Pre Show Match:  Bobby Roode defeated Lance Hoyt

Before the bell, Roode takes the microphone, changes his name to "Robert Roode,"  and cuts down all the people he interviewed for his empty manager's postition.  He doesn't need a mouthpiece.  He needs a person who has nothing to do but take care of him and get him title matches.  He needs a new CEO.  With that, he introduces his new manager to the hosile crowd...

Ms. Brooks.

Tracy Brooks is the new "Cheif Executive Offender."

Jim Cornette, with a hoarse voice, tells Samoa Joe to stay away from Kurt Angle tonight.

Back in the arena, Roode Inc is beating down Hoyt.  Ron Killings made the save and Bobby bailed.

Video Package by Dave Sahadi opens the show discussing the evolution of TNA. The dream is realized and the dream grows!!!!

Kevin Nash makes his way to ringside as we are opening up with thee:

Kevin Nash X-Division Gauntlet Battle Royal for Bound For Glory"

If that isn't a name for a match, I don't know what is. Austin (Aries) Starr makes his way to ringside and he is from "TV Land" according to Mike Tenay. His idols are Jesse Ventura, Adrian Adonis, Randy Savage and Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch. Seriously. Sonjay Dutt comes out next and they start it off. Nash is joining in on commentary and the winner of the match gets a bowling trophy that Nash brought with him to ringside. 45 second intervals between entries. Nash states that in his career, he was one of the greatest high flyers ever. Maverick Matt joins the party and he and Austin double team Sonjay. Bet "Maverick Matt formerly Matt Bentley formerly Michael Shane can't be too happy that Traci Brooks is now with Bobby Roode. Sonjay reverses a double team and Jay Lethal is out next. He helps Sonjay and they nail Maverick Matt with a double team. Starr with a hot back elbow off the second rope on Lethal. A-! is out next although he has never competed in an X-Division match.

Surprise entrant Zach Gowen comes out and does some one legged high flying. Moonsault but he is then cut off Austin Starr. Kazarian is out next and he and his partner Maverick Matt toss Sonjay with a double team. Sonjay is the first one eliminated. Matt and Star working over Gowen in the corner and Sirelda the diezel chick is back. She gets her eyes raked by Kazarian but she no sells it and takes over. Chop on Sirelda on Star but she no sells that too. She locks Starr in an arm bar but he low blows her. She then gets clotheslined over the top and eliminated. Shark Boy comes in next like a house of fire and starts dropkicking and nailing everyone with moves including biting Starrs head. How you ask considering he has a mask on? I don't know. Alex Shelly comes out and nails a cross boy from the top on Lethal and Kazarian. he spits some "clear" mist at Kazarian ala the Great Muta. D-Ray 3000 is back for the first time in months and no one appears to know who he is. He and Shark Boy are friends and hit the old Bushwackers battling ram on everyone. Maverick Matt gets tossed by the former partners. Shelly's partner Johnny Devine is out next and he tosses Zack Gowen immediately. He then goes to work on Jay Lethal.

Eliz Skipper is out next and he and Devine go at it. COOL LOOKING Springboard by Skipper on Devine. Kazarian goes for a top rope move but gets tossed by Starr before he could nail a move. Nash then explains that his knees are shot from the years of high risk moves he has done. Short Sleeve Sampson is out next. Yes he is a midget and yes Vince Russo is booking. Shark Boy got tossed but i missed by who. Austin Starr has Sampson and is toying with tossing him over. Norman Smiley comes out next and makes the save on Sampson. Double BIG WIGGLE ON Starr and Divine by Smiley and Sampson. Shelly tosses Sampson on Shark Boy and he is a goner. Petey Williams is out next and the crowd goes bananas for him. Slick Johnson somehow came into the ring and i guess he is an official competitor. He tossed Smiley out before getting tossed by Williams. Petey sets up Shelly for th Canadian Destroyer but Devine tries to break it up. Williams tosses Shelly into Devine and then nails Jay Lethal with the Canadian Destroyer. As he is celebrating, Shelly eliminates him. He and Starr then toss Devine and Shelly then gets tossed by Starr. That leaves Starr and Lethal and somehow i just realized that Elix Skipper was eliminated. Don't know how. Anyway, it is now a singles match between Starr and Lethal. Brainbuster on Lethal and A STAR IS BORN!!!! Austin Starr picks up the win in the "Kevin Nash X-Division Gauntlet Battle Royal for Bound For Glory"

Nash comes in the ring and hands Starr the trophy. Shelly is standing there looking jealous and guess what? Nash doesn't turn on Starr. They celebrate, hug and that's that. Video package of Impact from this week when LAX jum p AMW and Hernandez hits Gail Kim with the Border Toss

AMW is pissed off at what happened to Gail Kim. They are going to get even with LAX.

2. Team 3D defeated AMW and The Naturals

Shane Douglas comes out and he wants to "Franchise" Detroit's asses. That doesn't sound cool. He introduces the newly franchised Naturals. I guess that explains why they still have a job in TNA. They let Shande Douglas "Franchise" them. The New Age Outlaws James Gang is out next, AMW is then out followed by The Dudley's Team 3D. Match up is set to start with Chris Harris and Andy Douglas. Quick tag to Brother Ray and he comes in like a house of fire. Tenay explains that it is first fall to a finish. So no elimination thus cutting at least 15 minutes off the final match time.  Double Dusty Rhodes spot by B.G. James and Brother Ray on AMW. Both men tag out and Devon and Kip go at it.

Tower of doom superplex spot in the corner with AMW and the Naturals. Chase Stevens then takes over on B.G. James Storm comes from behind and nailes the eye of the storm. Old school tag team spot where everyone hits the finishers on everyone else. Tornado DDT, Bubba Bomb, Famesser, all of it. Devon going to the top but he is crotched by Stevens. Brother Ray comes in from behind and nails Stevens. Doomsday device on him. Andy Douglas comes in but is nailed with the "Whazzup"!!!! DEVOONNNNNN!!!!! "Get the item that we aren't allowed to say or else we get sued" says Brother Ray. But it is broken up and the Naturals hit the "Natural Disaster. Devon kicks out, they hit a 3D on Andy Douglas and get the win.

Douglas come in and slaps around Chase Stevens. He starts berating Andy Douglas and we go to Samoa Joe's locker room with Jeremy Borash. As he is talking about earlier tonight, Jake "The Snake" Roberts comes from behind and discussing Monster's Ball later tonight where he is the referee. He doesn't like the title referee. He is a "guide" tonight and Samoa Joe needs to focus on that. Video package hyping Monster's Ball.

Samoa Joe Won The Monster's Ball Over Abyss, Brother Runt, and Raven

Jake the Snake Roberts out first and if you are interested, on the WWI Message Board, odds are being taken on whether or not Jake does something to embarass the company. Abyss and James Micthell out next followed by Little Runt. Not for nothing, Runt looks cool with his new gimmick/look. Team 3D should take notes. Raven out with some weird looking mask and a skirt. Not for nothing, but Raven's been around a long time and has done his best to stay fresh with his look. Sure some of his gets ups suck but at least they are different than everyone else which is cool. Samoa Joe out next and the crowd breaks into a Joe chant. He is pissed and he is going to kill someone.

Thinking for a second, James Guttman is slick. That sly devil. I somehow got stuck calling all of the difficult matches that involve like 50 people each. Meanwhile, he gets the 1 on 1's. HA!!! You'll pay for this JG. Jake Roberts stands in the corner and watches as everyone starts beating down everyone else. Joe is destroying Raven but turns around and gets chokeslammed by Abyss. Abyss tosses Runt like 20 feet into the air and then press slams him into the front row ALA ECW STYLE. The fans catch him and toss him back. Raven clotheslines Abyss over the top and then follow him outside. Samoa Joe then runs and planchas over the top on everyone and ends up landing on his feet. GOLD!!!Outside, everyone is fighting. Raven shoves Samoa Joe off the ramp and he falls through a table. Runt and Abyss are clubing the TNA set which by the way is set up differently then normal since they are in Detroit instead of Orlando. Abyss chokeslamms Runt off the set about 15 feet down and he lands on what appears to be a bunch of equipment. He then jumps off after him and lands on Runt. It wasn't a table though so it didnt appear to have much give. Jake Roberts just shakes his head in disgust. Raven pulls Joe out of the rubble, back on the ramp and tosses him off again through ANOTHER Table. Damn is Joe taking a beating or what? Abyss is carrying Runt on his shoulder to ringside and makes the cover. Raven breaks his up though.

Abyss works over on Raven and makes a cover. Raven kicks out. Here comes Joe and he cleans house on Raven and Abyss. He misses a senton on Abyss though and Abyss grabs a chair. he is going to nail him but he blocks it. Chair falls and Abyss goes for a chokeslam. Joe blocks it and powerslams Abyss on the chair. Raven breaks up the pin attempt though. Runt is still dead on the outside. Wonder if he is legit hurt? Mitchell gets out the bag of tacks. Jake stops him by bringing out his own bag which has you know what in it. Raven stops him. Some shoving back and forth between Jake and Raven. Raven gets fed up and sets up Jake for his own DDT. Abyss breaks it up and Raven and Jake both fall. Abyss dumps the tacks out on the mat. Black Hole Slam time but Joe pulls down the ropes when Raven hits them. Raven falls to the outside and he naisl Abyss. Abyss is on all fours when Joe comes in and hits a senton on Abyss who falls face first into the tacks. Joe locks the choke but Raven breaks it up with a chair shot. Another. He is about to nail a third but Jake Roberts stops him and DDT's Raven. Crowd pops BIG!!! Joe then grabs Raven and nails a muscle buster on Raven. All academic from here as Jake counts the 3 and Samoma Joe, two years in TNA and still undefeated.

JB backstage with the fired Eric Young. Young is wrestling tonight, even though he is fired. He is fighting Larry Zbysko. The loser of the match is......FIRED. So technically, Eric Young can get fired again even though he already is. Young is nervous breathing into a paper bag. See, even though he is fired, he could get fired again. That would suck. Larry comes out and says he already has Young beat. He is in his head and Young is nervous. See him in the ring.

Zybsko package about his abuse of power.

Eric Young defeated Larry Zbysko

Larry out first. Eric out second. He is residing from an undisclosed location. He got pyro for his entrance even though he was fired last month and technically should have a job, let alone music and pyro. Young jumps at the pyro because he is scared out loud noises. Crowd in a Eric Young chant. Fire Larry chants now. Old school Living Legend with the infamous "AWA Stall" tactic. Already about 5 minutes into the match and neither of them have locker up. You know, Eric looks go be in decent shape for a guy in his 60's. I always liked him. He wasn't ever the most technically gifted guy but boy could he get heat and work. And remember, i never saw him in his "primse", i saw him in his NWA days. Larry brings out a foreign object. Ref bump, Eric Young grabs it and nails Larry with it. 1, 2, 3 and Eric Young wins, Larry Z is fired and this match was harmless. more stalling than actual match.

James E. Cornette out to ringside. His voice is gone from something. Scratch that, he says it is because he is sick as a dog and he is here cause he wouldnt miss this for the world. Only thing that would have stopped him is intensive care. We ain't seen nothing yet. NWA Title match is up soon. We know about Joe/Angle's problems. If Joe interferes, he is gone from the roster immediately. Kurt Angle's music starts to play and out comes Angle in his velour warm up suit and American flag. Angle says TNA is the best, screw the rest. Cheesy. Angle going to call the match tonight right down the middle. I didn't know he was reffing. I thought he was "Enforcing" Angle says that he doesn't need a buffer from Samoa Joe. He says he doesn't blame Joe because if he got heatbutted, spilt open and made tap like Joe, he'd be mad too. Joe's music plays and he makes a bee line for Angle. they brawl and a million security guys break it up. Joe breaks free from the security and jumps on Angle again. It gets broke up once more. You know, once these two eventually wrestle, it is going to be interesting. Joe is the franchise. But Angle is the BIG name. Who loses? Joe and his undefeated streak? Angle in his first TNA match? I'd hate to be the guy who decided that. Joe is yelling at Cornette asking to let him fight. Angle breaks free and they brawl some more. Very good segment.

X-Division package. Senshi rules. He better not lose to Sabin. Sabin is good, don't get me wrong but he is definitely not the X-Division. He should be at the bottom of the totem pole. Too bland, nothing special other than his finisher. I'd take Lethal, Austin Starr, Alex Shelly, Petey Williams and possibly even Sonjay as champ before Sabin.

Sabin comes to ringside and as he is coming, Tenay states that he was informed that Samoa Joe was ejected from the building by security. That means that if Vince Russo is booking, Samoa Joe will be back for the main event.

And now...James Guttman.

What's up, guys.  Here I am for the rest of the one on one matches.  Sure glad I talked Matt into doing the ones with 50 people in them.  I'm slick.

"The Future" Chris Sabin pinned  Senshei with a small pacakage to win the X Division Championship

The crowd was split on this and it added to it.  The fans, in fact, have been a great part of the whole night.  TNA has done an excellent job of selling this pay-per-view as a major deal and the people in the arena are reacting accordingly.  Slick Johnson was the ref for this one.  Weird considering that he showed his desire to jump into the X-Division earlier with Kevin Nash's Mini-Royal-Rumble thing.  Now he's the ref for an X-Match and no one is really making a big deal out of it.  Eh.  There were some slow moments in this one here and there until Sabin nailed Senshei with an missile dropkick.  Low Ki ran to the floor but Chris hit a suicide dive and spiked Shei into the ringside railing.  This match was more methodical than you'd expect, but it helped to get the highspots over when they happened.  There were a few innovative spots too.  Senshei went for a cartwheel, but was dropkicked.  Then, suddenly, Chris hit a DDT and scored a tense two count.  The fans went buck and started a "This is Awesome" chant to show their approval.  (TNA Note:  Save the chants.  Just throw money.)  All looked good for Sabin until Ki rolled through a pin attempt and stomped on his chest.  That'll ruin anyone's day.  With the reigning champion in full control, all looked lost for "The Future."  But appearances can be decieving.  Sabin came back and hit the champ with a Cradle Shock, but still failed to get the pin.  The audience then went coo-coo for Coacoa Pops and began a roaring "TNA" chant.  Things continued on with the crowd going nuts.  Senshei hit a dropkick and the Warrior's Way...but only got a two count!  AHHHH!  The people were going ga-ga!  They're chewing through the chairs and tossing their babies in the air!  Suddenly, Low locked in a Dragon Sleeper but was locked in a small package!  Three!  Three!  By God, King!  Three!  Sabin wins!  Sabin wins! 

Time for Christian to be mean to his old friend.  In preparation for the 8 Mile Street Fight, TNA has shown a video of Rhino's up-bringing.  Well, Jeremy Borash, you know what Christian Cage thinks of the Man Beast?  He's a "dirtball."  Yeah!  Like a Madball, only covered in dirt.  Cage tells the Goremeister that he will be shamed in front of his family and friends.  CLB guesses that he won't be invited to family dinner at the Rhino house, but figures "That's OK because your aunt's cooking sucks anyway!"  Oh.  Snap.

Video Package for Rhino vs. Christian Cage.

8 Mile Street Fight:  Christian Cage pinned Rhino

They went out of their way to make this one a brawl.  They started off backstage and even got a hold of one of those Stone Cold Zambonies.   Cage controlled it at first, but the War Machine took control of it and...drove it into the arena!  What?  Drove it into the arena!  What?  Drove it into the arena!  Eh eh!  They ended up on the ramp once the battle spilled back into the arena.  Always the craftsman, Captain Charisma used parts of the set as weapons, but he was in trouble.  The War Machine springs to life and opens up one eager eye.  He turns the momentum and gets back in control.  Once the action was back in the six-sided squared circle, The Man Beast thought his opponent was ripe for the picking.  He went for a Gore but ended up with a chair across his head.  The ref checked on his condition, but it made no difference.  The Former ECW Champion got back to his feet and went into the crowd for more brawling.  In an effort to show us how tough Rhino is or something, Mike Tenay goes on about how he's too hurt to wrestle but he said "Screw the doctors!"  (JG Note:  Yeah.  You go, Rye Bread.  Screw dem doctors.  What do they know that you don't?  You know...besides medicine and doctor stuff.)  Cage got himself some heat by spitting on the 8 Mile Street Sign.  With his opponent bloody and beaten, Chris rammed punch after punch into his head.  Ironically, a ladder was his downfall.  CC rolled in with it, but the War Machine Man Beast hit a drop toe hold.  The advantage didn't last long though.  The two had some more back and forth and lead to the highspot of the match - a Rhino Piledriver from the apron through a table.  The fans chanted "That was awesome."  Splendid.  It was awesome.  Know what it wasn't?  A three count.  1, 2...kickout.  There were so many nearfalls that it's hard to keep track of.  The Man Machine kept kicking out of everything that Christian threw his way.  Tables, ladders, Unprettiers, chairs...all two!  Then...in an awesome spot, Captain Charisma piled a slew of weapons on his former friend and proceeded to blast it with a steel chair.  Having sold Rhy's head injuries earlier, this spot was dead-on perfect.  The fans cheered and Cage got himself a pin. 

LAX Promo.  Konnan...so angry.  Damn that rap music.  He wants to play Secret Santa with Styles and Daniels.  He offers to give them a "Dirty Sanchez" for a "Rusty Trombone."  Uh.  I know what that means.  Why does Konnan want to have sexual contact with AJ Styles and Chris Daniels?  Well.  That just brought LAX's gimmick to a whole new and scarier level.

Up Next - Six Sides of Steel.

(JG Note:  I just wanted to say that so far this has been a really good show even before the main event.  TNA pulled out all the stops and it shows.  The whole card really feels stacked.  For the first time in a long time, there's little in the way of afterthoughts.)

Six Sides of Steel: LAX defeated Chris Daniels and A.J. Styles to win the NWA Tag Team Championship

I'm so tired of the "(MEXICAN WRESTLER) Mows My Lawn" signs.  We get it.  Stereotypes.  Har har.  Don West says that between Styles and Daniels, they've held 19 TNA Titles.  He then breaks it down for us, but I didn't want to transcribe it.  Pretty impressive.  Tenay asks if he's trying to "outprofessor the professor."  Don said, "I'm just doing my homework."  Mike responds - I kid you not - "You just did it, baby, and I love it!"  Well.  Looks like LAX aren't the only TNA stars looking to play Secret Santa.  This wasn't a tornado-style match, but rather a tag match.  I never really got those.  After all, if there's no DQ in a cage, what's keeping a guy in his corner?  What are ya gonna do?  DQ him?  The first cage casualty was AJ, who ran in for a splash but ended up with a face full of fence.  It was enough to give Hernandez an opening. He took advantage and flung Styles into the cage again.  At this point, LAX took full control.  They began dominating their foes and brought the tempo down.  Using frequent tags, Hern and Homicide took turns getting in their kicks and punches.  Wanting to win by more than they already are, The Latin American Xchange cheated.  Konnan handed a fork into the ring and his amigos went to town on Daniels with it.  The K-Dawg Crew continue the ghetto brawl by bringing in a bottle of Tequilla and spitting it into the face of Christopher.  Just as all looked darkest, The Fallen Angel came from behind and hiptossed Cide from the top rope down to the canvas.  AJ got his tag in and went right after the brawlers with a barrage of offensive.  Chris got back to his feet and the fight changed course.  They took over the advantage and sent Hernandez into the cage for a taste of his own medicine.  Speaking of own medicine, Daniels got hold of Konnan's fork and used it on Homicide.  He swung with blind fury and forked Cide over and over again.  Hern came in for the save but ended up Pele'd to the ground.  AJ then climbed to the top of the cage.  The three other particpants all got involved and ended up locked in this giant human suplex/powerbomb structure.  Everyone fell to the mat except for Henandez, who was standing, and Styles, who was perched on the cage.  Seeminly out of harm's way, Hern turned relaxed...but got hit with a flying cross body from Styles...from atop the cage!  The battle raged on and the tide turned yet again.  Dez went for his own top cage dive, but it didn't go as well as it did for AJ.  Missed highspots or not, LAX had an ace in the hole.  Yup.  A wirehanger.  They used it to the choke the tag champs while the crowd again chanted, "This is awesome."  Know what else is awesome?  The Gringo Killer.  Homicide hit it on Styles and got himself a pinfall. 

Video Recap of what lead to the main event.

 Before the main event, we look at the "Tale of the Tape."  They don't give ages.  Wonder why.  They should also add a fun fact to them.  Something fun like, "Sting likes to eat Wheat Thins." 

Kurt Angle was the first one out for the main event.  He loves his new entrance and talked about it in his Conference Call.  I like it too, but I've seen it once already tonight.  They shouldn't overdue it.  Regardless, Angle's here and the people are happy.

Then Jeff Jarret is introduced.  The people...eh, not so happy.

Sting comes out next.  He's in much better shape now and Mike Tenay is ready to have his brain explode and ooze out of his ears over it.  Now with a snazzy new jacket, The Stinger has red in his facepaint and tights.  That, and the new body that the Professor is lovin', is the new look.  Surprisingly, he gets a mixed reaction.

Title vs. Career - Kurt Angle Guest Ref:  Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the NWA World Title

Once Sting removed the coat, you got a better look at him.  He was in good shape for a person, but not really "wrestler shape."  How can I put it?  If he looked like that on Raw, Vince McMahon would script a promo where someone makes fun of him for it.  Don West informs us that the Stinger lost 20 pounds for this match. (JG Note: I guess no one told him that they didn't have to make weight.)  This match started slowly.  Sting appeared out of breath early and Jarrett went to work on him.  West noted that the new look of the former WCW Icon didn't intimidate Jarrett at all.  Surprising, right?  Red tights and everything.  When the Crow finally got his second wind, he clotheslined Double J over the top rope and right into the Olympic presence of the outside enforcer Kurt Angle.  The two pushed each other, but it didn't matter.  Stinger went to the outside and tore into Jeff some more.  The referee ran out to get control, but Kurt wasn't having any of that.  He threw the official back in and said that the ringside area is his domain.  He enforced his own version of ruled, but stood tall.  At one point, he removed a chair from the fight and forced them to brawl without weapons.  The Facepainted Challenger tested that rule and tried to swing a chair of his own.  Again, Angle removed it, but it wasn't so simple this time.  Jarrett came running in with a forearm on his Sting.  No go, Jeff-o.  The Stinger ducked and the NWA Champion rolled right into the Gold Medal Winner, sending him to the floor hard.  Kurt eventually regained his composure just as the champ and challenger we lying motionless in the ring.  The referee began to count....and got to nine.  Neither man appeared to be moving.  Who would win?!  A draw!?  Then, at nine, Kurt Angle ran in and Olympic Slammed the ref.

He lifted both Sting and Jeff Jarrett up and demanded the match continue. Jeff was hit with the Stinger Splash and Deathdrop, but kicked out at two.  Then, in turn, he hit his finish on Sting, but only saw a two count.   Jeff was hit with a Tombstone.  Two count.  At this point, things get a bit messy.  Sting looked ready to pass out and things seemed to run in slow motion.  Eventually we found ourselves on the mat with a Figure Four by the Chosen One.  The Stinger fought through it and turned it over.  Double J broke it and then locked in Ken Shamrock's patented ankle lock!  Oh, wait.  Kurt Angle's ankle lock.  That's the deal.  Angle was insulted, but didn't react.  Instead, he sat back and waited for the challenger to reverse it and send JJ  sprawling from the ring.  When he returned, he had a guitar.  With a Honky Tonk swing, Jefferey broke it over his head.

Sting no-sold it big time.  He flexed and screamed and locked in the Scorpion Deathlock.  Tap, tap, tap.  Your new champion...Sting!

Mike Tenay closes the show by putting over how momentous and historic it was.  You know what?  He wasn't being overdramatic.  This was one of TNA's best shows to date.  With the depth of the card, it looks like the company is finally taking shape and focusing on their product as a whole.  Where they go from here is very important.  If tonight's show is any indication of where they're going, then it looks like they're in for a pretty good ride.

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