TNA House Show Results from Coventry, England 6/14/08
Submitted by Calvin Martin on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 2:44 PM EST





Report sent in by Chris Wilson

Before the show started, we had TNA President Dixie Carter standing from the ringside seats, meeting and greeting fans, also holding the TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt! I was one of the lucky ones to have the photo with the title and I will say one thing, IT'S HEAVY!! But Dixie Carter is a very friendly person, who will stop and talk to the fans. I mainly said "Thanks for TNA!" because she's one of the reasons why TNA was there in Coventry!
 
Got into my seat (AT RINGSIDE PEOPLE!) and Jeremy Borash kicked off the show, getting the crowd on their feet. He was also doing ring-announcing duties for the evening!
 
Match 1: "Cowboy" James Storm & Robert Roode vs. Motor City Machine Guns.
James Storm came out sporting a black eye (an injury sustained in Liverpool!) great match, lots of fantastic moves, Motor City Machine Guns came out on top with their patented double team kicks! They're definitely a young and exciting tag team with a huge future! Really got the crowd excited!
 
Match 2: TNA Womens World Championship: Awesome Kong © vs. Gail Kim
Awesome Kong was the winner, but we had a good match, Gail pulling out a load of high flying moves, managing to knock Kong off her feet twice, but Kong won with the double arm face jam!
 
Match 3: Battle of the Giants: "The Monster" Abyss vs. "The War Machine" Rhino
This match was just awesome, only until today did I find out that Abyss was going to be in action in the UK. Great match, Rhino was the overall crowd favourite, Abyss won with the Black Hole Slam. After Abyss left the ring, Rhino got up to an ovation!
 
Match 4: International 3-way match: "The Anarchist" Doug Williams vs. "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles:
In my opinion, definitely the BEST MATCH OF THE NIGHT! All three competitors displayed great in-ring chemistry and the crowd was split as all three are fans favourites! Doug Williams definitely was given total respect by AJ and Jay. I mean, if this was a WWE show, Doug would just be in a squash match for some bozo, but TNA gave him the opportunity to go toe-to-toe with the best and Williams did more than hold his own! All three of them pulled off some amazing moves. The end was almost like a chain reaction of events with Lethal hitting the Lethal Combination, followed by an elbow drop. The end result was seeing Williams hitting the Chaos Theory on Lethal, but AJ went over, picked him up and hitting the Styles Clash for the 3. Following the match, AJ picked both Lethal and Williams up and raised their arms to a rousing ovation from the fans, showing respect to all three! Doug Williams will be a part of the International Team for the World X Cup, I hope TNA signs him onto their roster, he's a British legend and Americans love him (as he's wrestled for promotions like Ring of Honor) and WWE would waste his talents!
 
Intermission: Dixie Carter was still round the seated area for fans to take their photos and have a chat! She does a lot for the fans and the fans repaid her by selling out all four venues!
 
JB was then back as the second part of the show began, he promoted the TNA video game (which I'm definately buying) and also we were broadcasted live amongst 118 countries WORLDWIDE for TNA Today! He then introduced Dixie (to in which, she was branded "The coolest boss in the world!" definitely!) and she thanked the UK fans for selling out the entire tour and also announced that TNA are COMING BACK to the UK in January! This got a load of cheers from the fans! And if that weren't enough, they were also considering holding a PPV here! (I pray it's Lockdown or Slammiversary, but that might be wishful thinking, hehe!) Anyway, back to the match reports.
 
Match 5: TNA World Tag Team Championships: LAX © vs. "Maple Leaf Muscle" Petey Williams (TNA X-Division Champion) & "The Guru" Sonjay Dutt:
Because of Petey's new haircut and style, he does look like a miniature version of Scott Steiner (to which the Coventry fans chanted "Mrs. Steiner", "Steiner Rent Boy" and "Steiner Rip Off" towards Williams)

This match had everything, including a load of awesome double team moves and I'll definitely say this, Hernandez is very agile and quick for a big man! "Eddie" chants were also there after Homicide hit the Three Amigos and was going to go for a frog splash, but that was short lived thanks to Sonjay, who got big amounts of heat from the fans! Hernandez hitting the Border Toss on Dutt ended matters and the LAX retained the TNA World Tag Team Championships!
 
Kurt Angle then made a guest appearance and the crowd went totally bonkers! He was talking before the "What?!" chants started. "They won't go away?" he said before stating that he always wanted to say this, "Kiss My Ass Vince McMahon!" and re-iterated that TNA is all about the fans, not the egos, not the individuals, but the fans like me and you! He then told us about the story of TNA and how two people, Jeff and Jill (who was supporting Jeff) Jarrett, the fans then applauded and said "Thank you Jeff/Jill" before Angle brought out Jeff, who got a great ovation from the fans. In a speech which was short, but very emotional, Jeff thanked the fans and the guys and gals in the locker room for all their support. AJ Styles and Samoa Joe were two people in particular that Jeff stated "was honoured to have in the TNA roster" and that if there was one person who he wanted to bring to TNA, it was indeed, Kurt Angle!
 
Main Event: (60 Minute time limit) TNA World Heavyweight Championship: "The Samoan Submission Machine" Samoa Joe © vs. Booker T:
 
Booker came to the ring first and started to get cheers from the fans, until he told them to buy as much merchandise as they can because of his "situation". He then decided to take a cheap shot at Jarrett because he thought that Jeff was crying as he lost to Booker for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He then bitched about losing the King of the Mountain match (because of Kevin Nash, but Booker provoked him!) and vowed to win the title tonight, in Coventry! He then got pissed off as we all finished his catchphrase! Samoa Joe got a standing ovation as he made his way to the ring, this was a great match, chants of "Joe's Gonna Kill You!" were done in unison throughout the arena. And not once, but twice, Joe hit the "Ole" kick on Booker. During the match, I decided to create my own chant, which got people singing, this was based on "Winter Wonderland"
 
"There's only one Samoa Joe
Only one Samoa Joe.
Walking along,
Singing a song
Walking in a Joe Wonderland!" (Creative, eh?)
 
Match had a good 25 minutes worth of action and Joe won with the Coquina Clutch. Therefore retaining the title. I even managed to get a high five from Joe as he left the arena!
 
JB then wrapped things up and said thanks for coming out and that TNA will be back in the UK in January!
 
All in all, I say it was a really awesome show to wrap up one awesome Saturday for yours truly. When TNA return to the UK, I will be there again! TNA really turned on the style and the fans were cheering like hell in every single match and how can I describe it? To use a quote from the fans, "THAT WAS AWESOME!" No matter which part of the world you're from, please go to a TNA show, you WON'T be disappointed!








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