| QUOTE (dynamite kido @ Aug 18 2005, 03:54 PM) |
| Well.........that makes zero sense. |
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Simon Diamond/David Young/Elix Skipper vs. 3LK -Not a bad match considering it was short. Basically it was just a reason to put over 3LK and get the crowd going for the show. I think the actual match was only about 5 minutes. Nothing special as Konnan hit his shoe throwing spots and Elix got in a few moves as well. Winners - 3LK Rating - * Roderick Strong vs. Austin Aries -This was one of the matches that I was most excited about when I was reading the card. I was very happy that this was a last second add on match for sure. Both guys have looked great recently in ROH and Aries looked good last PPV in his match against Daniels. The crowd was in the favor or Aries, but it's safe to say that Roderick may won some of them over during the course of the match. It was a different style match that I expected from them especially with doing some decent groundwork to start. Good overall, although a little short...........about 7 minutes to be exact. Aries pulled out the 450 for the win.... Winner - Austin Aries Rating - **1/2 Monty Brown/Kip James vs. Apollo/Lance Hoyt -Nothing special here, but also nothing too bad. They kept it fairly short and it didn't have a chance to stink up the ring. Hoyt did well again, Monty Brown seems to be moving towards the main event scene again, and James and Apolo seem to be their usual terrible selves. Winners - Monty Brown/Kip James Rating - *1/4 Petey Williams vs. Chris Sabin -As expected this was another good match from these two. They went back and forth and it would seem that this match was going to be instrumental in who is next up for a X-title shot. Quick action from both of them and it was a fairly decent matchup. It was given the time it needed and really was a good match. Winner - Sabin Rating - ***1/4 Bobby Roode vs. Jeff Hardy -This is exactly what you'd expect here. This match was given entirely too much time and of course had to end with Hardy losing due to interference. I actually like Roode and you could see that he was trying in this match, but Jeff is just fucking terrible. Not to mention that they trying to rekindle the Jeff Hardy/Jeff Jarrett match is another terrible idea. I have no clue why they would try and do it again aside from the fact that they MAY be under the impression that these two are going to give some "name recognition" to TNA when they go to Spike........because they'd be wrong in thinking that ANYONE would give a shit about either of them anymore. Anyway the one bright spot about this match was at least (even though through interference) they had Roode get the win. It'll be interesting to see if/what they have in store for Roode with Bound for Glory coming up as well. You would assume that it would be something fairly important otherwise there's no point to have him go over on Hardy as well. Winner - Roode Rating - ** Sabu vs. Abyss -This match I wasn't so much looking forward to. Abyss has been on quite a good streak of good matches on PPV lately and Sabu has seriously looked like he's in better shape than ever. This match actually was changed to a No DQ match as the PPV started and obviously that was just to get some weapons involved in this one. Sabu went nuts in this one and did take a few bumps that had me and my friends shaking out head. Not that they were horribly botched or anything, but they guy busts his ass and takes some of the craziest shit considering that a year ago he was near death. Abyss continued to work hard and made this one salvagable. There was some cool stuff like Sabu taking a belly to belly suplex from the ring to the floor through a table and getting the black hole slam on some thumbtacks just in time for Abyss to get the victory.... Winner - Abyss Rating - **3/4 Waltman/Shelley vs. AMW vs. The Naturals vs. Team Canada -Well, I was really looking forward to this one. I've enjoyed the majority of tag team matches that TNA tends to do on PPV over the last year. Also, it was cool because since they tend to do many regular tag matches, it was cool to see them switch it up and do a four way. Plus, not getting to see impact every week I actually was interested in seeing what Waltman/Shelley had as a team. I would be dissappointed. Apparently for whatever reason (they never really explained) Waltman wasn't there so Shelley of course had to go into the match by himself. Damn, I fucking hate when this is done in wrestling. You mean to tell me that there wasn't another guy on the roster who could have taken his place? Well, actually in the match the Candido family (I have no idea if they were legit or not) in which his brother Johnny Candido (Who I believe has wrestled on several indy's before and actually resembles Shannon Moore quite a bit) came in a got low blowed and pinned to eliminate Shelley? WTF? Anyway, there was still AMW in there who would succomb to the cheating nature of Team Canada. That left The Naturals to defend their titles against our friends from the North. Also, one thing was very apparent during this match. Apparently A-1 goes out drinking with the front row crew (Lance Hoyt anyone?) considering that he may have been the most over guy in the ring in this match.............................and he's terrible. Although I doubt it..........I really hope they are going to bring Johnny Devine back after his injuries are all healed. Not a bad match with The Naturals going over after hitting their move on Eric Young. Winners - The Naturals Rating - ** Raven vs. Rhino -Well, color me surprised that this wasn't the main event. Cool. I'm glad they went with this first because mainly it was announced as Raven's rules for this match. Which usually translates to two guys using too many weapons and throwing all conventional wrestling knowledge out the window. That's ok though, sometimes I get in the mood for some garbage wrestling. Just as long as it isn't too bad.......and it wasn't in this match. At one point I though they were going to set up a spot that they did in what is considered by many to be the greatest hardcore match in WWE history when Raven brought out a shopping cart. They didn't have Rhino gore him through it like I expected but they used just about every weapon in the cart to begin with. Rhino bled well and they did some decent stuff, but the match was lacking a little bit and it showed. Not bad overall though with Raven keeping the belt after some interference.... Winner - Raven Rating - *** Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels -Well, this started off on the right foot as TNA made the right decision to make this the main event. The crowd was buzzing before anyone even got to the ring and it was clear this was the match everyone was waiting to see all night. They made mention that Daniels was the longest reighning X-Division champion in the companies history (A little over 6 months) and they built AJ up like the star of the company. Joe was meant to be the undefeated ass kicker and it all worked great. They started the match with AJ/Joe doing the competitve kick sequence where both guys attempt to demonstrate who can kick Daniels in the back harder. Then they both started arguing and they started in on each other trading chops, kicks, and forearms. Daniels was his usual self and did a good job going back and forth with AJ and Joe in this match. He pulled out a flying knee into the corner on Joe at one point and this match panned out exactly how you may expect. I was surprised that they didn't put the title on Joe at this point as it seemed that they were setting him up to be the next champ. Instead they had AJ win the title when he pinned Daniels to be the next X-Division champion. Apparently they were really high on Joe/AJ the last time it happened so I'm guessing they are going to do a rematch of that match at Bound for Glory while Daniels goes on to fight Liger at the next PPV. Winner - AJ Styles Rating - ****1/4 -Overall, it wasn't one of their better shows but it was pretty entertaining. I loved the main event and Sabu/Abyss and Rhino/Raven were fun matches as well. Petey/Sabin were good as usual too. I was a little dissappointed in the tag match and the fact that Aries/Strong was WAY too short. But I liked this one though.......... |