Welcome to tonight's ongoing real time coverage of TNA Impact on Spike TV. You may need to hit "refresh" from time to time to see the latest update.

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I can honestly say I’ve been watching TNA since Day One.  I was there on that hot July evening several years ago when they made their pay-per-view debut at the Von Braun Center here in Huntsville.  While it has been hard to keep up with TNA over the years with their late-night time slots (a gal needs her beauty sleep, ya know), now that they are on in prime time, I’m back.  (No cracks about being a fair weather fan).  Anyway, I’m gonna be here on Thursday nights with up-to-the-minute coverage of Impact.  So grab some popcorn and let’s watch . . .  

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Tonight's show was taped December 11 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Backstage, Kurt Angle was a man on a mission in search of Samoa Joe.  Unfortunately for Jeremy Borash, he didn’t have the answer Angle was looking for. 

Robert Roode and Miss Brooks were in the ring.  Roode was still in a snit about what had happened at “Turning Point.”  He claimed to have an offer that Eric Young could not refuse.  He asked Young to come on down.

Young didn’t come out, but Kurt Angle did.  He told Roode and Our Miss Brooks to get out of his ring, then began a rant about Joe beating him at the pay-per-view.  The crowd was chanting Joe’s name and Angle was not pleased.  Angle demanded a rematch. 

Samoa Joe appeared on the TNATron and reminded Angle that they’d agreed that win, lose or draw, there would be no singles rematch.  Angle left the ring and overheard Don West make an on-air comment.  An enraged Angle put the ankle lock on West and a group of trainers came to his rescue.

Mike Tenay apologized for what had just happened to his broadcast partner.  A shaken Tenay tried to get his bearings as the entrances were made for the first match.

(1)  NWA World Heavyweight Champion Abyss (w/James Mitchell) vs. Ron “The Truth” Killings.  This was a non-title match.  Killings controlled this match early and Abyss was unceremoniously dumped out of the ring.  The camera panned up to show Sting in the rafters watching the match.

(Commercial break)

Returning from the break, Abyss had turned the tables and was slamming Killings into the ring steps. 

Moments ago, security had assisted an injured Don West out of the Impact Zone.

The action had returned to the ring, and Mitchell was directing traffic from ringside.  Tenay noted that Sting had been able to communicate with Abyss.  Killings’ agility had taken its toll on Abyss, and he rolled to the outside to regroup.  Mitchell appeared to be berating Abyss.  Or was he?  The diversion resulted in Abyss sneaking back into the ring and pinning Killings for the win.  Mitchell presented Abyss with the championship belt.

Jim Cornette joined Tenay at the announce position in the absence of Don West.

Interview Girl started to interview Christian, who shut her up rather rudely.  He mentioned a dirty little secret that would become public knowledge if the champion didn’t see things his way and give him a World Title shot.

Angle was creating havoc backstage in his search for Joe.

(Commercial break)

Kevin Nash was shown training his PCS team and Jay Lethal was the winner, although I’m not sure what they were trying to accomplish. It’s always nice to get a sample of Nash’s dry (and un-PC) wit. 

(2)             X Division Champion Christopher Daniels vs. Petey Williams.  This was a fast-paced match.  As the action continued, Cornette and Tenay mentioned the Pierzynski/Eckstein encounter that had drawn a great deal of mainstream sports publicity this week.  Suddenly Chris Sabin and Jerry Lynn were in the ring and Sabin was up to no good.  Petey Williams won thanks to the interference.  Daniels hadn’t seen Sabin and blamed Lynn for his loss.

In the back, a merciless Angle was on a staircase and had a referee in an ankle lock.

(Commercial break)

B.J. James and his pal, Kip, took a few pot shots at a certain wrestling promoter up North who seemed to lack a sense of humor when the joke was on him.  Cornette added a few more cracks in his commentary.  I wish they’d shown more of this; it was funny stuff.

Angle was headed to the ring, dragging a redhead by her hair.  Cornette joined Angle in the ring and tried to reason with him.  Angle said he would settle for nothing less than a rematch.  Cornette said he’d found a loophole in Joe’s contract which would allow for a tag match.  Angle didn’t see the point, but Cornette said that sometime during the tag match, Angle could isolate Joe and settle things Olympic-style.  Angle agreed and the match will take place next Thursday.

Jeremy Borash was interviewing America’s Most Wanted and Gail Kim backstage.  Harris said he’d let people down last Sunday night when the Mexican contingent had won.  Even worse, his brother had questioned his integrity.  Nothing would keep them for taking out LAX tonight.  Harris had a patch over an injury he’d sustained at the PPV when he got glass in his eye.

(3)  Rematch from “Turning Point”:  Latin American Exchange vs. America’s Most Wanted.  This match had a couple of stipulations—Konan would have to watch the match from inside a cage.  And if AMW doesn’t win the match, they will be forced to disband their tag team.  LAX started out strong, giving Harris a beating.  Even with the eye patch, Harris was right in the action, and he and Storm seemed to be working as a team.  Then Storm brought a beer bottle into the ring.  While it initially looked like he meant to use it on LAX, in a surprise move, he busted Harris upside the head with it.  Homicide took the opportunity to pin Harris for the win and AMW will be forced to disband.  However, it would seem that they have bigger problems to deal with.

(Commercial break)

Storm was catching grief backstage for what he’d done to his former tag partner.

Christian Cage and Tyson Tomko hit the ring, and Christian was about to reveal something from Abyss’s dark past.  Abyss’s music hit and he came out and lit into Tomko, then sent Cage flying.  When Abyss wasn’t looking, Tomko slid back into the ring and blindsided him.  James Mitchell tried to calm Abyss, who had taken out three referees.

Cornette got into the ring…and the lights went out.  When they came back on, Sting was in the ring, and Abyss had Cornette around the neck.  Sting communicated with Abyss (telepathically, I suppose), who dropped Cornette and grabbed Mitchell around the throat.  Sting backed up the ramp as Abyss climbed to the top rope and held his aching head.

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Good show—60 entertaining minutes, with drama, good matches and a minimum of wasted time.  All in all, very refreshing.