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		<title>TNA Hardcore Justice 2010 PPV Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Silberkleit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jared Silberkleit - TNA’s Hardcore Justice was a complete catastrophe in every sense of the word. This PPV did more to destroy the legacy of ECW than give it a proper sendoff. Every single match aside from the main event was not good and the entire show was a pathetic attempt at recapturing the old [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Jared Silberkleit</em> - TNA’s Hardcore Justice was a complete catastrophe in every sense of the word. This PPV did more to destroy the legacy of ECW than give it a proper sendoff. Every single match aside from the main event was not good and the entire show was a pathetic attempt at recapturing the old mystique of ECW shows back in the 1990s. This was easily the worst TNA PPV since Victory Road last year and as of right now is a shoe-in for Worst PPV of 2010.</p>
<p>The show opened up with Taz coming out for a decent promo putting over ECW. It got the crowd hot and Taz proved he is still pretty good on the mic even if his days in the ring are behind him.</p>
<p>1.    The FBI vs. Kid Kash, Swinger, and Simon Diamond</p>
<p>The show kicked off with this 6 man tag team match, and with it also debuted the dim blue-ish lighting that would remain for the entire show. Kash and Little Guido start the match with some decent chain wrestling coupled with some takedowns. They do some staredowns before Guido tags in Tony Luke and Kash tags in Swinger. Luke does a drop toe hold and attempts a roll up before locking in an arm bar. Swinger breaks it with a slam, and Diamond and Tracy Smothers tag in. Smothers gets some quick shots to take down Diamond before doing a fist drop. Diamond bails from the ring and grabs a mic, saying that the FBI can outwrestle them but they can’t out dance them. So Diamond and Swinger dance horribly, which is followed by Smothers berating them on the mic and the FBI outdoing them with their own dance routine. Swinger and Diamond then attack and it breaks down into a brawl. Kash does a crazy plancha onto everyone on the outside. Kash hits a nice backbreaker on Luke in the ring. Luke gets a clothesline but Kash slams him into the corner. Guido takes out Diamond and Swinger before hitting a cross body and a low drop kick to Kash. Everything breaks down again and they do a crazy Tower of Doom spot with everyone but Diamond. Crazy ending sequence that includes Smothers completely botching a Stroke, Kash hitting a double underhook piledriver, and Guido hitting an Unprettier to Diamond for the win. Just an okay opener, the spots near the end saved it. The dance sequence was goofy but the match actually did have some fun elements to it, mostly thanks to Kid Kash. <strong>Match Time: 10:45     Star Rating: ** (I will now be rating matches out of 5 stars)</strong></p>
<p>We were then treated to a really long sequence of video packages featuring some TNA guys and former ECW talent, which was okay but went on far too long and should have been trimmed. This lead to a backstage segment that also went on far too long with Al Snow, Stevie Richards, Nova, and a fat guy dressed up as the Blue Meanie. Some random guy and the fake Meanie pick each others’ noses at the end after lengthy conversation that I don’t think anyone cared about.</p>
<p>2.    CW Anderson vs. Too Cold Scorpio</p>
<p>We finally get to the next match, which on paper doesn’t look that bad since Scorpio is still in decent shape. This underachieved. Both guys stalled for a while before finally locking up. Anderson puts on a wrist lock but Scorpio fights out of it, only to get caught with a leg sweep from Anderson. Both guys exchange forearm strikes before Scorpio hits a dropkick that knocks Anderson out of the ring. Scorpio does a plancha to the outside before hitting a diving cross body back in the ring. Anderson comes back with a superkick and sends Scorpio into the post shoulder-first. Scorpio hits a back kick but Anderson puts him down and goes for a cover. Scorpio hits the cannonball in the corner but botches the top rope corkscrew leg drop, with his ass landing on Anderson’s face. Scorpio goes for a moonsault but Anderson gets the knees up. Anderson hits a spinebuster and some forearms, but Scorpio puts him down with a big kick before hitting a moonsault leg drop for the win. Just alright match with some nice spots, but too short. <strong>Match Time: 7:42     Star Rating: **1/4</strong></p>
<p>We get another backstage segment, this time with RVD and Bill Alfonso. They go over the match with Sabu that is set to be the main event and Fonzie blows his whistle a few times.</p>
<p>3.    PJ Polaco vs. Stevie Richards</p>
<p>For those of you who may not know, Polaco is formerly known as Justin Credible. Much like the last match, this was very bland and basic with nothing major of note. The match begins with a series of headlocks interrupted by some shoulder blocks, before Polaco hits some knees in the corner. Stevie sends him into the corner before they go to the outside. Polaco hits a suplex on the floor before rolling Stevie into the ring and hitting a slingshot splash. Polaco hits a powerbomb out of the corner, sends him into the ropes, then hits a DDT and a jawbreaker. Polaco hits more kicks and chops in the corner but Stevie sends him to the outside, where Nova and the fake Blue Meanie taunt him. Stevie hits a side slam and a powerbomb but only gets a 2 count. Polaco hits a kick and then does a tombstone piledriver, but pulls Stevie up at 2 during the pin attempt. Polaco taunts Stevie, but Stevie hits the Stevie kick for the win. After the match Polaco attacked Stevie with a kendo stick, but The Sandman made the save and beat him down with a kendo stick. Amazing how TNA used The Sandman the same way WWE did when they held December to Dismember. The wrestling was okay but the match was just really lacking something. <strong>Match Time: 6:33     Star Rating: **</strong></p>
<p>4.    3-Way Dance: Brother Runt vs. Al Snow vs. Rhino</p>
<p>This match apparently will be contested under elimination rules. This match was okay at best but it was ridiculously short and felt really pointless. After a couple headlocks, Runt eats a shoulder block from Rhino after Snow is sent to the outside. Runt sends Rhino to the outside as well and attempts a dive off the top rope, but Snow and Rhino catch him before hitting a double fall away slam to Runt on the ramp. Snow misses a slingshot leg drop but connects with a moonsault. Rhino hits Snow with a death valley driver before Runt connects with a diving foot stomp to Snow. Runt tries for the Deadly Dog and Rhino throws him off, but Runt hits him with a hurricanrana. The ref winds up down while they struggle over a chair and Taz comments that it would warrant a DQ. Really? On the PPV promoted as being so hardcore?  Runt eliminates Snow with a Deadly Dog but Rhino instantly hits the Gore for the win. Just a filler crap match. <strong>Match Time: 5:36     Star Rating: *3/4</strong></p>
<p>We then had another promo, this time from Mick Foley. He talked about the Raven/Dreamer match before we cut to a video from Brutus Magnus of all people to kill time before the next match.</p>
<p>Axl Rotten and Cojones (aka Balls Mahoney) come down to the ring and cut a brief promo, talking about how they didn’t have a match scheduled. Joel Gertner then comes out with Team 3D, who are in their old tie dye gear. Gertner cuts a hilarious promo ending with a good introduction for Team 3D. A match is set between the two teams, with Brother Ray making it a South Philadelphia Street Fight. Yay.</p>
<p>5.    South Philadelphia Street Fight: Axl Rotten and Cojones vs. Team 3D</p>
<p>Good God, this match was completely atrocious. Easily the worst match of the night. It’s a brawl right from the start, with both teams fighting into the crowd. TNA then decides to employ split screen to “capture all the action”. With the really small screens and the awful lighting, we can’t see what the hell is going on at all. From what I can see due to TNA’s horrible production values, it’s just a bunch of punching and kicking with Ray landing some shots with a STYROFOAM HEAD. The crowd eats this garbage up and I couldn’t disagree more. This mess finally returns to ringside when they start throwing weapons into the ring. Cojones hits Ray with a trash can lid but Ray hits him with a frying pan. Axl hits Ray with a cookie sheet then hits some punches on Devon. Axl and Ray each hold a fake lightsaber and proceed to have, I am not joking, a LIGHTSABER DUEL with the sticks. They did a really dumb low blow spot before Ray hits some right hands and a bionic elbow. Axl hits a reverse DDT before Devon hits a neckbreaker followed by Cojones hitting a sitout powerbomb. Cojones and Axl nail 3D with chairs for a pair of near falls. 3D come back with some chair shots and hit Wassup to Cojones. They bring a table into the ring and decide to light it on fire. 3D double powerbombs Cojones through the flaming table for the win. Okay, cool ending. But then they manage to make this horrible match even worse. The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa) hit the ring and beat up 3D with a ton of weapons. Then all of a sudden they decide to STOP FIGHTING, and all 6 men hold up each other’s hands in the ring. WHAT? You can’t be serious. A complete disaster from a wrestling and booking standpoint. <strong>Match Time: 12:00     Star Rating: *1/4</strong></p>
<p>After a package hyping up Raven vs. Dreamer, we got some more promos from the TNA stars. This also led to a very nice video package paying tribute to Joey Styles.</p>
<p>6.    Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer with Mick Foley as Special Guest Referee</p>
<p>Things just got worse and worse for this show with this match. Foley tells both men that anything goes, and Raven kicks Dreamer in the nuts to start things off. They fight on the outside, with Raven slamming Dreamer into the guardrail and tossing a chair into the ring. Dreamer sends Raven into the chair, which was wedged in the corner. Dreamer spits a fans beer into Raven’s eyes and slams the can into his head. Dreamer sets up two chairs in the ring but Raven sends him into them with a drop toehold. Raven busts open Dreamer with a chair and goes to work, opening him up. Raven sends Dreamer into the steps and slams his head against them before they return to the ring. Dreamer hits a drop toehold to Raven, sending him face first into a chair. Dreamer then hits Raven with a street sign concealed as a typical fan’s sign, busting Raven open. Dreamer brings a ladder into the ring, sets it up in the corner, and slingshots Raven into it. They go up top but Raven crotches Dreamer on the still-propped up ladder in the corner. Raven tries a clothesline and both guys tumble to the mat with the ladder in a messy spot. Dreamer hits the Dreamer Driver, then sets Raven up in the Tree of Woe and dropkicks the sign into his face. Dreamer grabs some barbed wire and does the crippler crossface while pulling the barbed wire across Raven’s face. The barbed wire is in Raven’s mouth as Dreamer pulls back, but Nova and the fake Blue Meanie run out to take out Foley just before Raven taps out. Dreamer is able to take out Nova and fake Meanie but Raven hits a DDT. Dreamer kicks out of a cover and Raven and Foley argue. Foley then takes it to Raven with some really awful punches. Foley puts on the sock and wraps barbed wire around it as a young ally of Raven’s enters the ring. Foley applies a barbed wire Mandible Claw to this kid, and blood quickly starts gushing out of his mouth. Raven is able to handcuff Dreamer’s hands together and hits him with a chair. Dreamer’s wife then runs out, because everyone and their brother must interfere in this match. Raven goes to hit her with the chair, but Foley stops him. Dreamer’s wife hits a low blow and Dreamer hits a DDT with his hands still handcuffed for another near fall. Dear lord will this match ever end? Raven finally finishes it with a chair shot and a DDT to put Dreamer away. This match dragged on far too long and had heaps of unnecessary interference and I hope Foley didn’t put that young kid in the hospital. It was a complete clustered, unorganized mess with no sense of purpose or direction. Some may have enjoyed this match, but this was total garbage. <strong>Match Time: 17:04     Star Rating: *1/2</strong></p>
<p>7.    Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu</p>
<p>The main event rescued this show from going down as possibly one of the worst PPVs of all time, though it came close to hitting that level regardless. Jerry Lynn was unable to work his scheduled bout with RVD, so Sabu came in as a replacement. Sabu actually did very well and wasn’t his usual botchy self. These guys stall for a little while before they finally lock up a few times, with some solid chain wrestling. Sabu throws a chair into RVD’s head and splashes him in the corner before RVD bails to the outside. Sabu uses the chair to dive off the top rope onto Van Dam on the outside. Sabu puts on a chin lock on Van Dam before slamming a chair onto his back. Sabu applies a camel clutch with the chair wedged between RVD’s back and Sabu’s ass. RVD dropkicks the chair into Sabu and monkey flips him onto the chair, with Sabu almost completely missing the chair. Van Dam throws the chair into Sabu’s head but Sabu comes back with a clothesline. Sabu and RVD collide in the corner and go down, with Fonzie tossing both men water. RVD hits a front suplex to Sabu onto the guardrail on the outside, then hits a corkscrew leg drop off the apron. Van Dam then hits another leg drop, with a chair against Sabu’s chest. Sabu hits a hurricanrana to RVD and a chair-assisted Arabian Facebuster, but can’t keep RVD down. RVD drop toeholds Sabu into the chair and has Fonzie hold the chair against Sabu in the corner so RVD can hit the Van Daminator. RVD hits a split legged moonsault and begins setting up a table as Sabu clutches his nose. Sabu throws the chair into RVD’s face and hits a leg drop for a near fall. Van Dam kicks Sabu in the face and hits Rolling Thunder with the chair across Sabu’s chest. RVD hits a chair assisted corner dropkick but Sabu comes back with a tornado DDT onto a chair. Sabu hits a chair assisted leg drop but when he tries to hit a second one through the table, RVD moves and Sabu goes through the table. Good main event with a good ending sequence but it felt very long. Still by far the best thing on this show. <strong>Match Time: 17:16     Star Rating: ***</strong></p>
<p>All the ECW Originals then hit the ring lead by Dreamer and they bring beer. Dixie Carter comes out and Dreamer says it was one hell of a show and thanks everyone. I couldn’t have been more disgusted with this closing segment where Dreamer and his buds bask in the glory of the foolish Impact Zone fans, who blindly cheered everything on this show even though all of it except for the last match was utter crap. I feel horrible for anyone who ordered this PPV as all they got was a sad attempt at a nostalgia trip filled with horrible wrestling and bad booking. What a terribly put together and executed show. I hope that ECW is now put to bed and never brought back again.</p>
<p><strong>Overall PPV Rating: 3/10</strong></p>
<p><em>My name is Jared Silberkleit. I am from Orange, CT and am a huge fan of pro wrestling. I mostly follow WWE and TNA but I also watch the smaller promotions such as ROH and DGUSA. I have been a lifelong WWE fan and have become a TNA fan over the past few years. Aside from wrestling, I also really love baseball and football and follow many other sports such as hockey and MMA. I have written for <a href="http://www.sportsgrumblings.com" target="_blank">www.sportsgrumblings.com</a> for over two years. </em></p>
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		<title>TNA Bound for Glory 2009 PPV Review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming in with a card that looked primed to deliver, TNA’s biggest PPV of the year ended up being their best show of the year despite being marred by an anticlimactic finale. Featuring three very good gimmick matches and several other matches throughout the card that overdelivered, Bound for Glory currently comes in second on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Coming in with a card that looked primed to deliver, TNA’s biggest PPV of the year ended up being their best show of the year despite being marred by an anticlimactic finale. Featuring three very good gimmick matches and several other matches throughout the card that overdelivered, Bound for Glory currently comes in second on my list of the best mainstream wrestling PPV’s of the year.</p>
<p><strong>1.    Ultimate X match for the TNA X Division Championship: Amazing Red(c) vs. Suicide vs. Homicide vs. Daniels vs. Alex Shelley vs. Chris Sabin</strong></p>
<p>Wow. Talk about a way to kick off a PPV. What an amazing match for TNA to have as the opener to this show. Yes it was a spotfest but it was a very fun and jaw-dropping spotfest. The Guns replace D’Angelo Dinero because he had to leave due to a family emergency. Only a couple minutes in Red hits an amazing (no pun intended) hurricanrana to Daniels off the top turnbuckle which sends Daniels onto everyone else outside the ring. Homicide is one of the first to go for the title but Suicide springboards off the ropes to pull him down. The Guns do many of their double team moves throughout, including a nice doomsday device missile dropkick and a spot where Sabin did the giant swing to Suicide followed by a dropkick from Shelley. One of the most memorable spots for me was when Red was dangling from the X and Suicide did a springboard dropkick to him, resulting in Red falling a long distance to the ring. There was also a unique tower of doom spot where Red hits a powerbomb to Sabin while Sabin hits a release suplex to Suicide, who is able to dropkick Daniels while falling to the mat. The men also are able to connect with their finishers, which includes Red hitting a corkscrew leg drop, Daniels hitting the BME, and Suicide hitting the Suicide Solution. Eventually, Daniels, Suicide, and Red climb to the top of the structure: the X scaffold holding the red ropes in place. All 3 men brawl atop the structure and both Daniels and suicide tease suplexes to each other. Daniels climbs down through the scaffold and onto the ropes, then hits an absolutely stunning and dangerous looking release suplex to Suicide off the structure, resulting in both men crashing to the ring. The Guns then try to climb across the ropes to get to the title, but Red crawls through the scaffold and knocks off Shelley before grabbing the title to win the match. I have to catch my breath now. <em><strong>Match Rating: 8.5/10</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>2.    TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Sarita and Taylor Wilde(c) vs. The Beautiful People</strong></p>
<p>Lacey Von Erich’s attempts at seducing the referees fail as she is ejected from ringside before the start of the match. This was for the most part the same fun match these two teams had at the last PPV but it was even shorter than that match. Both teams work each other over with hot tags and double team moves for a couple minutes before Sarita takes out Velvet Sky with a missile dropkick. With Wilde locking her hands around Madison Rayne’s waist, Sarita hits a dropkick to Rayne immediately followed by a German suplex into a bridge pin from Wilde, and the faces retain their titles. I feel that these belts should be on The Beautiful People and that this match shouldn’t have been on the card, but we can’t always get what we want. <em><strong>Match Rating: 3/10</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>3.    TNA Legends Championship: Kevin Nash(c) vs. Eric Young vs. Hernandez</strong></p>
<p>This match really surprised me and ended up being probably Nash’s best match of the year and a pretty fun match in its own right. They told a good story with Hernandez looking like the big power guy who could take on anyone and Nash and Young staying allied to wear down the (face) big man. They use a lot of punches and kicks to keep Super Mex down while Hernandez went after the heels with his power moves. Young counters a suplex from Hernandez into one of his own, which is impressive considering the size difference between the two. Hernandez also impressed for a guy his size with some high flying moves such as a diving double clothesline, a suicide dive over the ropes onto Young, and a big missile dropkick to Nash. Late in the match, Nash big boots Super Mex and goes for the Jackknife Powerbomb, but Young throws Hernandez headfirst into Nash’s balls before pinning Nash to become the Legends Champion. I really liked the ending and thought it came off very well and this was a decent match. <em><strong>Match Rating: 5.5/10</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>4.    Full Metal Mayhem for the TNA and IWGP World Tag Team Championship: Booker T and Scott Steiner(TNA champions) vs. The British Invasion(IWGP champions) vs. Team 3D vs. Beer Money Inc.</strong></p>
<p>Surprisingly, though it had its spotty moments, this match was not a complete nonsensical spotfest. The way they set this match up was that one of each title was hung on the steel X scaffold from the Ultimate X match. The match starts out with the Mafia and Beer Money accepting British Invasion’s earlier backstage proposal and ganging up on Team 3D. Eventually this breaks apart with 3D fighting the Mafia and Beer Money fighting the Brits. Steiner uses a ladder to work over Devon’s shoulder while Beer Money sends Doug Williams into a chair set up in a corner of the ring. Steiner chokes out Devon while Beer Money hit the DWI to Booker T, who is later seen outside the ring and is carted off on a stretcher. Meanwhile, Steiner chokes out Devon with an extension cord before going in the ring to clean house by belly to belly suplexing everyone. He then hits a very impressive Frankensteiner to Williams. I must say, Steiner really worked hard in this match and turned in a great performance. 3D eventually works their way back into by hitting chair shots to everyone, which leads to Ray giving Zakk Wylde a chair at ringside and letting him hit Magnus. Williams gets chokeslammed through a table before 3D gives simultaneous chokeslams through separate tables to each of Beer Money. Steiner scales a ladder to go for the TNA titles but 3D hits a dual powerbomb to him off the ladder through a table. Ray and Devon then climb the ladder to get the IWGP belt but Rhino charges the ring and hits both men with chair shots. Devon is able to hang onto the title as he falls off the ladder so Team 3D are the new IWGP Tag Team Champions. This was likely done because NJPW is very upset with TNA’s treatment of the belts and many in Japan already considered 3D to still be the champions. Anyway, the match continues with Beer Money hitting a nasty looking suplex off two side-by-side ladders to Williams before being met with chair shots from Magnus. Storm hits a sunset-flip powerbomb to Magnus off a ladder but takes a chair shot from Williams. Roode and Williams fight atop the ladder, with Roode getting the upper hand, but Rob Terry enters the ring and picks up Roode before press slamming him over the top rope through a table outside the ring. He then gives Williams a boost up to allow The British Invasion to become the TNA World Tag Team Champions to end the match. I was pleased with the outcome and the match was just awesome. <em><strong>Match Rating: 7/10</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>5.    TNA Women’s Knockout Championship: ODB(c) vs. Tara vs. Awesome Kong</strong></p>
<p>This match was a mild disappointment after starting off so promisingly. Great action between all three ladies that included Kong hitting a double splash to ODB and Tara, Tara putting a tarantula submission hold on ODB around the ropes, and Tara hitting a moonsault to ODB for a near-fall. They did the short-lived alliances between ODB and Tara, Kong looking like the dominant heel, and all that good stuff and this looked to be one of the best women’s matches in a very long time. Unfortunately, it got hurt by a spot in the middle where Tara, while outside the ring, brawled with a “fan” revealed after the show to be Kim Couture, and she had to go to the back. This left the crowd silent as ODB basically had a one on one match with Kong. They did some okay back and forth but not nearly as good as what was going on with Tara in the ring. ODB hits a nice samoan drop for a near fall before Tara comes back to the ring. Kong tosses her out and hits a top rope splash to ODB, but Tara breaks the pin up. Kong again gets rid of Tara before hitting ODB with an Implant Buster for a near fall. Raisha Saeed then comes to ringside to give Kong a chair, but Kong doesn’t want it and keeps kicking it away. Kong goes for a second Implant Buster but ODB counters into a bulldog on the chair before covering Kong to retain her title. A decent women’s match but it could have been better. <em><strong>Match Rating: 5.5/10</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>6.    Submission match: Samoa Joe vs. Bobby Lashley</strong></p>
<p>This match greatly underdelivered and ended up being very disappointing. It started off very good with a lot of back and forth action from Joe and Lashley that included many power moves. Lashley hits a nice spinebuster to Joe and also at one point in the match counters an abdominal stretch with a solid hip toss. Joe did some cool things such as a powerslam and a suicide dive early on. Unfortunately, much of this match consisted of Joe and Lashley putting on various armbars and leglocks and the whole thing felt rushed as well. Just after hitting the 8 minute mark, Joe apparently passes out while Lashley has Joe in some kind of armbar/neck hold combination, resulting in Lashley winning the match. The finish was poor and Joe ends up getting really hurt by this match. Disappointing. <em><strong>Match Rating: 4/10</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>7.    Monster’s Ball: Mick Foley vs. Abyss w/ Special Guest Referee Dr. Stevie</strong></p>
<p>Considered by some to be a dream match come true, this hardcore match was not quite as good as it could have been but it was still fairly enjoyable. Only a couple minutes in, Foley and Abyss brawl on the side of a steel structure on the entrance stage, which ends with Foley knocking Abyss off, sending him through part of the stage. This looks cool until we are shown that he landed on cardboard. Foley then dives onto Abyss with the barbed wire bat before walking back to the ring. Abyss then returns to the ring where he and Foley brawl with trash cans and a ton of barbed wire. Abyss drags the guardrail closer to the ring and lines up a barbed wire board across the rail and the ring apron. Abyss irish whips Foley into a barbed wire board in the corner, but goes into the barbed wire himself when Foley moves out of the way as Abyss charges at him. Abyss then gets sandwiched in between two barbed wire boards and is shown bleeding from the arm and the face. Foley then dumps tacks out in the ring and Abyss goes to chokeslam him on them, but Stevie tells him that if he does, he will be disqualified (a stipulation was that Abyss couldn’t use thumbtacks). Abyss hits a Torture rack backbreaker to Stevie before Daffney comes down to the ring and hands Foley a…….taser. Ugh. This time, there is an explosion when the taser is used on Abyss. Another ref comes down to the ring, botches the attempted pinfall, and Abyss kicks out. An insane spot then occurs when Abyss chokeslams Daffney through that barbed wire board set up earlier. He then gives Stevie a black hole slam on the tacks before chokeslamming Foley on another barbed wire board. Abyss then drags Stevie over to Foley and uses Stevie’s hand to count the pinfall. Good hardcore match but not quite as brutal as what people expected. <em><strong>Match Rating: 6.5/10</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>8.    Kurt Angle vs. Matt Morgan</strong></p>
<p>This match was actually a very pleasant surprise. It started off somewhat slow and had me questioning how exactly they were going to book this thing, but it ended up being a very entertaining “what do I gotta do to beat this guy” match. Morgan hits many rapid fire elbows to Angle early on before the two brawl outside the ring. Morgan misses a Carbon Footprint and gets caught in a Figure Four from Angle. Morgan eventually turns over on his back and the hold is broken when Angle reaches the ropes. He later hits a big fall away slam and chokeslam to Angle for near falls, but Angle retaliates with three big German suplexes. He goes for the Angle Slam, but Morgan counters and hits the Carbon Footprint for a near fall. Morgan then misses a splash in the corner and gets caught with an Angle Slam, but kicks out. Angle then applies the Ankle Lock again but Morgan powers out. Morgan then hits a Hellevator for another near fall, then goes for a Tombstone Piledriver, but Angle rolls through and applies a third Ankle Lock. Morgan powers out yet again but is caught with a second Angle Slam. Rather than going for the pin, Angle hits a tope rope splash, but Morgan again kicks out. Morgan then has Angle on his shoulders, but Angle gets out of hit and gets the win with a victory roll roll-up. I didn’t mind the finish and the match told a great story and was highly enjoyable. <em><strong>Match Rating: 7/10</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>9.    TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles(c) vs. Sting</strong></p>
<p>After doing so much right on this PPV, TNA ends the night on a sour note. The big confrontation between Styles and Sting was totally lackluster and disappointed greatly. For much of the first 5-10 minutes of the match, all the two did was brief headlocks and lockups before pausing to mug for the camera. The match finally starts to heat up when Styles dropkicks Sting, sending him out of the ring before Styles dives off the apron and crashes into the guardrail. The two then brawl briefly outside the ring before heading back into the ring, where Sting counters a Tombstone attempt from Styles with one of his own for a near fall. Styles hits a nice springboard elbow before a series of counters ends with Sting hitting the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting then splashes AJ in the corner before connecting again with the SDD for a near fall. After again briefly fighting in the ringside area, Styles hits a Pele kick to Sting on the ring apron before hitting a springboard splash for the 1-2-3 to retain his title. Really? That’s it? An anticlimactic finish out of no where? Anyway, Sting makes a speech after the match, where he basically answers those inquiring about the continuation of his career with, “I don’t know”. This lackluster match was the main event to TNA’s biggest show of the year. The company still hasn’t figured out a way to end a PPV well.  <em><strong>Match Rating: 5/10</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Overall PPV Rating: 8.25/10</strong></em></p>
<p><em>My name is Jared Silberkleit. I am from Orange, CT and am a huge fan of pro wrestling. I mostly follow WWE and TNA but I also watch the smaller promotions such as ROH and DGUSA. I have been a lifelong WWE fan and have become a TNA fan over the past few years. Aside from wrestling, I also really love baseball and football and follow many other sports such as hockey and MMA. I have written for <a href="http://www.sportsgrumblings.com" target="_blank">www.sportsgrumblings.com</a> for roughly a year now as well.</em></p>
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