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Submitted by Christina Schmalz on Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 4:46 PM EST
Here are the results for TNA’s PPV on May 5, 2004. If you’d like to contact Match #1 Best 2 out of 3 gets an X-Division Championship shot Sonjay Dutt vs. Amazing Red WINNER: Sonjay Dutt by pinfall at 8:39 Match #2 Teacher vs. Student Match Michael Shane vs. Shane Douglas WINNER: Shane Douglas by pinfall at 8:24 Match #3 World X-Cup Preview Match Team NWA (Jerry Lynn, Elix Skipper, Chris Sabin & Christopher Daniels) vs. Team Canada (Petey Williams, Johnny Devine, Eric Young & Bobby Rude) WINNER: Team Canada; Rude pins Lynn at 10:46 Match #4 Trinity vs. Desire WINNER: Trinity by pinfall at 2:52 Match #5 Abyss vs. Eric Watts WINNER: Abyss by pinfall at 6:00 Match #6- Main Event TNA Heavyweight Championship Match AJ Styles vs. Raven WINNER: Styles by pinfall at 16:01 Before we get into “The Full Monty” I’d like to tell you about a local fed here in Pittsburgh, PA. If you are going to be anywhere near here, or if you are a local, be sure to check out their website iwcwrestling.com for details on this weekend’s show. If you love TNA this is the best place to see some of their superstars live without having to travel down south. May 8th is their Super Indy Scramble 3 and the lineup so far is looking great. We have the fan requested dream match of AJ Styles vs Christopher Daniels and that’s just for starters. Also on the card is CM Punk vs. Sonjay Dutt, Super Hentai vs. Alex Shelley, Glen Spectre vs. Chris Sabin plus a hardcore match between New Jack and Balls Mahoney and many more great matches. The best part of all of this is that these superstars make themselves available during intermission and after the show to meet the fans, sign autographs, and take pictures. It’s the ultimate fan experience. Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky and score an interview… If you haven’t already be sure to read this week’s Riding With The Bossman right here on the main page. Wevv asked me to give his readers an update on TNA and I do my best to defend our beloved federation. While you’re there make sure you drop Wevv a line and let him know how you feel about commercial breaks during matches. He’s a great guy and he’d love to hear from you. Drop by LOP’s NWA TNA Forum and tell the world what you thought of this week’s PPV. While you’re there don’t forget to vote in the poll and see how this week has ranked so far with TNA’s other faithful fans. You’re only one click away. The Full Monty Desire explains to us that the better the buyrates, the better the pay for the wrestlers. Cable theft takes away food from this single mom’s children’s mouths. She asks us from one blue-collar worker to another to do the right thing and pay for your PPV’s. Next we are shown an extensive video package featuring last week’s X-Cup preview, Killings & Styles, Sharkboy defeating David Young and Jarrett talking about getting his rematch when he’s ready. Clips are also shown from the continuing sage of Goldylocks, Watts and Abyss as well as Raven’s temper tantrum. Tenay begins to welcome us to the Asylum when he is rudely interrupted by Killings who is demanding that he come to the ring. Tenay joins 3LK and Russo in the ring as they are arguing over the results of last week’s match for the heavyweight title between Truth and Styles. Russo explains that last week’s ruling on the match stands. He has discussed it with the refs and they have all decided that Styles keeping the belt was the proper decision. Konnan is not happy with this and asks Russo how long he plans on screwing with 3LK. Konnan goes to choke Russo but BG James stops him. James tells Russo that we can’t change the past but we can affect the future and then asks him for a rematch between Truth and Styles. Something is said about brown-nosing, which prompts the Alpha Male Monte Brown to come out. He says that he heard the three hyenas cackling and wants to know who said his name. Well no one did but the Alpha Male isn’t having any of that. He tells us that “his name is the name of the alpha male and that is his title.” He defends it constantly and claims that he is at the top of the food chain. BG James tells him that he had his shot in the NFL and he fumbled. He wants to know why Brown thinks he has a chance at the title. Brown responds by telling him that he has severed heads from helmets. And then, it’s on. The Black Shirts come out and break it up beginning what will be a very busy night for them. After they all settle back down Russo explains to 3LK how he has done nothing but the right thing since he has come back and he’s tired of being bullied. Because he still has an ounce of friendship left in him for them he isn’t going to fire them but they only have 30 minutes to exit the building. We go to the back with Hudson and Raven. Raven promises us that he will fulfill his destiny and then tells Hudson how he is tired of his sanctimonious drivel. There are three things that Russo can’t stop him from doing and that is putting people in the hospital and getting his hands on that title. Yeah I know that’s only two but I couldn’t write fast enough to catch the third one. See, you should have bought the PPV! Anyways, he tells AJ “short trip. Bad landing. Quote the Raven, nevermore.” A video package featuring our X-D Champ, Frankie Kazarian is shown. He hypes up the match between Sonjay Dutt and Amazing Red. He tells them that he will be paying close attention to this match tonight because the winner is getting a shot at the X-D title. Either way it doesn’t matter to Kaz as he has already beaten both of them. All we need to remember is that Kaz is the future and the future looks good. Match #1 Sonjay Dutt vs. Amazing Red Best 2/3 gets a change at the X-Division title Both men make their way to the ring and are about to start the match when Kaz’s music hits. He is shown walking onto the ramp with a random member of Black Shirt security carrying a chair for him. After having random guy set the chair up for Kaz he plops down to make himself at home. The match was not what one expects from an X-D match. It started off with lots of mat-based wrestling maneuvers. Plenty of opportunity to show strength with submission holds, arm bars, and deep arm drags. Dutt finally breaks the monotony by making it to the ropes for a break. He then rights himself and hits Red with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. He tosses Red into the corner and charges him but Red gets the leg up in time for a sharp kick to the midsection. Red tries to follow up with a failed DDT but still manages to get two near falls. A suplex and moonsault on Red get Dutt a two count. Dutt scoops Red up and sets him on the top rope but Red reverses out by doing a flipping out and landing behind him. Red drills Dutt in the side of the head with an enzugiri that probably picked up as seismic activity. He tries to follow it up with a flying elbow but Dutt gets out of the way in time. Dragon screw leg drop by Dutt followed by what is best described as a hurri-ca-roll-up and that’s a wrap folks. Winner: Dutt by pinfall at 8:39 Time for another video package! This one tells us the story of how the new franchise has fallen apart. It pits student against teacher and does a good job of hyping up the match between Shane Douglas and Michael Shane, which, of course, is the point. Hudson is in the back with Michael Shane. The burning question on Hudson’s mind is where is Traci? She is always by Shane’s side and he’s surprised to see him their without here. Shane explains to us that they have parted ways. He been doing things his own way for 24 years and he doesn’t need anyone by his side to be successful. He tells Douglas that it’s time for the old men in the business to step aside and let the young guys move up. Match #2 Michael Shane vs. Shane Douglas Shane is in the ring and Douglas’s voice comes over the PA system. “Are you missing someone? Is there a void in your life? I’ll be glad to show you where Traci is.” Traci walks down the ramp and Douglas sneaks up behind Shane to attack him. The action is on. Ring shot cross body block by Douglas. Shane goes up on the rope but Douglas knocks him out onto the floor. Out on the floor Douglas his really giving it to Shane who grabs Traci to use as a human shield. Douglas grabs Traci moving her out of the way and then rams Shane into the outside ring post. He nails him with a hard kick while he’s tangled up in the ropes. Douglas rips him out and tosses him into the steel rails. Back in the ring again Shane has Douglas backed into a corner and he is repeatedly kicking him about the midsection. Irish whip rollover neck snap and Shane isn’t letting up on Douglas’s shoulder. Tenay explains to us that since Shane was his protégé for so long that he knows his weaknesses that include the nagging pain in Douglas’s shoulder. The back and forth action continues between these two. Shane seems to be gaining the upper hand here as he tosses Douglas head first into the turnbuckle and gets a two count. Shane is back on that shoulder again but Douglas reverses and whips him into the corner. He goes to charge Shane but he quickly gets the leg up for a devastating kick to the stomach. Douglas hits his shoulder off the corner again and Shane wastes no time in putting him into an armbar stretch. Douglas reverses with a powerslam. Top wristlock on Douglas but he fights out of it. Shane knees him in the face and goes up on top but Traci gives the ol’ crotch shot causing him to lose his balance. He regains his balance and tries a flying elbow but it’s denied. Two Irish whips and elbow combos to the face by Douglas. He follows this up by two snap suplexes on Shane and then a high vertical suplex for a near fall. Shane elbows out and Douglas attempts a belly to belly but his arm is too weak. Punches to the head of Douglas but he answers with a powerslam for two. Traci distracts the ref and throws a chain at Shane but he misses. Douglas snatches it up and lays him out for the three count. Winner: Douglas by pinfall at 8:24 Traci runs to Shane but Douglas lays him out and starts spanking Traci. She wiggles away and hits him upside the head with her cast. Tenay facetiously tells us that Traci has been wearing the cast for about six months now which made me laugh because my husband just said that it keeps getting bigger and bigger. Traci takes off her belt and begins choking Douglas with it. She holds him still while Shane floors him with the Sweet Chin Music ver. 2.0. Traci kisses him and hands him the belt. He continues to flog Douglas with the belt until the Black Shirts come out to clean up the mess. Speaking of which, have the Red Shirts Security been let go? I haven’t seen them for quite a while. A video package is shown for the World X-Cup that is coming up in three weeks. Apparently it will have two four man tag matches and two ladder matches. I believe they said that the team with the lowest points would be dropped at that point. The three remaining teams will then face off in an Ultimate X match to decide the winner. Don’t quote me on this though. No matter what this sounds like it is going to be one heck of a show. Hudson is in the back with Scott D’Amore and the “new” Team Canada. He tells us how Molsen is sponsoring them because they like to back winners. TNA got lucky last week but this week their luck will run out. Team Canada then breaks into a rousing rendition of “O Canada.” BG James interrupts the French version by singing “I’m a Lumberjack” from Monty Python and then informs Russo they are now leaving. Hudson is their witness and Scott can be one too only a slightly larger witness. Funny stuff. I’ve always liked the lumberjack song. Match #3 World X-Cup Preview Match Team NWA (Jerry Lynn, Elix Skipper, Chris Sabin & Christopher Daniels) vs. Team Canada (Petey Williams, Johnny Devine, Eric Young & Bobby Rude) Williams, the new captain for Canada, starts off the action with Daniels. Shoulderblocks to start with and then Williams hits him with an armdrag and dropkick. Daniels hits him with a devastating enzugiri to the stomach and tags in Skipper. He starts off with a meltdown on Williams and then they pull out some of their old XXX tricks. Williams manages to tag in Devine who comes in on fire. Immediately he’s laying down an atomic drop, DDT and leg lariat. He goes for the pin on Skipper but Young breaks it in time. Skipper tags out to Lynn who starts right in on Devine with a few kicks and stomps. Williams gets the tag and hits Lynn with the hurricarana/Russian leg sweep combo for a near fall followed by a cross body block for another two. Quick tag to Young who hits a backbreaker on Lynn. Lynn tries to get in some offense but Young is making it hard for him. Success for Lynn with a guillotine leg drop. Rude is now in for Canada (they are really big on the quick tags…good psychology there.) Nothing special at first until the double underhook suplex and then he switches off to Williams who stops Lynn from making the tag. Finally Sabin gets his chance to get in on the action, as Lynn is able to make the much-needed tag. Young is also tagged in and comes at Sabin with a Springboard DDT/face plant, which gets him a near fall. Sabin goes up on the ropes but is stopped by Young. Hold on to your seats kiddies because this next move alone was worth the cost of the PPV. Basically they all pile on the ropes (except for Lynn who is still resting in the corner) setting up for a powerbomb back suplex type move. It’s amazing that no one was hurt during it. It might not sound too exciting on paper but to see it was mind blowing. At this point everyone is everywhere and it’s hard to not miss some of the action. Sabin charges towards Young for a missile dropkick from the ropes. The Canadian Destroyer by Williams but Skipper defends. Nice takeover by Devine on Skipper but here comes the Fallen Angel Daniels for a beautiful reverse hurricarana. Very impressive indeed! Powerbomb by Rude onto Skipper and Lynn gets the reverse roll-up for Rude. Here comes D’Amore though to break the hold with his flag on a hockey stick. Lynn attempts a cradle powerdriver fails. Rude rolls him up and it’s done. Winner: Team Canada; Rude pins Lynn at 10:46 Ok, as far as I’m concerned this match on a scale from one to ten was an eleven. Yes, it was one louder. Incredible match. Call them spot monkeys all you want but this is entertainment at its best. Hudson is back in Russo’s office which has been torn apart. Someone has ransacked it and Hudson is wondering if it was 3LK when Kid Kash comes on the scene. Kash tells Hudson it wasn’t them because he swears that he saw Storm coming out putting stuff in his pockets. He goes on to insult him by calling him the Pillsbury Cowboy and an idiot. Kash tells Hudson that he’s going to beat him like a government mule the next time he sees him. Storm walks on camera and the chase is on. They run all through the Asylum before ending up in the ring. They fight until Dallas runs in and Storm gets the beatdown. This wasn’t an official match as there weren’t any refs, just a little bit of the ultra-violence for our viewing pleasure. Next up is a video package hyping up the women’s match between Desire and Trinity. Desire talks about the hard road back from her back injury. Siaki is concerned about her. He feels it is too soon to have a singles match but Desire assures him she will be fine. Trinity talks smack on Desire and tells her she should have stayed home because you shouldn’t mess with the N-Y-C (new stable name for Gilberti, Swinger & herself.) Match #4 Desire vs. Trinity The guys escort the ladies to the ring. When Gilberti comes out the crowd starts up a rowdy “Disco Sucks” chant much to his dismay. Poor guy, no matter what else he accomplishes in life he will always be Disco. The ref bans all the men from ringside to make it a fair match. Desire, who doesn’t seem to have one bit of ring rust, goes right after Trinity grabbing her hair and tossing her across the ring. Ouch! Kicks to the face of Trinity followed by a harsh clothesline. Siaki is back on the ramp showing concern for Desire when Trinity attacks her from behind. She goes up on the ropes but Desire pushes her and she falls outside the ring. Trinity retaliates by a few eye pokes and them slams her back into the ring post. Desire is selling her heart out. It made me wonder if she wasn’t really feeling it. Trinity has her down on the ground with her foot in the small of her back while pulling her arms. Desire is screaming in pain. She snatches her up by her hair and gives her a few closed fists to the chest. Next Trinity throws slams her into the steel rail. Back in the ring the ladies exchange blows. Good back and forth action between the two. Desire nails Trinity with two hard clotheslines. Trinity gets up and grabs the ref and Desire comes over. She is greeted by a good swift kick to the back and Trinity gets the three count. Winner: Trinity by pinfall at 2:52 After the match Trinity beats the hell out of Desire. She goes to the top and lands a nice, high moonsault. She grabs a chair from ringside and lays it across Desire’s back. She goes up on the ropes again but before jumping she sees Siaki running down the ramp so she bails instead. Outside the Asylum Disco and Swinger are attacking “Irish” Pat Kenney (formerly known as Simon Diamond.) Disco is making comments about how proud he is to be Irish so he wants to make him feel Irish. They dump beer on him so he smells like an Irishman and then they dump fluorescent green paint on him. Security comes out and breaks it up. I told you the Black Shirts were busy tonight. This is the most we have seen them for a while now. Time for another video package! This one features the continuing saga of Goldylocks, Eric Watts, and Abyss. It was actually pretty funny because they kept playing answering machine messages that she left for Watts. Man this girl is nuts. Hudson is interviewing Eric Watts backstage before his match with Abyss. He is telling us how Goldylocks has decimated his life. He has no place to live and no car anymore. He tells Abyss that he should have never put his nose into their domestic situation. Watts explains how Goldylocks has stolen his heart as well as his money and he will go to the ends of the earth to destroy her. Match #5 Abyss vs. Eric Watts Watts immediately begins by attacking Abyss with a chair. Apparently he also brought a bat to the ring that Abyss grabbed but the ref took it away before he had a chance to use it. Abyss is trapped in the corner and Watts is kicking the crap out of him. Blows to the head of Abyss and then Watt’s charges him and nails him with a clothesline over the top rope right out of the ring. Outside the ring more punches and kicks are exchanged before Abyss slams Watt’s necks on the steel rail. More punches to Watt’s head before they get back into the ring again. Watts kicks Abyss in the stomach and Abyss replies with a chokehold followed by a stinger splash. Another splash by Abyss followed by a nice hook to the jaw. Watts is all tangled up in the ropes and Abyss takes advantage of it with a few boots to the chest and stomach. More punches, more choking. Abyss then rips Watt’s shirt off and begins to choke him with his own shirt. Talk about salt in the wound. It would be bad enough getting choked with a shirt but somehow knowing it was your own makes it all the worse. Abyss gets Watt’s up into the torture Watts but he manages to escape by using elbows to the side of the monster’s head. Chokeslam attempt by Watts but Abyss elbows out this time. Boot by Abyss and a clothesline by Watts off the top rope before the psycho walks down the ramp. Goldy is in the ring and there is a tug of war with the bat. Abyss comes up behind and nails Watts with a devastating Black Hole Slam for the three count. Winner: Abyss by pinfall at 6:00 Goldy gets on the mic so I begin to cringe. She is screaming into the mic “Who is crazy now tough guy.” The crowd is chanting “Goldy Sucks” by now. Watts is down on the mat and she shoves some money in his mouth telling him that dinner is on her tonight. Goldy says to treat himself to a happy meal. Watts lifts his arm up to grab her by the neck but Abyss comes up behind him with his chain to choke him. Black Shirts (again!) run in to break it up but Abyss has a special treat of Black Hole Slams for everyone. Watts’s has now regained his momentum and has the bat. He begins to beat Abyss in the back and midsection with it sending Abyss out of the ring. Hudson is now with Armando Quintaro, the Spanish announcer. La Parker is here tonight. Armando says in very badly broken English, “Looky, Looky La Parka!” in a very excited voice. La Parka is playing air guitar with a chair. Raven interrupts the silliness and thanks La Parka for showing up. He thinks it was very nice of him to come and see him win. Raven then attacks him. He gets on the mic and tells us that no one cares about Cinco De Mayo, Mexico, or AAA. Happy Cinco de Mayo. Quote the Raven, nevermore! It’s that time of the night. You guessed it! The hard sell with Don West. Tenay hypes up next week’s lineup and West tells us there will be an announcement that will forever change the face of TNA. TV deal anyone? Storm comes out and interrupts them by calling out Kash for next week. The crowd is popping like mad for Storm who rewards them by throwing his cowboy hat into the crowd. Next is the video package hyping up tonight’s main event between Raven and AJ Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. They go over the history of the feud. Next is the “Tale of the Tape.” Will it be destiny denied or destiny fulfilled? There’s only one way to find out and that is to stay tuned! Match #6 TNA Heavyweight Championship Match between AJ Styles vs. Raven Raven comes to the ring and sits down ever so arrogantly to wait for the match to start. When AJ enters he just scowls at him. If looks could kill this match would already be over with. The match starts off with the classic staredown followed by some mat action from Raven who goes to work on AJ’s arm. Raven attempts a drop toehold but Styles sees it coming and easily jumps over it. Top wristlock on Styles but he reverses it into a hammerlock on Raven. Headlock off the top ropes by Styles but Raven backs him into the corner with a flurry of punches. Raven’s been waiting for this title shot for too long and he’s hungry for it. Knee drop onto Raven followed by some kicks to the knee. They both seem to have chosen their body parts for the evening as AJ goes for his knee every chance he gets and Raven is doing the same with AJ’s arm. AJ pushes Raven out of the ring but Raven lands on his feet and grabs AJ by the ankles to pull him outside. Styles kicks him into the railing. Chops are exchanged and then it is back in the ring again. Indian Death Lock by Styles. He stretches Raven out by grabbing his chin and pulling up but Raven makes it to the ropes for a break. Raven goes out of the ring for a breather so AJ goes to the ropes for a springboard but he gets out of the way leaving AJ nothing to connect with. Raven slams his face into the railing and then we’re back in the ring yet again. Takedown by Styles and an elbow drop onto Raven’s knee. Raven replies with a cross armbar. He’s not letting up on that arm at all as he locks in the chicken wing crossface sub hold. Styles manages to wriggle out but Raven is back on him like white on rice but AJ makes it to the ropes and Raven is forced to break the hold. Punches, elbows and a few clotheslines later Styles hits the Rock Bottom on Raven for a two count. AJ follows up with a headscissors hurricarana for another near fall. Raven attempts the Raven Effect DDT but he’s denied. Styles goes for his finisher, the Styles Clash, but Raven reverses it. He now has Styles in another armbar that AJ is trying his best to twist out of to no avail. Styles is finally able to stand up but Raven knocks him right back down with a drop toehold. Great psychology by Raven here. Not only has he picked a body part to work on and stuck with it but also he knows that AJ is a high flyer and he is keeping him grounded that limits his move set. Raven goes looking for a chair under the ring. While trying to re-enter Styles kicks him in the head. They are both down catching their breath but Raven gets up first. While the ref is checking on AJ Raven reaches into his kilt and pulls out what looks like a prescription pill bottle. Styles is back up and surprises him by taking him down. He sees the bottle that Raven dropped and picks it up to examine it. He opens it up and realizes what it is. He goes to throw it at Raven but Raven simultaneously kicks him sending the powder flying all over both of them. Raven got the worst of it and he is writhing around in pain. He goes for a drop toehold but that isn’t AJ! It’s the ref and he is down for the count. Styles tries to flip Raven but doesn’t make it. Raven catches him off guard and rolls him up but there isn’t any ref to count it. Wait! Who is this coming down the ramp? La Parka?!! He’s doing this strange little robot dance that reminds me of a Kylie Minogue video (damned if I can think of the song but the video is similar to “Around the World”) La Parka enters the ring and annihilates Raven with a DDT. He causally gets back out of the ring and does his little dance again. Styles gets up and sees Raven down so he goes for the Styles Clash. Success! Three count is made and AJ retains again. Winner: Styles by pinfall at 16:01 Raven comes to and realizes what has happened and he isn’t pleased. La Parka is back in the ring taunting Raven with his dance. Raven jaws at him and La Parka goes to unmask. La Parka unmasks? No, that would never happen. Well surprise, surprise Raven! It’s Chris Harris and he is out for revenge. They start to go at it and the locker room empties into the ring. Russo grabs the mic and tells everyone to cool it. He looks at Harris and tells him he is just as bad as Raven and he is totally out of line. Harris tells Russo that he is the one out of line. AJ comes over wanting to know what the meaning of all this was. Harris told him he wants his rightful shot at the belt. AJ responds by telling him that all he had to do was ask in the first place because AJ is a defending champ. The match is set for next week. Yeah, mayhem ensues…again. Betcha didn’t see that one coming, eh? Thanks for tuning in again this week folks. Hope you enjoyed the show if you saw it. If you didn’t see it hopefully you want to after reading about it here. Take care and see you all next week here at the Asylum. Find out what real women think about wrestling! 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