TNA iMPACT 4/27 - Sting's Partner Revealed?, Samoa Joe vs. Jay Lethal
Submitted by BC on Friday, April 28, 2006 at 12:05 AM EST





VIDEO PACKAGE: LockDown
- Some dramatic clips from Sunday's all-cage extravaganza play.
- Replays available this week... or something.
- Abyss and Father James Mitchell close the segment, walking backstage clutching the NWA Title.
- Mitchell tells Abyss the world is his now.
- Father James Mitchell is a creeeepy dude. Four E's.
PROMO: ABYSS & FATHER JAMES MITCHELL
- After the show open package, they're out to the ring.
- Mitchell claims Abyss survived and left with the belt, despite not winning.
- He says possession is 9/10 of the law.
- The law should really be looked at if that's true. I mean, that just encourages stealing.
- Mitchell says anyone who wants to try and take the belt away should come get it.
- Rhino's music hits and the War Machine's headed to the ring!
- Holy impromptu title matches not involving a champion!
MATCH: ABYSS vs. RHINO
- Brief scrapping and Rhino dumps Abyss out of the ring.
- A wrestler out of the ring?! That's commercial time.

- Back to action with Abyss in control.
- Rhino takes a big boot to the mush, which pleases FJM.
- Crowd's cheering inspires Rhino but Abyss is just too strong.
- Tenay & West speculate whether or not in Abyss' warped mind he understands that he's not the NWA Champ.
- Vicious chops by Rhino. He's raging against the dying of the light!
- Flying shouldertackle by Rhino finally takes Abyss down.
- Abyss fires right back with a chokeslam and gets two.
- The crowd is firmly behind Rhino.
- Rhino dodges a corner attack! It's comeback #5!
- Rhino slams Abyss and calls for the Gore!
- Mitchell distracts referee Rudy Charles on the apron...
- Run-in by Bobby Roode! It's the Northern Lariat on Rhino!
- Abyss hits the Black Hole Slam and steals the win.
- Christian Cage! Christian Cage!
- Cage spears Abyss, but FJM escapes with the belt.
- Abyss misses a clothesline and spills out of the ring.
- Cage takes up the stick.
- Cage calls Abyss "Shrek" and says he wants the belt back.
- Challenge for a tables, ladders, chairs and chain match... Full Metal Mayhem!
- Cage promises to get his belt back on Sunday, May 14 at Sacrifice.
PROMO: JEFF JARRETT & SCOTT STEINER
- Cue B-B-B-Borash! BORASHMANIA RUNNIN' WILD!
- Steiner challenges Sting to a dream partner's match at Sacrifice.
- Basically, Sting can pick anybody he wants to face Jarrett and Steiner.
- Zbyszko interrupts and Jarrett mocks his probation.
- A subdued Living Legend says Sting will answer at the end of the show.
- Before closing the segment, he asks if anyone's seen Raven around.

VIDEO PACKAGE: ALEX SHELLEY
- Shelley introduces the next "Paparazzi Production".
- He claims his next project will be getting a word with the man everyone wants to talk.
- With a newspaper in hand, he knocks on a door.
- Kevin Nash answers!
- Video quickly ends, featuring the words "Next Week On iMPACT".
- Tenay & West are shocked. Really. I'm serious.
MATCH: TEAM JAPAN vs. TEAM USA
- Team Japan = Hirooki Goto & Minoru, with Black Tiger in their corner (Romero, not Guerrero)
- Team USA = Alex Shelley & Sonjay Dutt
- Scott D'Amore joins Tenay & West on commentary as Petey Williams take notes.
- D'Amore announces Team Canada will feature the return of "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine & Tyson Dux.
- Dutt saves Shelley from a Minoru special anklelock.
- Goto gets the tag and keeps working the leg.
- Team Japan goes old-school with the wishbone leg-splitter.
- Shelley escapes a Minoru superplex and scores with an elbowdrop on Goto.
- Hot tag to Sonjay, but Minoru breaks up Dutt's pinfall.
- Team USA use a double-dropkick on a flying Minoru!
- Shelley clocks Goto with a superkick, into a Dutt enzuigiri.
- Shelley drops Minoru onto Goto with a reverse Michinoku driver.
- Team USA use an inverted lungblower/in-ring Asai moonsault combo to wipe out Goto.
- Minoru makes the save! Holy fuckin' hell. I'm running out of move descriptions.
- Missile dropkick by Goto destroys Dutt.
- Shelley unleashes the Shiranui... into a standing SSP by Dutt.
- Team USA get the pin and put two points on the World X Cup scoreboard.
- So much for the "Shelley not working with the team" angle.
PROMO: CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & A.J. STYLES
- Styles says that Lethal LockDown opened his eyes.
- He says America's Most Wanted's alliance with Jarrett tarnishes the NWA World Tag Titles.
- He selects Daniels as his partner.
- Daniels notes the wars the two had together in the X-Division.
- He says as a team they'll be unstoppable.

VIDEO PACKAGE: SENSHI
- The former Low-Ki hypes his return to the X-Division.
- He cites spending four years in Japan and earning the respect of the wrestling world as qualifications.
- Whatever, dude. It's not a job interview.
- He's back to dominate the X-Division.
X-DIVISION TITLE MATCH: Champion SAMOA JOE vs. JAY LETHAL
- Zbyszko is in the ring to present the belt to the winner.
- Raven runs-in and chases him away!
- Meanwhile, Joe attacks Lethal... but Jay counters and takes control.
- Lethal's offense is cut off after a big flapjack by Joe.
- Joe uses kicks and knees to violate Jay in most unkind fashion.
- Lethal breaks the jujigatamae by reaching the ropes.
- He's close enough to outside the ring to trigger a commercial. Sigh.

- Back with more Joestruction.
- Lethal takes a facewash and likes it. No other choice really.
- Crowd tries to will Lethal back into the match.
- Lethal counters a hiptoss and takes Joe down!
- He springs off the ropes... into Joe's uranage drop.
- Joe's musclebuster ends it.
- Joe's victory celebration is cut short by the entrance of Jarrett & Steiner.
- Joe goes face-to-face with both and he exits. Ooooh. Tension.

PROMO: STING
- Jarrett & Steiner await the arrival of the Stinger.
- Rather than wait 8 minutes for Sting to reveal his choice, Don West instead has a seizure trying to figure it out.
- Jarrett demands to know the dream partner's identity.
- Sting says Jarrett can choose for him.
- Sting points to Tunnel #1 & Tunnel #2 and asks Jarrett to choose which guy will be his partner.
- Jarrett and Steiner confer to decide which tunnel they'll pick.
- Sting introduces Christy Hemme and cues "game show music" to play.
- Sting says if Jarrett won't pick, the deal's off and the choices will be changed next week.
- Jarrett refuses to pick and tells Sting to show up at Sacrifice.
- Steiner argues, wanting to pick tonight.
- Jarrett chooses to push to next week and choose then, refusing both of tonight's choices.
- Sting says Tunnel #1 is a former NWO member with a criminal record. ;)
- Sting introduces the man in Tunnel #1 as Marcus "Buff" Bagwell.
- Jarrett is unimpressed.
- Sting says Tunnel #2 is a former WBF star and WCW Champion, also with a criminal record.
- Tunnel #2 is Lex Luger.
- Jarrett is stunned, wondering where Sting found these guys.
- More importantly... who will the options be next week?








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