Post by Bobby on Sept 9, 2004 12:00:41 GMT
NWA TNA Final Wednesday night PPV for 9/8
1. Mikey Batts & Jerrelle Clark won a six-way X division Dominance match in 12:14. It started as a tag team Battle Royal, with Petey Williams & Johnny Devine, Batts & Clark, Shark Boy & D-Ray 3000, Frankie Kazarian & Michael Shane, Delirious & Sonjay Dutt and Chris Sabin & Amazing Red. Rules were the match kept going until two men were left. In order, Williams, Delirious, Sabin, Batts, Shark Boy, Shane, Red, Dutt and Devine were out. This left Clark and Kazarian. At this point, their partners were brought back and it turned into a tag match. Clark missed a 630 and Shane hit a superkick on Clark, however Batts snuck up from behind Shane and pinned him. Lots of good moves, the best being Clark doing a reverse Frankensteiner off the top on Red. Good opener and crowd liked it a lot.
It was announced James Storm was injured (work, well sort of, as he was hurt two weeks ago but last week's injury was a work). The Naturals were scheduled only to face XXX and no AMW. As Prime Time & Christopher Daniels were doing a promo, The Naturals came out and threw powder at Prime Time and did a bunch of chair shots to Daniels' bad shoulder. During the show they put a sling on Daniels and hinted he couldn't wrestle.
3. Erik Watts & Sonny Siaki & Desire beat Alex Shelley & Abyss & Goldylocks in 7:44. Bad match. Abyss went to choke slam Desire, but Georgie Watts came out and told Abyss not to. Abyss then snatched Goldylocks. All three women were pleading with Abyss, and he ended up giving Goldylocks a backbreaker and Desire pinned her. Of course, with all the build-up, the crowd popped huge for Goldylocks getting the move, although Abyss did it so easy it wasn't funny. A fitting bad match to end a feud that has been nothing but a waste of time, other than getting Abyss over.
Scott D'Amore did a promo about Dusty Rhodes' NWA loyalty. He said that the first opportunity Rhodes got, he took the money, went up North, and danced around like a loser in polka dots. Well, D'Amore can cut a promo.
4. A.J. Styles beat Kid Kash in a best of three tables match in 12:43. Styles did an Asai moonsault early. Table #1 was supposed to end with Kash giving Styles a German suplex after a low blow. The table did crack, but the ref didn't allow it, so Kash had to slam Styles through the table. He wanted to use part of it as a weapon, but try his damndest, he couldn't get a piece to break off. Second fall saw Styles do a springboard one legged kick off the ropes knocking Kash off the apron backwards through a table. Finish saw Dallas come out and go to hit Styles on the ropes, but hit Kash instead. That didn't look good. Styles used a Styles clash off the ropes through the table to win. This had the best heat of any match on the show. Not as good as their street fight, but probably the best match on the show. Post match saw Petey Williams (next feud with Styles) come out and deliver the Canadian Destroyer. Styles sold it like it was dead. Kash came off the top rope two-thirds of the way across and they beat on Styles until 3 Live Kru made the save.
5. Dusty Rhodes pinned Scott D'Amore in 6:40. Vince Russo came out with a baseball bat. He didn't turn. This went way too long. As much as D'Amore tried, it was horrible. Dusty just couldn't do a thing in a singles match. D'Amore missed a moonsault. Rhodes was throwing blows and hit Russo with an elbow. But it was the big swerve. After all the months of build-up, Russo didn't turn, and Rhodes got the pin after an elbow drop. Team Canada attacked Rhodes. Russo took off his shirt and he and D'Amore started shoving each other. All I can say it was the most unintentionally funny thing on wrestling in a long time. It's almost worth seeing for the camp value.
6. Chris Harris & Prime Time beat Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens to win the NWA tag titles in 12:24. Larry Zbyszko announced Harris & Elix Skipper as the challengers. Really not much of a match. It didn't click. They teased the split spot as Harris decked Skipper. Skipper walked out and Douglas & Stevens double-teamed Harris. Harris ended up kicking out rather than Skipper saving. Skipper came back. Douglas went for the powder and Stevens picked up a chair. Skipper grabbed a chair and hit Stevens' chair, and Stevens sold it. At the same time, Harris speared Douglas and the powder went flying, and got the pin. Big pop for the title change. So there is intrigue about the tag title situation, probably leading to AMW vs. XXX with the winners getting both belts, unless they do Harris & Skipper as the Odd Couple champs.
7. Jeff Jarrett pinned Jeff Hardy in 11:15 to keep the NWA title. This was clearly booked to hide that Hardy isn't at this level and they all knew it. First, they did a bunch of pull-aparts before the match. Jarrett juiced before the bell even sounded. Monty Brown, Abyss and Raven were all watching, kind of making them the next challengers. They brawled all over the building, but this was nothing like Styles & Kash. They teased throwing each other off the balcony. Jeff Hardy KO'd Rudy Charles with a chair shot when Jarrett ducked. Jarrett kicked out of the swanton and Hardy kicked out of the stroke. Dusty Rhodes came to ringside. Jarrett made the ropes both times Hardy got the spyline (Texas cloverleaf) on. Jarrett punched Rhodes. Russo came out and he and Rhodes started pushing and shoving. After people saw Russo without his shirt, his credibility shoving Rhodes around is gone. Granted, if they saw Dusty without his shirt, maybe Russo's credibility would come back. Russo brought a bat out. Hardy grabbed the bat. Russo took the bat from Hardy. Hardy missed a swanton and Jarrett got the pin after a guitar shot.
As much as they need to get it off Jarrett, this match made it clear Hardy is not the answer. People were into it because of all the weeks of hype and the shortcuts saved it. But overall, this wasn't very good.
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Jarrett vs. Hardy in the main event of their last show?
And they want to compete with WWE, lmao
1. Mikey Batts & Jerrelle Clark won a six-way X division Dominance match in 12:14. It started as a tag team Battle Royal, with Petey Williams & Johnny Devine, Batts & Clark, Shark Boy & D-Ray 3000, Frankie Kazarian & Michael Shane, Delirious & Sonjay Dutt and Chris Sabin & Amazing Red. Rules were the match kept going until two men were left. In order, Williams, Delirious, Sabin, Batts, Shark Boy, Shane, Red, Dutt and Devine were out. This left Clark and Kazarian. At this point, their partners were brought back and it turned into a tag match. Clark missed a 630 and Shane hit a superkick on Clark, however Batts snuck up from behind Shane and pinned him. Lots of good moves, the best being Clark doing a reverse Frankensteiner off the top on Red. Good opener and crowd liked it a lot.
It was announced James Storm was injured (work, well sort of, as he was hurt two weeks ago but last week's injury was a work). The Naturals were scheduled only to face XXX and no AMW. As Prime Time & Christopher Daniels were doing a promo, The Naturals came out and threw powder at Prime Time and did a bunch of chair shots to Daniels' bad shoulder. During the show they put a sling on Daniels and hinted he couldn't wrestle.
3. Erik Watts & Sonny Siaki & Desire beat Alex Shelley & Abyss & Goldylocks in 7:44. Bad match. Abyss went to choke slam Desire, but Georgie Watts came out and told Abyss not to. Abyss then snatched Goldylocks. All three women were pleading with Abyss, and he ended up giving Goldylocks a backbreaker and Desire pinned her. Of course, with all the build-up, the crowd popped huge for Goldylocks getting the move, although Abyss did it so easy it wasn't funny. A fitting bad match to end a feud that has been nothing but a waste of time, other than getting Abyss over.
Scott D'Amore did a promo about Dusty Rhodes' NWA loyalty. He said that the first opportunity Rhodes got, he took the money, went up North, and danced around like a loser in polka dots. Well, D'Amore can cut a promo.
4. A.J. Styles beat Kid Kash in a best of three tables match in 12:43. Styles did an Asai moonsault early. Table #1 was supposed to end with Kash giving Styles a German suplex after a low blow. The table did crack, but the ref didn't allow it, so Kash had to slam Styles through the table. He wanted to use part of it as a weapon, but try his damndest, he couldn't get a piece to break off. Second fall saw Styles do a springboard one legged kick off the ropes knocking Kash off the apron backwards through a table. Finish saw Dallas come out and go to hit Styles on the ropes, but hit Kash instead. That didn't look good. Styles used a Styles clash off the ropes through the table to win. This had the best heat of any match on the show. Not as good as their street fight, but probably the best match on the show. Post match saw Petey Williams (next feud with Styles) come out and deliver the Canadian Destroyer. Styles sold it like it was dead. Kash came off the top rope two-thirds of the way across and they beat on Styles until 3 Live Kru made the save.
5. Dusty Rhodes pinned Scott D'Amore in 6:40. Vince Russo came out with a baseball bat. He didn't turn. This went way too long. As much as D'Amore tried, it was horrible. Dusty just couldn't do a thing in a singles match. D'Amore missed a moonsault. Rhodes was throwing blows and hit Russo with an elbow. But it was the big swerve. After all the months of build-up, Russo didn't turn, and Rhodes got the pin after an elbow drop. Team Canada attacked Rhodes. Russo took off his shirt and he and D'Amore started shoving each other. All I can say it was the most unintentionally funny thing on wrestling in a long time. It's almost worth seeing for the camp value.
6. Chris Harris & Prime Time beat Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens to win the NWA tag titles in 12:24. Larry Zbyszko announced Harris & Elix Skipper as the challengers. Really not much of a match. It didn't click. They teased the split spot as Harris decked Skipper. Skipper walked out and Douglas & Stevens double-teamed Harris. Harris ended up kicking out rather than Skipper saving. Skipper came back. Douglas went for the powder and Stevens picked up a chair. Skipper grabbed a chair and hit Stevens' chair, and Stevens sold it. At the same time, Harris speared Douglas and the powder went flying, and got the pin. Big pop for the title change. So there is intrigue about the tag title situation, probably leading to AMW vs. XXX with the winners getting both belts, unless they do Harris & Skipper as the Odd Couple champs.
7. Jeff Jarrett pinned Jeff Hardy in 11:15 to keep the NWA title. This was clearly booked to hide that Hardy isn't at this level and they all knew it. First, they did a bunch of pull-aparts before the match. Jarrett juiced before the bell even sounded. Monty Brown, Abyss and Raven were all watching, kind of making them the next challengers. They brawled all over the building, but this was nothing like Styles & Kash. They teased throwing each other off the balcony. Jeff Hardy KO'd Rudy Charles with a chair shot when Jarrett ducked. Jarrett kicked out of the swanton and Hardy kicked out of the stroke. Dusty Rhodes came to ringside. Jarrett made the ropes both times Hardy got the spyline (Texas cloverleaf) on. Jarrett punched Rhodes. Russo came out and he and Rhodes started pushing and shoving. After people saw Russo without his shirt, his credibility shoving Rhodes around is gone. Granted, if they saw Dusty without his shirt, maybe Russo's credibility would come back. Russo brought a bat out. Hardy grabbed the bat. Russo took the bat from Hardy. Hardy missed a swanton and Jarrett got the pin after a guitar shot.
As much as they need to get it off Jarrett, this match made it clear Hardy is not the answer. People were into it because of all the weeks of hype and the shortcuts saved it. But overall, this wasn't very good.
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Jarrett vs. Hardy in the main event of their last show?
And they want to compete with WWE, lmao
