV Time) after a Uranagi Suplex.

-Jerry Lynn d. John McChesney by Pinfall (3:13) after "The TKO" fireman's
carry into a forward jawbreaker.

-The Naturals d. Hallowmass by Pinfall (4:04) when Chase Stevens pinned
Joseph after "The Natural Disaster" after a gutwrench into an inverted
powerbomb/forward jawbreaker double team.

Overview:
JEREMY BORASH & MIKE TENAY open the show. BORASH says "WILDCAT" CHRIS
HARRIS was indeed ready for JEFF JARRETT, but he was not ready for RAVEN...
EL LEON defeated RYAN BOZ with a Uranagi Suplex. They clipped this one just
seconds in. Like it would just KILL them to not show that BLOODIEST BRAWLS
DVD commercial one less time. I mean, it doesn't *SHOW* us anything... LEON
gets in all of his impressive strength moves and it looks great against
BOZ, who's bigger than the guys LEON normally kills. BOZ gets a flurry and
even makes it seem competitive before a spear and Uranagi finish him in
3:01 TV Time... STING NWA TNA Promo...

TNA Promo... Recap of VINCE RUSSO
interview from Wednesday. RAVEN & SABU interrupt. They're also not in the
tag tourmanent since RAVEN turned down being the #1 Seed... STING NWA TNA
Promo... TNA Promo... BORASH & TENAY are back. Shill for the website, TNA
On Demand, and other assorted TNA stuff. Hype about people earning title
shots, leading to a recap of FRANKIE KAZARIAN beating ELIX SKIPPER from
this past Wednesday's show... TNA CAM with JERRY LYNN & "PRIME TIME" ELIX
SKIPPER. SKIPPER is pissed off and LYNN tells him that it (interference)
has been happening to him to. They vow to harm KAZARIAN...

TNA CAM with
KAZARIAN. KAZARIAN says that you can't take away his victories over LYNN
and SKIPPER and that the future looks good... TNA BLOODIEST BRAWLS DVD
Promo... Another STING promo, you'd think he was on PPV this year or
something... JERRY LYNN defeated "THE FABULOUS" JOHN MCCHESNEY after the
TKO in 3:13. McCHESNEY continues to look good in his Xplosion matches with
the TNA regulars, too bad the only way to *REALLY* get a shot in TNA is to
make a name for yourself somewhere else. Name *ONE* person who got a spot
on the roster due to an impressive try out on Xplosion? Come on... anyone?
[Note: TENACIOUS Z doesn't count, simply because they *KNEW* in advance he
was something special and had a dark run just to make sure]... TNA X
Division Contender Match Video, basically just a graphic with what TENAY
says appearing on screen... TNA Promo...

TNA Bloodiest Brawls Promo...
BORASH & TENAY talk about the X Contender Match, then toss it to the 10 Man
Gauntlet... Recap of Gauntlet. More specifically, RAVEN interfereing and
MICHAEL SHANE losing... Recap of SHANE DOUGLAS losing to JAMES STORM. The
NEW FRANCHISE argues! ... TNA Cam: TRACI BROOKS shoves away the camera.
SHANE comes to check on her. DOUGLAS arrives and says this is what he's
talking about. SHANE tells DOUGLAS that he can shove him around, but the
second he does something to TRACI, he's wrong. They talk about how some of
DOUGLAS has rubbed off on SHANE... STING Promo, yes again... Bloodiest
Brawls Promo... THE NATURALS defeated HALLOWMASS in 4:04 when STEVENS
pinned JOSEPH. NATURALS got to hit their really cool finish again, this
time it has a name (THE NATURAL DISASTER). It's a gutwrench into an
inverted powerbomb by ANDY DOUGLAS and STEVENS drops with a stunner at the
same time. Really good match. I hope the NATURALS or the returning NEW
CHURCH are in the plans for the NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP...

NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament Video. Same background as the X
Division gimmick earlier, and again, TENAY just mentions who's involved.
Yippee.. STING promo. Give it up, please... TNA Promo... Recap Video of
ABYSS and A.J. STYLES... Recap of SCOTT HUDSON interviewing A.J. STYLES.
This has a point since STYLES agrees with RAVEN, then is screwed by him...
Recap of ABYSS beating STYLES to become Number One Contender.
Theoretically, shouldn't RUSSO not reward ABYSS because of the interference
of RAVEN like he did with the LUGER gimmick? ... Recap of STYLES
confronting RAVEN. "I didn't lay a hand on you, A.J.!" Brawl~! ... STING
Promo...

TNA Promo... BORASH & TENAY talk about the WORLD TITLE picture
heating up with STYLES, ABYSS, RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS, and RAVEN all
having their eyes on the WORLD TITLE. I wonder if they realize that JARRETT
v. RAVEN was their top program at this time last year. TENAY mentions MONTE
BROWN v. DON HARRIS for this week's show... Recap of NWA WORLD CHAMPION,
JEFF JARRETT cheating to retain against "WILDCAT" CHRIS HARRIS. More time
than normal for matches (which is usually none) was used for this match...
TNA Cam shows us the brawl between A.J. STYLES and RAVEN that continued
after the PPV cut away... TNA Cam with CHRIS HARRIS. BILL BANKS asks HARRIS
a bunch of questions to which HARRIS has no response. He looks at the
camera and gets up and leaves. Really strong... TNA Cam with DON WEST
shilling this weeks show.

Overall: Far more exciting to watch this week than last. There is still
ENTIRELY too much wasted time on this show to be effective. The STING
promos do nothing but hurt the promotion at this point, never mind the
stuff that used to include HULK HOGAN... THE NATURALS are quickly becoming
one of my favorite reasons to watch NWA TNA and honestly, if they're put on
PPV more, I bet the bulk of TNA viewers will grow to like them as well.








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