TNA House Show Results from Lincoln, Rhode Island 6-23-07
Submitted by Calvin Martin on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 1:47 AM EST







Report sent in by former LOP Smackdown reporter, The Big Calbowski - Calvin Wong

I had the pleasure of attending one of the stops on
TNA's New England tour and the show was great. Now it
was a house show so it was a mix of talent. The Twin
River Events Center wasn't anywhere near sold out, but
the crowd was hot the entire night. The ring was
actually pretty tiny so I was a bit concerned with the
safety of the talent, but then again this might
actually be standard size as this is the first non-WWE
show I've ever attended.

TNA House Show 6-23-07
Twin River Events Center
Lincoln, RI

We start off with someone(I think Bill Banks)
welcoming us all to the show and introducing Jeremy
Borash as our ring announcer. Outside the ring was a
table with a laptop on it so I'm guessing that as JB
announced the wrestlers, he was also in charge of
playing their music.

"Showtime" Eric Young vs. Robert Roode w/Ms.
Brooks
Eric Young starts the match pointing to himself to
cheers of the crowd followed by pointing to Roode with
boos repeating the cycle a few times. Young ran
outside the ring a few times to interact with the
crowd. At one point, Young went outside the ring and
danced with Ms. Brooks. This was pretty much their
match from Slammiversary. At one point, Ms. Brooks
actually begged Roode to allow her to wrestle only to
have him attack Young from behind when he wasn't
looking. The end saw Roode perched on the top rope
with Ms. Brooks going after Young. Young lifted her
on his shoulders in a fireman's carry and used her
head to hit Roode in the crotch. Young carried Roode
on top of Ms. Brooks and did a double DVD covering
Roode for the win.

Winner: "Showtime" Eric Young

Triple Threat Tag Team Match
Serotonin(Martyr and Havok) vs. The Naturals vs. Latin
American Xchange
LAX was over huge with the crowd. The Naturals seemed
to confuse the crowd as Andy Douglas for most of the
match was playing a face while Chase Stevens was
playing a heel. Homicide played the "face" in peril
to Serotonin most of the time and partially to the
Naturals. Homicide eventually got the hot tag to
Hernandez who cleaned house. The end saw Hernandez
throwing Havok to the outside onto the Naturals.
Hernandez slammed Martyr to the ground while Homicide
hit a senton off the top rope. Hernandez covered
Martyr for the win.

Winners: Latin American Xchange

X-Division Match
"Black Machismo" Jay Lethal vs. Kaz
Lethal was over huge with the crowd doing this Black
Machismo gimmick. Both guys put on some nice
sequences throughout this match. Lethal hits the
Lethal Combination for the win.

Winner: "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal

Brother Runt vs. Lance Hoyt
JB announced that Runt was from Twin River, RI. Runt
got on the mic and called him stupid cause Twin River
is located in Lincoln, RI. JB tried to save himself
by saying he heard that he was conceived in one of the
rooms. There are actually no rooms in Twin River as
it's not a big casino with table games. This was a
nice big man vs. little man match. Beginning had Runt
sent out to the outside a number of times, but he kept
getting back in the ring before the 10 count. Runt
hits the Acid Drop for the win.

Winner: Brother Runt

"Wildcat" Chris Harris vs. "Cowboy" James Storm
w/Jackie Moore
The match started with Storm continually going to the
outside to taunt the fans. There seemed to be one
time where Storm almost started cracking up doing it.
Both wrestlers had some great in ring chemistry. The
match even got interactive as Harris brought Storm to
the outside and held him wide open for a few fans
around ringside to chop him. Harris goes to cover
Storm after hitting a big spinebuster, but Jackie got
on the apron to distract the referee. Harris went to
grab the ref to say that he had him pinned, but got a
superkick from Storm who got the pinfall victory.

Winner: "Cowboy" James Storm

Post match Storm walks up the aisle while Jackie tried
to attack Harris. Harris scoops her up and threatens
to hit her with the Catatonic. Storm runs back into
the ring and Harris takes care of both of them.
Harris hangs Jackie in the tree of woe while he Storm
falls in a seated position right in front of her.
Harris pulls Jackie down and she's in another position
with Storm.

Intermission

"The Monster" Abyss vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher
Daniels
Daniels comes out first and cuts a promo on the crowd
saying everyone doesn't know who they are which is
probably why they all like Abyss. He says to bring
that retard out here. Abyss enters the ring and is
immediately met by Daniels who lays in a few shots.
Daniels bounces off the ropes only to meet a Blackhole
Slam allowing the victory for Abyss. This match only
lasted like 45 seconds.

Winner: "The Monster" Abyss

Special Challenge Match
"The War Machine" Rhino vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ
Styles
The crowd is split between "Lets go AJ" and "Lets go
Rhino". Styles gets on the mic and says that he
doesn't need their help. Rhino takes the mic and says
its their own right to cheer whomever they want just
like its his right to beat the living crap out of him.
This was a great match between the two. The Pele is
awesome to see live. Styles attempts to put the
Styles Clash on Rhino, but gets backdropped. Styles
gets up all groggy and turns around to meet a Gore
that turns him inside-out. Rhino gets the pin.

Winner: "The War Machine" Rhino

JB thanks us all for coming and hopes that we all had
a great time before announcing the main event.

TNA Tag Team Championship Match
Team 3D(c) vs. Christian Cage and Tomko
The crowd starts chanting "Get the tables". Cage
grabs the mic and says that if the crowd doesn't stop
chanting, Tomko will kick all their asses. Ray quiets
everyone down and gets the crowd chanting "Get the
tables". Ray takes the mic and says that the crowd is
their to see Cage and Tomko get their asses kicked,
not to watch them get all lovey dovey. He accuses
Tomko of oiling Cage up real nice, bending him over,
and spanking him. This actually leads to a couple
times in the match where Cage grabs Tomko's ass. This
was a great main event match with all the participants
enjoying themselves. At one point, Cage actually did
an old Scotty 2 Hotty spot where he would bounce up
and down on the bottom rope laughing only to fall to
the ground. The ref gets knocked out after Tomko is
sent into the turnbuckle sandwiching him. Team 3D do
the wassup headbutt to Cage. "Devon!!!" "What!!"
"1-2-3" and the crowd screamed "Get the tables."
Tomko runs in with a double clothesline. Cage rolls
to the outside to grab two chairs. Cage and Tomko
attempt the Conchairto on Ray, but he ducks and we get
the chairs smashing together with some kind of powder.
Cage gets the device while Tomko gets a 3D. Ray gets
the pin on Tomko to retain the tag titles.

Winners and still TNA Tag Team Champions: Team
3D

Post match Ray checks to see if the crowd had a good
time. They were in the Northeast and its usually
thought of the territory of the other wrestling
company to a chorus of boos, but Lincoln, RI is TNA
territory. They invite two kids into the ring to give
them hats and autographs. They even got to hold the
tag belts. Very nice for the kids and I'm sure
they'll have a great memory.

I actually enjoyed this house show a lot more than a
number of the WWE shows I've attended in the last few years.








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