Well, here I am with a Live Report. I have returned from the Asylum after
one hell of a show. If you haven't experienced TNA Live, I highly suggest
it. The atmosphere is amazing and seeing it all live is awesome. Now, on
to the report.Borash tells us that tonight we will see the finals of the Americas X Cup
3 as well as the tag title tourney finals. He then gets us ready for the
Xplosion Matches.
Xplosion Match One: Sonjay Dutt, Jerry Lynn, Elix Skipper vs Spyder
Nate Webb & 2 Jobbers
This was a welcome first match as the crowd chanted huge for Jerry Lynn.
Good match for Xplosion, can't wait to see it on TV. Team TNA wins of
course.
Xplosion Match Two: Johnny Swinger vs Jobber
Very short match with Swinger going over. Not the best match, but not
terrible. Did it's purpose.
Xplosion Match Three: Jobber vs Jobber
The man guy for the match was someone from Puerto Rico, but nobody knew
who these two men were. The match was ok, but even Borash didn't seem
impressed. Puerto Rico jobber gets the win.
Xplosion Match Four: Chris Harris vs Lash Larou
Lash got a huge response from the crowd, but it was lost when Harris was
revealed as his opponent. This crowd loves Harris. Lash put on a few
pounds, but still had a decent match with Harris.
That was the end of the Xplosion matches, and time for the remaining two X
Cup tag matches. Since I don't know who the UK guys were, I won't spoil
the matches for you.
With 5 minutes before the show was to go live, Jeff Jarrett makes his way
out to the ring and demands Sting get down there now. He says that if
Sting can pin him tonight, Jarrett will never wrestle in Nashville again.
Sting comes down and we get a bonus match out of it. The match goes right
to the FBI warning and ends with a no contest. Great brawl from the two
and a great way to get the crowd pumped for the PPV.
PPV
PPV starts out with the Tag Title Tournament Round two.
Match One: Triple X vs The Naturals
Solid match from both teams. The crowd really got on the Naturals case
throughout the match. It was a fun match to watch and chant during. Low
Ki and Daniels double team on Andy Douglas to get the pin and advance to
the finals.
After the match, Low Ki confronts Daniels and shakes his hand.
Hudson in back with Kash and Dallas. Kash tells Hudson that Swinger had
two options last week... One was to stay home and find another partner.
The other was to show up. He made the right choice. Hudson tries to ask
Dallas a question, but Dallas stares him down before Kash tells Hudson he
isn't allowed to talk to Dallas.
Match Two: Kid Kash & Dallas vs Slash & Sinn
Kid Kash is awesome, plain and simple. I found myself rooting for him and
Dallas this match, so I was happy to see Dallas get the pin for his team.
Dallas is pretty solid for his size, and should be good to see the tag
tourney finals.
Tenay is in the ring and invites Americas Most Wanted down to the ring for
an interview. Before they make it, Jeff Jarrett comes down and clocks
Storm with a guitar. Jarrett and Harris brawl until Jarrett clocks Harris
over the head with a guitar. Raven then comes out and confronts Jarrett.
They get in a brief scuffle until AJ comes down and attacks both!
Security breaks it up and we go to the back
Hudson in back with Monte Brown to talk about his match tonight with Sabu.
Match Three: Sabu vs Monte Brown
This was a solid match for both men that even went out into the crowd, up
to the rafters and back. Andrew Thomas decided to throw out the match
after they didn't stop brawling in the ring. Brown then went nuts and
beat the holy hell out of Sabu in the back before finally having security
break it up. Great build up for April 14 when the two will meet in an
Extreme Rules match!
Hudson in back with Gilberti and Young and informs Young that he is 0-17
since October! Gilberti berates Young about the record and tells him to
prove himself. Then the New Franchise comes in and tells Hudson there is
no decension in the ranks.
Match Four: New Franchise vs Gilberti/Young vs Siaki/Simon Diamond vs
D'Lo Brown/Apollo
Apollo came out with his mask, but D'Lo quickly convinced him to take it
off. During the match, Michael Shane started to walk out on his team and
Tracy came to get him and almost got smacked by Michael Shane. Douglas
then came and the two argued at the entrance before Michael Shane walked
away. D'Lo and Apollo ended up with the win and will get a shot at new
tag champs on April 14.
Match Five: X Title Match - Amazing Red vs Frankie Kazarian
Chris Sabin came down with crutches before the match. He got a huge
ovation from the crowd. He gave the belt to the ref and then took a seat
near the announce table. The match was very solid and full of action.
This is what X division should be! Frankie got into it with Sabin during
the match when he took Sabin's crutch and attempted to use it on Red, but
Sabin intercepted. Kazarian ended up with the win to become the new X
Champion.
After the match Kazarian shoves the X title in Sabin's face and the two
get into it. Lynn, Dutt and Skipper come to the aid of Sabin as Kazarian
runs off.
Tenay and West go over next weeks show for the fans.
Match Six: AJ Styles vs Raven vs Ron Killings vs Abyss
This was a great main event. The crowd was hot for this one the whole
time. Sting was the special enforcer and even got involed a few times in
the action. Raven and Abyss both teamed up on Sting at one point in the
match. Towards the end, Jarrett comes down to interfere, but Russo stops
him. Jarrett takes the towel from Russo (why does he always have a
towel?) and tosses it in the ring. AJ and Raven are in the ring and AJ
sees the towel. When he looks at it he looks to Vince and asks why he
through in the towel! This gives Raven the chance to Even Flow AJ for the
win and it will be Raven vs Chris Harris for a shot at the cage match with
Jarrett on April 14. After the match, AJ stares at Russo in disbelief.
TNA is doing a fantastic job with this one!
That was the end of the show and I gotta say it was one hell of a show! I
am very happy to have been in the crowd tonight. It was hot!
After the PPV went off the air we saw the finals of the X cup as well as
the tag title finals. Both were solid matches and I recommend next weeks
PPV to anyone.
That is about it for me. Solid show, great crowd (which never comes
across on PPV, but it was loud as hell in there). I even won an
autographed poster after the show! You can see me in the crowd with my
TNARev shirt on and a sign that reads "I Drove 900 Miles To See Total Non
Stop Action"