Turning Point was yet another dismal PPV offering from TNA. Almost all of their PPVs this year have been horrendous. These shows are rife with terrible booking and less-than-stellar wrestling save for a match here and there. Many of the matches on this show were ridiculously overbooked and the crowd hardly reacted to it. A solid main event kept the show from reaching “worst PPV of the year” status but it certainly doesn’t make the show worth going out of your way to see.

• TNA Television Championship match: Eric Young(c) vs. Robbie E

Why Robbie E got another TV title match is beyond me. He was accompanied to the ring by Rob Terry, who is apparently now going by the name of “Robbie T”. Young initially goes to lock up with the referee before he runs out of the ring and gets decked by Robbie T before landing a shot on Robbie E. Young hits a forearm in the corner in the ring, does a handstand in the corner, and hits a headscissors. Young then tries to lock up with SoCal Val on the outside. Young plays mind games with Robbie by going in and out of the ring. Robbie T lands a cheap shot and Robbie E covers in the ring for 2. Robbie E hits some stomps but Young comes back with some shots and a roll up. Robbie hits a fist drop off the second rope for 2, whips Young into the ropes, and hits a back elbow for 2. Robbie applies a lengthy chin lock, and Young is eventually able to fight out with a jawbreaker. Robbie hits some shots to the back before Young drops his shorts to reveal that he is wearing Robbie’s trunks underneath. Young hits a flying forearm, a dropkick, a belly to belly slam, and a diving elbow drop off the top. Robbie T pulls Robbie E out of the ring to break up the pin, but Young hits a high cross body off the top to Robbie T on the floor. Young rolls E in the ring, but T hits him with a cheap shot and E covers for the win. Nobody bought that as the finish. Flat way to end a very average opener, but this was about as good as it was going to get with these guys. Match Time: 7:50     Star Rating: **

• TNA World Tag Team Championship match: Mexican America(c) vs. Ink. Inc.

This was a six person intergender match, with Sarita and Toxxin involved for their respective teams. Anarquia and Shannon Moore lock up briefly before Anarquia drives his shoulder into Moore in the corner. Moore comes back with some arm drags, an atomic drop, and a spin kick. Jesse Neal and Hernandez get tags, with Hernandez shoving off Neal. Neal twists the arm, but Hernandez hits a clothesline and they yell at each other. Neal goes for a couple shoulder blocks but Hernandez is unfazed. Neal hits a back elbow and a botched kick before tagging in Moore. Moore leaps off the top and is caught, but is able to counter into a sunset flip. Moore twists Anarquia’s arm and hits a corner-assisted arm drag. Moore hits a hurricanrana for 2 and hip tosses Neal onto Anarquia. Hernandez hits a slingshot shoulder block and shoves Toxxin. Anarquia kicks Neal to the floor and tags in Hernandez, who hits a corner splash. Neal avoids Anarquia in the corner and spears Hernandez for 2 before the women get tags. Toxxin hits a back elbow, an enzuigiri, and a gutwrench suplex. Hernandez gets clotheslined to the floor and Moore hits an asai moonsault. Neal hits a front slam to Anarquia and slams Toxxin on him, then decides to pull down Anarquia’s pants. Lovely. The ref is distracted with a bunch of chaos on the outside and Sarita hits Toxxin with one of the title belts for the win. Typical TNA cluster mess tag match with overbooking and a lot of nonsense. No wonder the titles are worthless. Match was going along okay and fell apart at the finish. Match Time: 8:36     Star Rating: *1/4

• 3-Way Dance for the TNA X Division Championship: Austin Aries(c) vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. Kid Kash

The story here was really good but the wrestling was fairly basic for a nearly 15 minute match. Most of it was just Kash and Aries ganging up on Sorensen. Sorensen and Kash go nose to nose early on and Aries cheap shots Sorensen. Kash rains down with cross-face punches, but Sorensen fights back with a couple arm drags to Aries and sends him to the floor. Sorensen hits a nice tope dive over the ropes to both heels on the floor. Sorensen heads up top but Kash shoves him off and Aries hits a neckbreaker. Kash hits a release suplex and holds up Sorensen for Aries to chop him. Kash hits a low blow and stands on Sorensen’s head before hitting a big backbreaker. Aries breaks up the pin and gives Kash a pep talk. Sorensen dropkicks Aries into Kash and hits a flying knee, a dropkick, and a cross body off the top. Kash breaks up the pin attempt and applies a modified surfboard submission. Aries kicks Sorensen in the chest and Kash hits a knee drop. Aries hits a chop and Kash stomps Sorensen in the corner.

Sorensen hits a back body drop to Aries but Kash pulls him outside and whips him into the guardrail, then sets him up for a suicide dive from Aries. Kash breaks up a pin attempt in the ring and argues a little with Aries, allowing Sorensen to land some shots on both men. Aries hits a kitchen sink to Sorensen and Kash hits a body slam. Both heels head up top in opposite corners, but Sorensen blocks a frog splash from Aries and avoids a moonsault from Kash. Sorensen hits an atomic drop to Aries and a neckbreaker, but Kash breaks up the pin. Aries drives Sorensen into the corner, but Sorensen kicks a charging Aries and hits a spinning facebuster, only for Kash to break up the pin. Kash hits some chops in the corner and clotheslines a diving Sorensen in mid air. Kash hits a superplex off the top and a double underhook piledriver, but Aries puts Sorensen’s foot on the ropes during Kash’s pin attempt. Kash argues with the ref and Aries sneaks in and rolls Kash up for the pin. Kind of a sudden finish but everyone played their roles really well here, even if this wasn’t exactly an “X Division” style match. Sorensen isn’t ready for this kind of a push just yet so it was smart to have Aries go over. Match Time: 13:00     Star Rating: **3/4

• No Disqualification match: Christopher Daniels vs. Rob Van Dam

Before the match, Daniels gets on the mic and asks RVD for just a straight up wrestling match, since the match was advertised as No DQ. RVD shakes on it, but Daniels pulls him into a headlock as the match begins. RVD sweeps the leg and goes for a cross arm-breaker before rolling up Daniels with his legs. Daniels goes outside momentarily and they do some grappling once he returns to the ring. RVD goes for a roll up before hitting a monkey flip and a big kick for 2. Daniels hits some shoulder thrusts in the corner and a snapmare before applying a chin lock. RVD blocks a hip toss and hits a kick for 2 followed by Rolling Thunder. RVD hits a spin kick and a slingshot leg drop on the apron before heading up top. He tries for a sunset flip but Daniels blocks it and stomps him. Daniels slams RVD’s head in the corner, hits some shoulder thrusts and presses his boot against RVD’s chin. Daniels hits a dropkick for 2 and applies a chin lock. RVD fights out with some elbows but Daniels takes him down and twsits his neck. RVD fights up but Daniels hits a Death Valley Driver for 2. Daniels hits a flying forearm in the corner and whips RVD to another corner, but RVD gets a boot up and they trade punches. RVD hits a springboard thrust kick, crotches Daniels on the top rope, and hits a second thrust kick off the top that sends Daniels to the floor. Daniels bails up the ramp but RVD catches him, hits a hip toss on the ramp, and hangs him over the guardrail. RVD then hits a running leg drop off the ramp to Daniels on the guardrail. Back in the ring, Daniels throws the ref into RVD, hits an STO, and grabs a chair (since it’s still technically No DQ). Daniels hits RVD in the gut with the chair and hits a uranage on it for 2. Daniels gets the screwdriver but RVD kicks the chair in his face and hits the Five Star Frog Splash for the win. Good match but it definitely seemed like these guys had a few more minutes in them. Solid effort while it lasted though. Match Time: 11:17     Star Rating: ***

• Matt Morgan vs. Crimson

This was awful. The crowd still doesn’t care about Crimson and this just dragged and dragged. Crimson goes for shoulder blocks early but they have no effect on Morgan and they go to a test of strength. Crimson hits a knee to the gut, and some knees to the face while holding Morgan in a cravat. Morgan hits a discuss clothesline, but Crimson avoids the Carbon Footprint. Morgan hits some shoulders in the corner and clotheslines Crimson to the floor. Crimson slams Morgan’s head on the ring apron and the guardrail before dragging out the steel steps, only for Morgan to kick the steps into Crimson’s knee. Morgan hits a side slam in the ring for 2. Crimson hits some shots but Morgan hits an uppercut, punches, and the rapid-fire corner elbows. Crimson comes back with some clotheslines and an exploder suplex for 2. Morgan hits more shoulders in the corner but Crimson hits a Russian leg sweep and goes for a submission, only for Morgan to counter with a roll up. Morgan hits a chokeslam for 2 but misses the bicycle kick. Crimson hits a spear for 2 and Morgan hits the Carbon Footprint, but Crimson falls to the floor. Morgan rolls him in and covers for 2. Crimson hits a sloppy Red Sky for 2 and they trash talk each other before going back and forth with punches. The ref eventually tries to break it up and both guys shove him down, causing a double disqualification. They did the usual pull apart brawl with security after the match. Another match that fell apart at the finish. Before the end it was just really really dull. Crimson is such a bad wrestler at this point that there’s not many guys who can work with him. Bad match all around. Match Time: 12:00     Star Rating: *

• Scott Steiner and Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson and Abyss

Given the talent involved, this was about as good as it was going to get. Anderson and Ray lock up at the start, and Anderson hits an arm drag. They lock up again before Ray misses a charge in the corner. Anderson hits an arm drag and an arm bar, but Ray fights up and Anderson fails to knock down Ray with clotheslines. Anderson hits a spin kick and applies a headlock, but Ray breaks it with a back suplex. Steiner comes in and hits some weak kicks in the corner and chops Anderson. Anderson comes back with a clothesline off the second rope, but Ray crotches him against the ring post. Ray comes in and elbow drops Anderson’s leg before applying a leg bar. Ray hits a clothesline but Anderson avoids a second and hits a neckbreaker. Anderson tags in Abyss but the ref doesn’t see it and the heels double team Anderson. Steiner hits Anderson with an Angle Slam off the second rope, but Anderson comes back with a sunset flip and an inside cradle for near falls.

Steiner hits a belly-to-belly suplex before tagging in Ray, and Anderson scores with DDT. Both guys make tags and Abyss cleans house on the heels with clotheslines and splashes them both in the corner. Abyss slams Steiner and hits a frog splash off the top followed by a chokeslam. Ray breaks up the pin and hits some shots to the back. Abyss teases a double chokeslam on the heels but ends up double clotheslining them. Ray clotheslines Abyss to the outside, and both guys clothesline each other on the floor. Anderson hits a top rope cross body off the top for 2, and Steiner hits a downward spiral for a near fall. Steiner hits a Frankensteiner off the top, but the ref won’t count the pin and says Anderson isn’t legal. Steiner then turns around into a Black Hole Slam from Abyss for the pin. After the match the heels double chokeslam Abyss through a table, but Abyss pops right back up, causing Ray to freak out. This was just an excuse to get these guys on the show in a match that won’t mean anything by the Impact tapings tomorrow night. Pretty average stuff for the most part, but the fans popped for Steiner. Match Time: 11:48     Star Rating: **1/4

• TNA Women’s Knockout Championship match: Velvet Sky(c) vs. Gail Kim

This was your typical Knockouts match, with the overbooking and interference completely overshadowing the wrestling. Sky hits a ton of punches at the start and sloppy baseball slide that knocks Kim to the floor. Sky hits some more shots and a cross body in the ring for 2. Sky hits a corner splash and some mounted punches, but Gail comes back with a running body block in the corner, a snapmare, and a kick to the chest. Sky hits some slaps but Kim hits a gutbuster and applies an abdominal stretch. Sky scores a near fall off a jackknife cover and a roll up. Kim leaps out of the corner but Sky kicks her in mid air before hitting some more kicks and a bulldog. Sky blocks the Eat Defeat and hits the sitout Pedigree, but Karen Jarrett runs down to distract the referee. Madison Rayne attacks Sky and botches a move. Kim covers for 2 and heads up top, where she misses a diving senton. Sky covers, but Kim rolls her up for 2. Rayne then pulls Sky’s foot as Karen distracts the referee. Gail hits the Eat Defeat for the win. Total cluster mess of a Knockouts match, and Velvet is still a terrible worker. Short and way too overbooked. How can anyone say that TNA’s women’s division is any different from the WWE’s anymore? Match Time: 5:54     Star Rating: *

• Jeff Jarrett vs. Jeff Hardy

This one takes the cake for dumbest booking of the night. The bell rings and Hardy immediately hits the Twist of Fate for the win. Then Jarrett complains to the referee and the match is restarted. WHY? I have no clue. Hardy hits a spinning heel kick but Jarrett hits a body guillotine and a pair of diving fist drops off the second rope. Hardy kicks a leaping Jarrett and hits a front suplex, but Jarrett trips him up when he heads up top. Jarrett stomps Hardy and whips him into the corner. Hardy hits some shots but Jarrett catches him in a sleeper. Hardy fights out with elbows and hits a back suplex. They trade punches before Hardy hits a clothesline and gets a 2 count off a jackknife cover. Hardy counters the Stroke, Jarrett counters the Twist of Fate, and Hardy counters the Figure 4 leg lock with a small package for the win (again). It gets better. Hardy leaves up the ramp and Jarrett hits him in the head with a chair. Jarrett then brings him back into the ring, hits the Stroke, and tells the ref to count the pin. Hardy then rolls up Jarrett and the ref counts the pin and calls for the bell. THE MATCH WAS ALREADY OVER. TWICE. Horrible booking. Unbelievable. TNA must think that their fans are either mentally challenged or using the same type of drugs that Jeff Hardy uses. Stupid on so many levels. Match Time: 5:52     Star Rating: *1/2

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship match: Robert Roode(c) vs. AJ Styles

God bless these two men but there was no saving this show at this point. They definitely tried really hard though, and this was easily the match of the night. They lock up and break a couple times to open things up before AJ hits a punch and Roode bails to the outside. Roode and AJ both land some shots before Roode applies a headlock. AJ pushes him off and hits a leapfrog followed by a dropkick. AJ hits a suplex before slamming Roode’s head into all 4 of the top turnbuckles. AJ hits an elboew to the head followed by a scoop slam and a knee drop for 2. Roode comes back with a kick, a clothesline, and some shots in the corner. AJ sends Roode to the outside, where he hits a diving forearm off the apron and drops Roode face first on the guardrail. Roode hits a baseball slide from inside the ring and chokes AJ. AJ fights back with some shots but when he leaps off the second rope, Roode catches him and catapults him into the corner. Roode applies a rear waistlock on the mat before AJ fights out and they head up top. Roode knocks AJ to the mat, but AJ pops right back up and hits a superplex. AJ hits some punches followed by a back body drop, some clotheslines, and a neckbreaker over his knee.

AJ goes for a slingshot move but appear to botch it as he just shoves Roode. Crowd dies at this point. Roode rolls through a cross body attempt and covers for 2. Roode hits a spinebuster for 2 but AJ counters a fisherman’s suplex and hits a back suplex. AJ misses a springboard 450, but does a sunset flip and goes for the Styles Clash. Roode counters the Clash and puts AJ in the crossface. AJ struggles but eventually counters with a roll up before picking up Roode and dropping him. AJ hits a springboard forearm from the apron for 2 before Roode low blows AJ and the ref at the same time. Roode covers for a near fall, AJ gets 2 with a roll up, and AJ hits an enzuigiri before both guys trade punches. Roode begs off but AJ tackles him and unloads with punches before chopping him in the ropes. AJ crotches Roode on the top rope, causing him to fall to the floor. AJ goes for a suicide dive but Roode sidesteps him. Roode hits a fisherman’s suplex in the ring for a near fall and AJ hits a Pele. AJ goes for the Styles Clash but Roode counters with a roll up and hooks the tights for the win. Styles felt very much like a main event placeholder here without much of a chance of winning. Match was very good but the crowd died about midway through and it just never seemed to reach its full potential despite the long length. Best thing on the show but nothing great or worth going out of your way to check out. Match Time: 19:35    Star Rating: ***1/2

Overall PPV Rating: 4.75/10

This will be the last TNA PPV Review you will see from me on this website. I would like to apologize to everyone who regularly reads my monthly TNA PPV recaps, but for the life of me I just can’t do it anymore. These shows are so agonizingly dull and painful to sit through that they’ve become a chore to watch rather than a joy. TNA has become unwatchable. I’ve been a professional wrestling fan for about five years now and I’ve honestly never seen a company as horrendous as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. This company can’t seem to do anything right and they’ve expressed a complete unwillingness to change. Despite the fact that they’ve been blessed with having so many talented and popular wrestlers on their roster, TNA time and time again proves that bad booking and writing can ruin shows and prevent fans from investing in the wrestlers and the storylines. Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and Dixie Carter, have fun running this company into the ground just like WCW, because I don’t want to be apart of it any longer. I quit.

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 www.sportsgrumblings.com for three years.

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1.    TNA X Division Championship match: Jay Lethal(c) vs. Robbie E

This was a decent opener, and although it wasn’t really that good of a match it was actually one of the better matches of the night, which says something about this show. They lock up but Robbie quickly breaks to go talk with Cookie before returning to the ring. Lethal does a couple arm drags and works the shoulder with a submission. Lethal then backdrops Robbie to the outside, slides out, and hits a chop. Lethal sends Robbie back in before hitting a missile dropkick and a hip toss/low dropkick combo for a near fall. Lethal tries for the Lethal Combination but Robbie holds onto the ropes. Robbie starts to beat away at Lethal’s midsection and gets a near fall before Lethal comes back with some right hands, but Robbie sends him into the corner. Robbie hits a spear and applies an abdominal stretch. Lethal fights out but Robbie puts him down with an elbow and applies a seated bear hug. Lethal makes a comeback with some right hands, a flying forearm, and a couple clotheslines. Lethal hits a handspring elbow and a sunset flip but Cookie distracts the referee. Lethal and Cookie argue but Lethal is able to send Robbie over the ropes to the outside, following it up with a suicide dive. Lethal hits some chops and punches until Cookie tries to spray him with hairspray, but Lethal blocks it and hits Robbie with the Lethal Combination. Lethal goes up top but the ref was distracted with the hairspray and Cookie pulls his legs down. Robbie pulls him off and hits a neckbreaker for the win. Finish felt really flat because it didn’t have great crowd heat and I question why Robbie won the title here. Match was alright but the finish was a bit much and it didn’t feel like an X Division match. Match Time: 10:44     Star Rating: **1/2

2.    Tara vs. Mickie James

I was elated when I realized that for once the obligatory TNA Knockouts match for the PPV would not involve the Beautiful People. Tara and Mickie worked really hard here. Mickie charges the ring and this some slaps but Tara puts her down and pounds on her. She goes for a piledriver but Mickie backdrops her out of it before hitting a low dropkick. Tara snaps Mickie’s neck on the ropes and kicks away at her, eventually trying for the Widow’s Peak only for Mickie to counter into a single leg Boston Crab. They refuse to let go of each other and fight out onto the floor but return to the ring where Tara takes control by choking Mickie against the ropes. Tara hits a suplex, rolls over into a guillotine, and chokes Mickie with her boot but Mickie makes a comeback, hitting some shots and taking Tara to the outside with a headscissors. Mickie dives off the apron with a Thesz press, then rolls Tara back into the ring before hitting a missile dropkick. Mickie goes for a roundhouse kick but Tara pulls her down into a split. Both girls try for a suplex before they end up on the top turnbuckle, falling off and tumbling to the floor. They brawl around ringside and into the crowd for a minute before the ref finally calls for the bell, ruling it a double disqualification. They then engaged in a very lengthy brawl after the match which started off good around the ramp area but once they returned to the ring it became excessive. I wasn’t a fan of the non-finish but at least there was effort, which you don’t usually get with mainstream women’s matches. Even with the double disqualification, Knockouts match of the year. Match Time: 8:21     Star Rating: **1/4

3.    TNA World Tag Team Championship match: The Motor City Machineguns(c) vs. Team 3D

Team 3D stated that this would be their final match, and going in I thought this would be a great way for them to go out by passing the torch and putting over the Guns. These teams really delivered and put on easily the best match on this PPV and one of Team 3D’s best non-gimmick matches in God-knows-how long. After a handshake, Devon and Alex Shelley lock up a couple times, with Shelley twisting the arm before doing a grapevine around the neck. They trade holds until Devon hits a shoulder block and a spinning back elbow. Shelley reverses out of a suplex and misses an enzuigiri but hits a dropkick to the knee before tagging out to Chris Sabin. Devon is able to double clothesline the Guns and tags out to Ray, but Shelley rolls to the outside to avoid a double team. Sabin fights with Ray in the ring, hitting some forearms and a springboard cross body. Ray hits a big boot and tags to Devon, and 3D connects with backbreaker/leg drop combo. Shelley tags in and the Guns do some quick double team moves of their own. Shelley tries for a double stomp but Devon avoids it and tags to Ray, who catches Shelley’s leg in a grapevine. Ray slams the knee into the canvas but misses a splash, allowing Shelley to tag in Sabin. The Guns start hitting a flurry of dropkicks and double team moves on 3D, culminating with Shelley doing a suicide dive onto Devon but Sabin missing a dive onto Ray. Ray charges Sabin on the outside but misses and runs into the ring post, busting him open. Shelley works over Ray’s arm in the ring before tagging out to Sabin, who works over Ray’s cut on his forehead.

The Guns each kick Ray in the gut, and Shelley hits a pair of knee drops. Ray hits a back elbow to Sabin before connecting with a top rope superbomb for a near fall. Shelley tags in but eats a pair of chops from Ray. Shelley hits an enzuigiri, but when he tries for a dive Ray catches him with an ace crusher. Both guys tag in their respective partners, and Devon hits some punches, a shoulder block, and a side slam. Devon hits a powerslam and has a back body drop attempt blocked, but he comes back with a neckbreaker. The Guns hit Poetry in Motion on Devon, but when they try it a second time Devon catches Sabin and slams him onto Shelley with a uranage. Devon goes up top and hits a diving headbutt for a near fall. Ray gets a tag and double clotheslines the Guns before 3D connects with a reverse 3D and the Wassup. Ray tells Devon to get the tables and he obliges, bringing a table into the ring. It’s set up in the corner and Ray tries to send Sabin into it, but Sabin avoids it and Ray crashes through the table. The Guns hit the Skull and Bones to Devon but only get a two count. Shelley accidentally hits a yakuza kick to Sabin in the corner before walking right into the 3D, but kicks out. They try for another 3D but Sabin hits a DDT to Devon and avoids a splash from Ray. The Guns hit the Skull and Bones on Ray for the victory. Afterwards all four men held up each other’s hands. This was a really good, long match and a good way for Team 3D to bow out but it did not feel like a retirement match. The fans didn’t appear to buy into the gimmick and the post match stuff felt just like any other respect angle and not a retirement. Still, I congratulate Team 3D on doing the right thing and putting over some young guys and passing the torch in what was by far the strongest match on the card. Match Time: 17:10     Star Rating: ***3/4

4.    Tommy Dreamer vs. Rob Van Dam

After a really good tag team match, this PPV really went downhill beginning with this match. Mike Tenay informs us that the match will now be no disqualification and anything goes. They do a couple lock ups at the start and go for some quick pins but end up in a standoff. After some sloppy chain wrestling, RVD rolls to the outside to stall. RVD comes back into the ring and buries his shoulder into Dreamer’s midsection, but Dreamer sends him to the floor before jumping off the apron with a running clothesline. RVD hits a kick and crotches Dreamer on the guard rail, and then hits a diving spinning leg drop off the apron. Van Dam tosses Dreamer back inside and grabs a chair, setting it up on Dreamer’s face on the apron. Van Dam tries for a slingshot leg drop but Dreamer moves and Van Dam crashes to the outside. Dreamer brings Van Dam back into the ring and sets him up in the tree of woe with a chair in front of his face, but Van Dam elevates himself to avoid the dropkick. Dreamer puts him back down and they REPEAT THE SPOT but Dreamer just brings him out of the tree of woe with a neckbreaker. Dreamer grabs a ladder from underneath the ring and hits RVD in the face with it on the floor. Dreamer puts RVD and the ladder in the ring and hits a sloppy bulldog to RVD on the ladder. Dreamer goes for a middle rope elbow drop to RVD, who was lying on the ladder, but RVD avoids it.

Van Dam puts Dreamer on the ladder and goes for rolling thunder but misses. Dreamer hits a top rope splash for a near fall. Dreamer tries for a DDT and Van Dam counters with a Northern Lights suplex, but Dreamer looks to have broken his hand badly, as you could see the bone sticking out. Both guys looked confused and Van Dam went for a cover, getting a two count. Van Dam hits a low dropkick and puts Dreamer down on a chair, but misses a split legged moonsault. Dreamer puts the ladder in the corner but Van Dam throws it back in his face. I cannot believe this match is continuing. RVD goes for the Five Star Frog Splash but Dreamer for some reason AVOIDS IT and hits a piledriver. They trade punches and set up a ladder on the middle rope, with Dreamer ending up crotched on it. RVD hits the Van Daminator with a chair and goes for the Five Star but Dreamer again rolls out of the way. This is just stupid on his part. Dreamer goes for the Dreamer Driver but RVD throws him off into the ladder. Dreamer gets slammed onto the chair and RVD FINALLY hits the Five Star for the win. This match just refused to end. Dreamer is one tough SOB for continuing this match with an injury but the match clearly suffered as a result. The crowd was completely dead and was just hoping for the match to end due to the injury. They get credit for effort but they really should have capped it once Dreamer got hurt instead of dragging it out so long. Ended up being a very blah match. Match Time: 16:02     Star Rating: **

5.    Fortune vs. EV 2.0

This was a 10 man tag match where the person who got pinned would be fired, and if Fortune lost then their guy would just be kicked out of the stable and not fired. This actually ended up being a pretty decent match and probably the second best match on the PPV. The match began with all 10 men brawling with each other, with Brian Kendrick knocking Kazarian to the floor only to eat a chop from Doug Williams. Stevie Richards throws Williams to the outside but eats a spinebuster from Robert Roode. Kendrick ends up down and is helped to the back by trainers, which looks to be pretty legitimate. So Fortune has a 5 on 4 advantage as James Storm and Stevie square off. Kaz quickly gets a tag and hits a jumping clothesline before tagging to Williams, who hits a high knee in the corner before making a tag to AJ Styles. Styles and Kaz connect with a side slam/leg drop combo and Roode tags in to slingshot Stevie into the bottom rope. Styles and Kaz tag in and hit a couple suplexes before Kaz begins to mock the Stevie Kick, only for Stevie to hit him with a Lethal Combination. Rhino and Storm get tags, and Rhino comes in as a house of fire, taking it to all members of Fortune. Rhino hits a suplex to Storm but AJ does a springboard dive onto him. Roode tags in and hits a snapmare and a neckbreaker to Rhino before tagging to Kaz, who applies a rear chin lock until Raven just walks in the ring to break it up. Storm enters and applies a chin lock until Rhino fights out, but Storm puts him back down and hits an enzuigiri. Rhino hits a fallaway slam and Sabu and AJ get tags. Sabu takes it to Fortune and uses a chair to launch himself onto them on the outside. A superplex attempt from Sabu fails but he is able to avoid a springboard 450 and hit a DDT. Williams hits a big top rope suplex as everything breaks down into chaos. Sabu tries for a super hurricanrana but AJ holds on, drops to the mat, and hits the Styles Clash for the win. So Sabu is fired from TNA. They made a HUGE deal of this with Flair mocking him and doing a whole sendoff with all of EV 2.0 in the ring including Dreamer and RVD. Let it be known that TNA thought Sabu being fired was a bigger deal than Team 3D’s retirement. Aside from that, the right team went over and this match had its fun moments. Better than their Lethal Lockdown match. Match Time: 12:09     Star Rating: **3/4

6.    Lumberjack match: Abyss vs. D’Angelo Dinero

The stipulation was the lumberjacks would be the Pope’s “Congregation” which was comprised of his brother and a lot of guys who looked like a New York street gang. Pope is all over Abyss at the start with strikes and avoids a chokeslam before sending Abysss to the outside, but Abyss is back in before the Congregation can get at him. Abyss sends Pope into the corner and misses a corner splash only to be hit with one from Pope. Abyss tries to send Pope out but the Congregation helps him up and Pope tries for a sunset flip. Abyss stays on his feet but Pope clotheslines him to the outside. Abyss gets sent back in quickly and eats a series of rights until he comes back with a big boot. Abyss rips the tape off Dinero’s ribs and Dinero hits a headbutt, but Abyss puts him down and stomps his chest. Abyss splashes Dinero in the corner and wears him down with a bear hug. Dinero fights out of the hold and is able to reverse the Black Hole Slam into a DDT. Dinero hits a forearm and a clothesline, then follows it up with an inverted atomic drop and a shoulder block. Pope avoids some punches from Abyss and hits some of his own. Pope hits his corner elbow and works over Abyss’s midsection, but Abyss hits the Shock Treatment. Pope fights out of a chokeslam and hits the 4Up, sending Abyss to the outside. The Congregation makes room for Pope to do a dive onto Abyss before throwing Abyss back into the ring and helping Pope up. Pope hits a diving headbutt to the shoulder before hitting the Coronation, sliding to the outside. Suddenly, Bischoff is at the ramp and smiles, which is followed by the Congregation lining up and beating down Dinero. WHAT????? Dinero is thrown into the ring where Abyss hits a Black Hole Slam for the win. That was a GOD AWFUL finish. If the plan was for the Congregation to turn on the Pope, why would they be HELPING HIM the entire match? Horrendous booking and a nonsensical Russo swerve. The match was going along okay but that finish was HORRIBLE. Match Time: 12:55     Star Rating: *3/4

7.    Jeff Jarrett vs. Samoa Joe

Jarrett cuts a promo before the match to put over Immortal before walking up the ramp, but Joe’s music hits. Jarrett retreats into the ring and Joe tries to go after him, with Jarrett being able to avoid him early on before they stare each other down. Joe hits a snapmare and they do some chain wrestling before Joe hits a high knee. Joe hits some right hands, a splash, and an enzuigiri before choking Jarrett with his boot and doing some face washes. Joe hits a forearm smash and pounds on Jarrett in the corner, hitting some shoulder blocks and a ton of vicious chops. Jarrett fights out of a suplex with the Ankle Lock and goes to grab a chair, but the ref takes it away. Jarrett tries for a fist drop and Joe blocks it and hits a clothesline, some right hands, an inverted atomic drop, a kick, and a senton. Jarrett hits the Stroke for a near fall but Joe hits an exploder suplex. He sets Jarrett up top but Jarrett snaps his neck across the rope before connecting with a Stroke from the second rope, only for Joe to kick out. Jarrett and the ref struggle over a chair on the floor, and Joe does a dive that takes out both of them. GUNNER AND MURPHY then hit the ring to beat down Joe along with Jarrett, using a nightstick. Jarrett hits Joe with it several times before choking him out with it. Jarrett puts Joe in the Coquina Clutch as the ref wakes up and calls for the bell, ruling Jarrett the winner by knockout. Typical TNA overbooked mess of a match. Match was alright then the overbooking ruined it. Samoa Joe is buried once again. To think this guy used to be their world champion. Worst match of the night, just horrible booking. Match Time: 10:37     Star Rating: *1/2

8.    TNA World Heavyweight Championship match: Jeff Hardy(c) vs. Matt Morgan

After a lackluster show it was now up to Jeff Hardy and MATT MORGAN to save the show. They try to lock up at first but Hardy bails to the outside, then ducks another lock up when he comes back in. Hardy kicks Morgan in the gut and tries to work the leg but Morgan tosses him to the outside. Hardy stalls outside the ring and Morgan spits in his face. Morgan chases Hardy, who misses an elbow drop, but just clubs him down and tries for a near fall. Morgan misses a leg drop and Hardy hits a dropkick before focusing on Morgan’s leg. Hardy beats at Morgan’s leg and applies a weird submission before turning it over into a single leg crab, but Morgan is able to get to the ropes. Hardy hangs up Morgan’s leg on the ropes and comes down on it, then hits a knee drop and applies a rear chin lock. Morgan comes back with some punches and clotheslines and rips Hardy’s shirt off, but Hardy hits a DDT for a near fall. Morgan catches a diving Hardy with a chokeslam for a two count, but Hardy hits a low blow and the Twist of HATE (no longer Fate because he’s heel now) for a near fall. Hardy beats away at Morgan but Morgan hits a bicycle kick. Morgan’s got him pinned but the ref stops the count at two in what was either a botch or a referee screwjob. If it was the latter, it was ridiculous because the match didn’t end right after it. Hardy hits another Twist of Hate for a near fall. Hardy fights off Morgan in the corner and hits the Whisper in the Wind followed up by a third Twist of Hate for the victory. Very plodding, uneventful main event and that count by the referee was just odd. No one bought into Morgan as a possibility to win the title here. A fitting end to this very bad show. Match Time: 13:11     Star Rating: **

Overall PPV Rating: 5.5/10

My name is Jared Silberkleit and I am from Orange, CT. I am a huge pro wrestling fan and follow all kinds of promotions such as WWE, TNA, ROH, PWG, CHIKARA, Dragon Gate USA, and anything else I might come across. I am a huge supporter of independent wrestling and I feel that it provides a true alternative to the mainstream promotions and also showcases a lot of innovation and hard work. Aside from wrestling I am also a really big fan of football, baseball, hockey, and MMA. I have also written for www.sportsgrumblings.com for over two years.

1.    TNA World Tag Team Championship: The British Invaison(c) vs. The Motor City Machineguns

This match definitely over delivered and ended up being much better than I was expecting. The crowd was hot for the Guns and firmly believed that there would be a title change. Shelley and Sabin take turns working over Doug Williams’ arm early on before doing simultaneous dives outside the ring onto their opponents. Williams puts Shelley in a modified Gory special position and brings him to the top rope, but Shelley counters a superplex attempt with a big cross body. Shelley fights out of a front face lock and hits a double knee backbreaker before Magnus is tagged in and begins wearing down Shelley. Sabin gets the hot tag and cleans house, but a Cradle Shock attempt on Williams fails and Magnus reenters the match. Soon after this, Sabin dives through the ropes and through Shelley’s legs onto Williams on the outside. Back in the ring, Shelley hits a superkick and Sliced Bread for a near fall. Magnus hits an exploder suplex and a modified Death Valley Driver before accidentally knocking his partner to the floor. Sabin gets the tag and hits an enzuigiri before him and Shelley hit simultaneous superkicks on Magnus for another near fall. Sabin briefly takes out Williams with a cutter while Shelley gets a near fall with a cross body on Magnus. The match comes to an end when the Brits hit a doomsday device uppercut/powerbomb combination on Sabin. Very fun and exciting tag team match. Match Time: 11:50     Match Rating: 7/10

2.    TNA Women’s Knockout Championship: ODB(c) vs. Tara

As a fan of both ODB and Tara, this match was very disappointing for me. It was a very generic and short Knockouts match with nothing big to write home about. Tara gets the action started early with a tarantula-like hold through the ropes followed by a slingshot leg drop. ODB takes control for a while after hitting a shoulderbreaker and several punches and kicks. ODB hits a fall away slam for a near fall before Tara goes for a roll up out of nowhere. After more punches and kicks are traded, Tara hits a snap suplex and a standing moonsault for a near fall, but ODB counters a Widow’s Peak attempt. The match then ends when Tara fights out of a TKO attempt and rolls up ODB to win the championship. A very bland Knockouts match that did not belong on PPV. Match Time: 5:42     Match Rating: 4/10

3.    Feast or Fired: Jay Lethal vs. Consequences Creed vs. Beer Money Inc. vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Eric Young vs. Kevin Nash vs. Rob Terry vs. Cody Deaner vs. Homicide vs. Kiyoshi vs. Samoa Joe

I was very surprised that this ended up being the worst match of the night. Feast or Fired was a fun match last year but here it was just a complete mess with not many notable or memorable moments at all. At the opening bell the ring clears and everyone just starts brawling on the outside. Bashir and Deaner both prevent each other from grabbing cases and go at it in the ring. They struggle over a case again and it falls to the floor. Both men fight over it and Bashir is able to wrestle it away from Deaner to get possession. The strange thing about this match was that for the first case the usual rule applied that you had to take the case out of the ring to the floor to officially possess it, but this rule did not apply when the other 3 cases were taken down. Anyway, during the confusion over Bashir and Deaner, Terry scales a turnbuckle to grab a case as well. World Elite then confronts Terry before Beer Money start to attack the faction and hit the DWI on Kiyoshi. Nash then grabs a case and just one remains. We got some good in ring action toward the end of the match as a lot of big moves were hit, including Joe hitting a uranage on Lethal and Homicide connecting with a gringo cutter on Lethal. Deaner goes for the final case but Joe hits a big roundhouse kick before snatching the final case to end the match. The contents of the cases were revealed shortly after the match ended, with Terry getting an X Division title shot, Nash getting a tag team title shot, Joe getting a world title shot, and Bashir getting fired. Terry should not be competing in the X Division, Nash challenging for the tag titles scares me (almost as much as when I heard Scott Hall may be returning to TNA, I’m sure we can all put two and two together here), and I’m sure that Bashir is not really fired. Joe getting the world title shot was a smart move as he was hugely over in this match. Overall this match was just a messy brawl consisting merely of punches, kicks, and people going for cases. Match Time: 9:20     Match Rating: 3.5/10

4.    Elimination Tag match: Rhino, Team 3D, and Jesse Neal vs. Matt Morgan, Hernandez, D’Angelo Dinero, and Suicide

Things did not really improve for this PPV with this 8 man tag match filled with bizarre rules and strange incidents throughout. Due to a pre-match stipulation, Hernandez had to start the first five minutes of the match alone before the rest of his team arrived. Rhino dominates Hernandez for a couple minutes and hits a Gore for a near fall, but when he goes for a second one, he hits the ring post and Hernandez rolls him up for a quick elimination. Team 3D and Neal then beat down Hernandez until the 5 minutes are up and the rest of the babyfaces arrive on the scene to clean house. Hernandez hits a suicide dive onto the 3 remaining heels before Suicide goes to work on Neal with a dropkick and a rolling fireman’s carry. Neal fights back into it with some strikes, but after Suicide takes the advantage yet again, Neal attacks him with a chair. Hernandez then grabs the chair and attacks Neal for some payback. It is then announced that Hernandez and Neal have both been disqualified. But if Neal’s chair shot came before Hernandez’s, and Neal was DQ’d, doesn’t that mean that Hernandez attacked someone who was not a legal participant in the match? Ugh. Team 3D hits the 3D on a dazed Suicide for another elimination, picking up the scraps from the confusing sequence. Dinero enters and hits Ray with some elbow strikes and a shoulder block for a 2 count. Dinero is then hit with the 3D out of nowhere and is eliminated, leaving Morgan alone. Morgan hits rapid fire elbows and tries to chokeslam Ray, but Devon hits a chop block. Team 3D then wears down Morgan before Morgan hits a Carbon Footprint on Devon to eliminate him. Ray and Morgan fight for a bit, with Ray countering the Hellevator with a big DDT. Ray brings the chair back into the ring, but Morgan big boots the chair into Ray’s face before pinning him to win the match. A very poor tag team match due to the confusion with the rules and the part with the chair that resulted in 2 strange disqualifications. Match Time: 16:34     Match Rating: 4/10

5.    Last Man Standing: Bobby Lashley vs. Scott Steiner

To the shock of pretty much everyone, the streak of poor matches ended with this bout between Bobby Lashley and Scott Steiner. They actually kept it short and made this match alright and somewhat enjoyable. Steiner follows a retreating Kristal up the entrance ramp before Lashley attacks him and the match begins. Steiner chokes Lashley with a cable before the match returns to the ring where Lashley hits a T-Bone suplex and tries to choke Steiner out with a dragon sleeper. Steiner gets up at 6 and the action once again returns to the ringside area where Lashley slams Steiner in to the guardrail and attacks him with a chair. Steiner regains control with some pipe shots that are good for 6 and 7 counts. They come back to the ring where Steiner hits a jawbreaker and a top rope belly to belly suplex. Lashley hits a belly to belly of his own as well as a running powerslam. Steiner gets up at 9 and low blows Lashley before hitting a nice Frankensteiner for a 9 count. Steiner goes for the pipe again, but Kristal grabs it from him and Lashley hits a big spear. Kristal tosses Bobby the pipe and Lashley hits Steiner over the head with it before getting the 10 count to win the match. This match was fairly short for a last man standing match but it was decent. Match Time: 9:16     Match Rating: 5/10

6.    Foley’s Funhouse Rules: Raven and Dr. Stevie vs. Abyss and Mick Foley

Foley changes the match to a Foley’s Funhouse Rules match, which basically means it’s hardcore and weapons are legal. This was definitely for the better and the gimmick made the match fun instead of just being a boring tag match. All four guys go at it early on, with Raven and Foley brawling to the back and leaving Abyss and Stevie alone. Abyss slams Stevie into the platform underneath the announce table before pulling out a table. Abyss teases a powerbomb off the stage, but Raven returns and breaks a kendo stick over Abyss’s back. The heels then beat down Abyss and bring the match back to the ring, but Foley reenters the match with a shopping cart full of weapons that he rams into Raven. Foley hits Raven and Stevie with a barbed wire bat before hitting Raven with a piledriver and Stevie with a double arm DDT. Abyss hits a Shock Treatment backbreaker on Stevie, and simultaneously lands a leg drop on Raven. Abyss and Foley both go for Mandible Claws, but Raven throws powder in Foley’s eyes. Foley and Stevie fight up the ramp, which culminates in Foley wrapping barbed wire around Stevie and putting him on the previously set up table before doing a diving elbow drop off the stage through the table. Back in the ring, Raven hits Abyss with an even flow DDT for a near fall before Daffney gets involved and hits Abyss with a chair. Abyss then counters a DDT attempt from Raven with a Black Hole Slam and this one is over. Entertaining hardcore match. Match Time: 9:35     Match Rating: 6/10

7.    Three Degrees of Pain: Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe

Things really kicked into high gear with this Turning Point rematch. The rules for this match were that it was a 2 out of 3 falls match where the first fall was by pinfall, the second by submission, and the third being escape from a steel cage. The cage was down for the whole match, but it could not be legally used as a weapon until the third fall. Wolfe and Angle start the match by going at each other with a lot of submission holds. Wolfe hits a snapmare and an uppercut, but misses a knee drop which allows Angle to begin working over the knee, which he attacked throughout the match. Wolfe hits a couple headlock takedowns before Angle fights back with a hip toss and a suplex. Wolfe regains the advantage with a front facelock but Angle fights out of it and hits a belly to belly suplex and a lariat. Wolfe counters the Angle Slam with a hammer lock before hitting the Tower of London for a near fall. Angle later hits the Angle Slam but misses a moonsault. Wolfe then hits a huge lariat before hitting a second Tower of London which is good enough to put Angle down for 3 and Wolfe wins the first fall. The second fall then begins which featured possibly the most intense mat wrestling I have seen in mainstream wrestling this year. Angle continues to work over the ankle of Wolfe by utilizing a figure four, but Wolfe makes it to the ropes for a break. Wolfe then puts on a modified gogoplata and a wrist lock to work over Angle’s arm. Angle fights out of a second modified gogoplata and counters into an Ankle Lock, but Wolfe counters that into a figure four hold around Angle’s arm. Angle puts on a second Ankle Lock, but Wolfe counters it with one of his own. Angle then counters with a modified triangle choke, but Wolfe counters with the modified gogoplata yet again. Angle counters that into another Ankle Lock, and after struggling for quite some time Wolfe finally taps out. The third fall begins with the score tied at 1-1 and the cage can now legally be used as a weapon. Angle tries to scale the cage, but Wolfe follows him up there and slams Angle’s injured left arm into the cage numerous times before hitting a superplex. Wolfe tries to climb the cage but can’t due to the injured ankle, which allows Angle time to recover and slam Wolfe’s ankle into the cage several times before hitting a German suplex. Angle slams Wolfe face first into the cage before hitting a big lariat and Wolfe is busted open badly, bleeding all over the place. Angle tries for a frog splash and Wolfe gets his knees up, but Angle’s injured arm and Wolfe’s injured leg collided and both men are down. Angle tries to get out of the cage through the door but Wolfe slams the door into Angle’s head repeatedly. Wolfe tries to crawl out, but Angle pulls him back and puts on an Ankle Lock for a very long time. Angle then tries to climb out of the cage over the top, but Wolfe recovers and tries to get out through the door. Angle drops to the floor just before Wolfe is able to crawl out and Angle wins the third fall and the match overall. This is a bonafide match of the year candidate. Match Time: 26:17     Match Rating: 9/10

8.    TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles(c) vs. Daniels

I was very happy when I looked at the clock and saw that there was plenty of time left for Styles and Daniels to have a good, long match together. The match most certainly did not disappoint and ended up being great. The match begins with both men going for quick takedowns repeatedly until Daniels takes control by working the arm with an armbar. Styles fights back into with a headscissors and a rear chin lock before Daniels goes back to work on the arm. Styles hits a series of kicks and another headscissors, which is followed by a snap suplex. Daniels bails to the floor and AJ responds with a crazy somersault senton over the top rope onto Daniels. The two then brawl in the ringside area where Daniels takes out a couple chairs from the crowd. While the ref is removing one chair, Daniels hits a uranage to Styles through the other chair which was previously standing up. Daniels takes Styles back to the ring where an attempted pinfall fails. Daniels hits a back suplex onto the top turnbuckle for another near fall before continuing to work over AJ’s back with a body slam, kicks, and a split-legged moonsault. He then puts on a rear chin lock but AJ makes it to the ropes. Daniels tries for a Lionsault but lands on his feet before Styles hits a hammerlock back suplex out of nowhere. Styles then counters a hurricanrana with a powerbomb before pounding on Daniels for a bit. Styles hits a springboard backflip into an inverted DDT but only gets a 2 count. Daniels hits a hurricanrana and a shining wizard but can’t keep AJ down. Styles hits a springboard clothesline and then hits a Pele before hitting the Styles Clash, but Daniels kicks out. Daniels puts AJ down and hits a BME for another two count. Both men are then fighting at the top turnbuckle, and Daniels tries for a Frankensteiner, but Styles counters and hits a Styles Clash from the second rope to win the match and retain his title. A fitting end to an excellent main event. Match Time: 21:06     Match Rating: 8.5/10

Overall PPV Rating: 8/10

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 forwww.sportsgrumblings.com roughly a year now as well.

1.    TNA X Division Championship: Amazing Red(c) vs. Homicide

The night kicked off with Homicide challenging Amazing Red for the X Division Championship. This was a great way to kick off the PPV as the match was very back and forth and had a ton of high spots.  Red connected with a hurricanrana and a crossbody early on in the match but Homicide soon took control with a belly to back spulex and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Homicide then worked over Red for a bit before Red gets back into it with a dropkick and a DDT for a near fall. Red counters the Gringo Killer and an ace crusher and hits a standing shooting star press for another near fall. Homicide hits a cutter for a near fall afterward. Eventually this match comes to an end when Homicide goes for a top rope hurricanrana, but Red held on and hit the Code Red for the win. Good X Division match to open up the show and pop the crowd. Match Rating: 6/10

2.    6 Woman Tag Team match for all the Knockouts Championships: TNA Women’s Knockout Champion ODB and TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita and Taylor Wilde vs. The Beautiful People

I generally don’t like tag team matches where champions can lose their titles without eating a pin, and this match did little to change my opinion. The fans voiced their dislike for Lacey Von Erich with “You can’t wrestle” chants and a Lacey Von Botch sign. The faces all work over Madison Rayne for a bit before she gets the hot tag to Velvet Sky, who hits a snapmare and a running knee before tagging in Von Erich. After Wilde gets beaten down by The Beautiful People for a while, ODB gets the hot tag and cleans house. Just when it seems that the heels have gotten her under control, ODB connects with a few elbow smashes to fight them off. She then hits a reverse-FU to win the match and the faces retain their titles. This match was fairly sloppy and was not enjoyable. Can we please end the Sarita/Wilde vs. The Beautiful People feud now? Match Rating: 3/10

3.    TNA World Tag Team Championship: The British Invasion(c) vs. Beer Money Inc. vs. The Motor City Machineguns

After a weak Knockouts match, this 3 way for the Tag Titles got the PPV back on track. However, the one gripe I had about this match was that much of the later portion of it was built around Beer Money vs. The British Invasion, and the match had been promoted for weeks as the Guns vs. British Invasion (Beer Money was merely added to the match on the Impact before the PPV). Anyway, this match was good, even though it was a bit shorter than I would have liked it to be.  Roode gets worked over by Sabin and Shelley in the early going, and takes a slingshot senton from Sabin. The Guns then worked over the British Invasion for a bit with double team moves but Sabin falls victim to a double team neckbreaker from the Invasion and the heels are in control. Sabin eventually fights back with an enzuigiri and is tagged by Storm. Storm hits Magnus with a uranage and hits a double suplex with Roode onto Williams. Beer Money and the Guns hit a bunch of double team moves on the Brits but Sabin misses a slingshot move over the top rope and crashes to the floor. Storm hits an enzuigiri to Williams, but Eric Young appears outside the ring with the Global title and attacks Storm. Storm then goes after Young up the entrance ramp, where Kevin Nash appears and takes the Global belt before surprisingly hitting Storm with it. The Brits then capitalize on this and hit a double team move on Roode to retain their titles. Good tag title match but it could have been a bit better. Match Rating: 6/10

4.    Six Sides of Steel: Tara vs. Awesome Kong

Who would have thought that a women’s match clocking in at less than 8 minutes would have been the match of the night thus far when it ended? Kong hits a couple big moves early on including an electric chair drop and a stunning missile dropkick. Kong then splashes Tara against the cage and chokes her against the steel. She also hit a very nice looking front suplex against the side of the cage. Tara fights back into the match with a DDT and slams Kong into several sides of the cage before hitting a standing moonsault for a near fall. The two women fight on the top rope which ends with Tara hitting a nice powerbomb onto Kong for a near fall. Tara then scales the cage and hits an incredible crossbody off the top for the win. This was the best women’s match of the year, no doubt. Match Rating: 6.5/10

5.    Rhino and Team 3D vs. Matt Morgan, Hernandez, and D’Angelo Dinero

This match had been advertised as a street fight, but was fought under standard 6 man tag rules. There is tension early on between Dinero and Matt Morgan, allowing the heels to take control. Dinero soon goes after Ray with a double leg take down and some punches but Ray fights back into it with some elbow strikes and a Bubba Bomb before tagging in Rhino. Rhino fights with Morgan, who hits a big clothesline before everyone enters the ring, leading to Dinero suffering a reverse 3D. Devon later puts on a chin lock and hits a lariat on Dinero before making the tag to Rhino. The heels work over Dinero for a bit before Morgan is tagged back into the match. Morgan hits a ton of punches, a side slam, and a splash for a near fall. Hernandez later does an impressive dive outside the ring to the entire opposing team. The match eventually comes to an end when Hernandez gets hit with a chair by Devon while the ref’s back was turned and Rhino hits a Gore for the win. Why didn’t the young guys go over here? Match Rating: 5.5/10

6.    No Disqualification, Falls Count Anywhere: Scott Steiner vs. Bobby Lashley

Just before the start of the match, it was announced that it would be No DQ and Falls Count Anywhere. I thought that the gimmick would help the match out greatly and make it more entertaining, but instead it just opened the door for horrible camera work and a ton of botches. I seriously think every major spot was botched somewhat. The match starts off with the two brawling in the stands and Lashley goes after Steiner with steel chairs. The two then went back to the ring where they hit various suplexes on each other but overall the match pace slowed down. Steiner hits a Frankensteiner that Lashley almost completely botched and barely made contact with the mat. The two then brawl to the backstage area and the cameras struggle to keep up. We have to wait a bit before getting a camera going backstage. The two start hitting (I use that term lightly) each other with various weapons and Lashley hits a very weak-looking suplex to Steiner through a table. Lashley connects with a super-light shot with a 2×4 before crashing through some plywood while going after Steiner. Steiner chokes out Lashley with a cord before the two go back into the Impact Zone. They fight near a metal scaffolding, which Steiner takes apart. Steiner takes a lead pipe and hits Lashley in the head with it (so lightly that there is barely any impact at all) and Lashley falls down. Steiner pins him for the win. Just a complete mess of a match. Match Rating: 2.5/10

7.    Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe

Thankfully this next match rejuvenated my interest in the PPV. This was definitely the technical match of the year as far as mainstream wrestling goes. This match really had it all and was great from start to finish. It was a bit slow in the beginning with the two simply doing a bunch of submission holds such as hammerlocks, but it quickly got better. Wolfe repeatedly works over the arm of Angle with stomps and a great submission hold.  Angle fights back into it with a flying forearm before hitting six German suplexes in a row. He then goes for the Angle Slam but Wolfe counters with a great arm drag. Wolfe connects with a big lariat but Angle kicks out. He then hits Angle with the Tower of London for another near fall before Angle hits a big lariat of his own. Angle misses a moonsault and Wolfe puts on the London Dungeon. Wolfe goes for a second Tower of London, but Angle counters and Wofle tries for a superplex instead. Angle fights him off and hits a frog splash for a near fall. Both men try for the Tombstone but Angle eventually counters into the Ankle Lock. Wolfe fights out of that hold, but Angle locks in a side triangle choke to force the submission and win the match. Even though Wolfe (aka ROH’s Nigel Mcguinness) didn’t win, Angle put him over big time and the crowd really got into him. This was TNA’s match of the year at its conclusion, but unfortunately it did not hold that title for long. Match Rating: 8.5/10

8.    TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles(c) vs. Daniels vs. Samoa Joe

This was a rematch of what many consider to be TNA’s best match of all time back at Unbreakable 2005. While this match wasn’t quite as good as that bout, it came pretty darn close to topping it. This topped Angle/Wolfe as the match of the night and TNA’s match of the year for 2009. Styles opens the match with an assault on both men, but Joe fights back with an enzuigiri and a splash on Styles. Styles and Daniels do some great chain wrestling before Joe reenters the match to go after Styles. Joe hits a high knee to Daniels and puts on a leg hold that is broken up by Styles. Styles hits a suplex to Joe and locks in an inverted Indian death lock which is broken up by Daniels. Daniels hit a ton of moves to Styles before slamming him onto Joe. Daniels puts on a combination Boston Crab/Camel Clutch on both men before Joe fights out of the clutch and hits a urange. More action in the ring ends when Daniels dives outside the ring onto Styles and Joe. Back in the ring, Joe has Daniels in a rear naked choke when Styles does a twisting body press onto both men. Joe powerbombs Styles before working him over with a couple submission holds. Joe gets taken down with an enzuigiri from Daniels and a Pele from Styles. A great spot occurred in the middle when Daniels had Joe in a reverse DDT clutch and Styles came in with a senton on Joe. Styles hits a moonsault into an inverted DDT onto Daniels, but Daniels hits the Last Rites for a near fall that is broken up by Joe. Joe then hits Daniels with a Muscle Buster but Styles breaks up the pin and fights with Joe. Styles and Daniels go for each other’s finishers but are ambushed by Joe. Joe dropkicks Styles to the floor but is caught with an STO and a BME from Daniels. As Daniels goes for the pin, Styles comes out of nowhere with a springboard 450 splash onto both men. Style spins Joe to retain his title in this classic, almost perfect three-way match. Match Rating: 9.5/10

Overall PPV Rating: 8.75/10

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 www.sportsgrumblings.com roughly a year now as well.