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Column Posted by Trev Winter on 11:11:41 PM May 25, 2009

It appears as if the posting on different days is running rampant around here on TWNPnews so I will be posting on one of these three days-Sunday, Monday, or even Tuesday-depending on what is happening in pro wrestling. Keep your eyes peeled my loyal fans….

TNA PPV Rundown:
Seeing as how there was someone else that already reported about what happened from Impact this past Thursday, I won’t be doing that rundown this time. Even though someone posted the results for the Sacrifice PPV, I couldn’t turn down the chance to offer up my opinions and a rundown on the matches, so here goes….

ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THE TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion Mick Foley vs. Sting vs. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett

If Mick Foley gets pinned, he loses the TNA Heavyweight Title
If Kurt Angle gets pinned, he gives up leadership of The Main Event Mafia
If Sting gets pinned, he has vowed to never wrestle again
If Jeff Jarrett gets pinned, he gives up his power in TNA
Results: Towards the end of the match, Jarrett strokes Angle from the ropes onto a chair and Sting came in and pins Angle at 14:57. Sting is now the leader of the Main Event Mafia. Absolutely fabulous match. You could hear the crowd saying the same thing. How will this play out between Angle and Sting? Will it work or will Angle turn face down the road?

I-QUIT MATCH FOR THE TNA LEGENDS CHAMPIONSHIP
Booker T vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles
Results: AJ Styles wins when Styles has Booker ready for the Styles Clash when Sharmell jumps up on the ring apron. Booker almost runs into her when he breaks the Styles Clash attempt. Styles then jumps up and gets Booker locked in a flying armbar. Booker screams out in pain, but refuses to say he quits. Jenna then runs down to the ring and throws a towel in the ring. The referee sees this and calls for the bell. Sharmell and Booker should have words about this interference as well as with Jenna for throwing in the towel. Can’t bode well with Booker to have lost due to that.

X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Champion Suicide vs. Daniels-AMAZING MATCH!!!
Results: Toward the end of the match, Chris Sabin walks down and distracts the referee allowing Alex Shelley to run in and take out Suicide with a face driver into his knees.
Daniels chases Sabin away, returns to the ring and rolls up Suicide to get the pinfall.
Winner & NEW TNA X Division Champion: Daniels
After the match, Daniels is handed the TNA X Division Championship and celebrates. Daniels sees the replay on the screen and grabs a mic. Daniels said as bad as he wants to be champion, he doesn't want to win like that and apologizes to Suicide. Daniels asks the referee for five more minutes to restart the match. The referee asks Suicide to agree and he does. I didn’t realize they could do that, but I’m okay with it. So now we have a five minute overtime match.
The bell rings the match starts. Suicide trips up Daniels, hits the ropes, ducks an attack from Daniels, Daniels rolls up Suicide, Daniels flips away and throws Suicide back to the mat. Suicide kicks Daniels in the face, rolls him up and Daniels kicks out after two. Suicide with a big russian leg sweep, cover and Daniels kicks out. Suicide dodges Daniels in the corner, goes up top, jumps and comes down rolling up Daniels. Daniels kicks out and then locks a clutch submission on Suicide. Suicide rolls out and Daniels plants him with a big death valley driver. Cover by Daniels and Suicide kicks out after two. I am getting exhausted trying to keep up with what they are doing. Approaching two minutes left of the match. Daniels puts Suicide up top, Suicide kicks Daniels away, jumps over him and then dropkicks Daniels into the corner. Cover by Suicide and Daniels kicks out. Daniels with shots to Suicide. Suicide takes out Daniels with a big left hook, Daniels goes down, Suicide covers and Daniels kicks out. We have 1 minute left. Rollup by Daniels and Suicide kicks out. Daniels plants Suicide near the corner with 30 seconds left. Suicide stands up and counters Daniels. 15 seconds left as Daniels gets to his feet. Suicide hits a face driver on Daniels in the corner, covers, but time runs out.
Winner: Suicide…now that was one hell of a match between two phenomenal athletes. I dare WWE to give us something like this in one of their PPV’s. I would have to say this was the match of the evening. I am exhausted….

TNA KNOCKOUT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion Angelina Love vs. Awesome Kong
Results: Angelina Love is still the champ. After the match, Love celebrates her win. Awesome Kong then grabs Love and gives her a huge Implant Buster! Kong grabs her again and gives her a second Implant Buster. TNA referees and officials hit the ring to try and stop her from doing more. I’m sure soon Awesome Kong will be champion once again. She is one brutal female wrestler-she could take on any man and put him through the ringer due to her size and brutality in the ring.

MAIN EVENT MAFIA VS. TNA FRONTLINE
Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe
Results: Samoa Joe wins after Nash taps out-A brutal bloody match with Nash getting the worst of it. I don’t see Joe being a face very long after seeing what he did to Nash during and after the match. This must be his Nation of Violence coming forth. Impressive for Nash and a great showing for Joe.

THE FIRST-EVER KNOCKOUTS MONSTER'S BALL
Taylor Wilde vs. Daffney
Results: Taylor Wilde wins in a great women’s match. But what else would you expect from TNA? The real action happens after the match when Dr. Stevie gets in the ring and gets in Taylor Wilde's face. Daffney then runs up and takes out Wilde. Stevie pulls out a black bag and pours tacks across the ring. Abyss sees this and gets up on the ring apron. Stevie tells Abyss to get in the ring as Daffney holds Wilde back. Stevie yells at Abyss to pick up Wilde and slam her into the tacks. Abyss says no and Stevie slaps him in the face a few times. Stevie then takes his belt off and threatens to hit Abyss with it when Abyss grabs Wilde. Abyss gets Wilde up for a chokeslam when Lauren runs down to stop him. Abyss puts Wilde down and then Stevie pie faces Lauren pushing her down. Abyss picks up Wilde again and then tosses her away. Abyss grabs Stevie and then chokeslams him over the tacks! There is a close up shot of the blood appearing on the back of Stevie after being thrown into the tacks-ouch!!!

THE FINALS OF THE TEAM 3D TOURNAMENT
Beer Money, Inc vs. The British Invasion
Results: Beer Money, Inc. wins after Roode is in, takes a case from Williams, Storm superkicks Williams, Williams walks into the case and Roode gets the pinfall. Even though they won with a “foreign object” I loved it. This is why the tag team division in TNA will far exceed WWE (course in reality there is no real division anymore in the WWE anyway, so whatever). Beer Money will get the trophy on Thursday night from Team 3D.

SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Lethal Consequences & Eric Young vs. The Motor City Machine Guns & Sheik Abdul Bashir
Results: Lethal Consequences & Eric Young win after referee Andrew Thomas interfered in the match. Eric wasn’t happy with how it ended after he saw the replay…I Loved it. You have to assume this interference by the ref won’t go unnoticed, but it’s a good swerve.
I don’t care what any other reporter says about TNA, this federation is coming into their own in this profession. There was a lot of post match happenings in most of the matches at this PPV as well, but it enhanced what was going on. It appears as if another former WWE wrestler will be making her way to the TNA-Lisa Marie Varon (or as WWE fans know her as Victoria) expect her to show up real soon... There will also be another return of someone you haven’t seen in a long time-Shane Douglas-and trust me that’s a lock. With the WWE waning (in my eyes) the TNA is a welcome relief to the goofiness that’s the Vince McMahon owned and ran WWE. Speaking of which….

WWE Rundown-if anyone really cares anymore….

The big thing this past week was WWE leaving Colorado due to the NBA playoffs at the Pepsi Center because of double booking. If you turned on any sports show, you were going to hear about it and Monday night was no exception on Raw…Team Nuggets vs. Team Lakers, oh brother…

Mr. McMahon vs. E. Stan Kroenke, did we really care about this? The celebrity look a likes were pathetic and it just wasted 15 minutes of the program. Any publicity you can get out of this fiasco is good I suppose, isn’t it? Not for us “fans” it isn’t. I didn’t give a hoot about where they were supposed to broadcast from. Just put on a good show for cripes sakes..is that too much to ask?

I know why I hate most of the women wrestlers in this federation, because their ability to wrestle sucks. They may look hot and all that, but as far as wrestling? No way. Although I give my props to Mickie James and Beth Phoenix, that’s about it. But as far a the rest of them, give it up. Lets move on.

Kofi Kingston gets a shot at the US Championship after beating Matt Hardy and Steven Regal in a Triple Threat Match. Wasn’t a bad match…

Ric Flair jack jawed with Orton for awhile until Flair slapped Orton and Orton retaliated. While Orton was beating on Flair, Batista came out to make the save. I understand Flair needs the money right now with alimony and legal fees for his son, so I won’t be surprised if he is thrown into match somehow somewhere down the line. This helps to keep HHH out of the show so really it’s just filler until HHH returns.

Santino will always be the only saving grace of Raw. Sure he has limited wrestling ability, but you just can’t deny he has great charisma. Too bad he wasn’t on very long-what the heck is a hog pen match anyways??

Not sure about the tag team of Goldust and Hornswoggle, what was that about?

Team Nuggets vs. Team Lakers saw the return of Ken Kennedy as the fifth member for team Lakers. The introductions took so long and there were so many participants I could have cared less about this match. Anyway, I suppose I could say what team won-after a back and forth match with high spots and low, Team Lakers won after MVP pinned Rhodes….

To answer the question the “The Fan” posted about the lack of blood in the WWE, they are trying to be a “PG” program because so many kids watch this crap and seeing blood wouldn’t be a good idea in the WWE’s eyes. But yet they show scantily clad women and come up with idiotic storylines on every show. Maybe this is why viewership really hasn’t gone up in the past 6 months…Will we see a big push for the amazing Evan Bourne anytime soon-only if the federation is using their brains-maybe that’s an oxymoron for the WWE…

That’s my 3 cents worth, til next time….

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