Announcers are Don West & Mike Tenay
01.15.06
By: PK
Pre-Show:
Team Canada (Eric Young, A1, & Petey Williams) vs. Lance Hoyt, Jay Lethal, & Kenny King
Lethal & Petey start. Lethal upstages Petey, and A1 is tagged in…then Lethal tags in Hoyt. They go toe to toe, but Hoyt nails a huge sidewalk slam for 2. King tagged in, and is on fire, and A1 tags in Showtime. Showtime puts King in the Tree of Woe, and Petey is in, and he stands on King’s crotch. King fights back, but Petey nails a twisting neckbreaker for 2. A1 back in, and he muscles down King. Hoyt comes in and cleans house. Petey is down Lethal goes up for a top rope headbutt, but misses. Lethal stumbles up, and Petey grabs him and nails a Canadian Destroyer for the pin.
Winners – Team Canada
Latin-American Exchange (Konnan & Homicide) vs. The Naturals
Apolo was caught in travel problems coming back from a show in Mexico. The Nats come down and beat down on the LAX. The match slows down, and Homicide takes over on Douglas. Homicide hits a top rope DDT for 2 on Douglas, and Konnan is tagged in and beats down on Douglas. Douglas off the ropes, Konnan with somersault clothesline, and Homicide back in. Douglas fights back, Stevens in and helps clean house. Nats hit the Natural Disaster on Homicide, but the ref makes Douglas go back to his corner, and Konnan hits Stevens with a flapjack, while the ref’s back is turned, and Homicide rolls up Stevens for the pin.
Winners – LAX
Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong, and Austin Aries vs. Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt, and Matt Bentley (w/ Traci)
Sabin has a short haircut with blonde highlights…and it’s gay. The heels dominate the match, mostly over Dutt. Dutt gets to Sabin, and he takes out all 3. He hangs up Shelley in the corner, and does his hanging dropkick. The match then opens up, and all 6 men in a melee. Bentley nails a superkick on Strong, but Shelley rolls up Bentley for the pin.
Winners – Shelley/Strong/Aries
Recap of LAX and James Gang.
Diamonds in the Rough (w/ Simon Diamond) vs. The James Gang
Um…is it me, or should the James Gang be wrestling the LAX? I mean, this is a glorified Impact match…actually, I don’t even remember the last time I saw the Diamonds on Impact. Kip hits the One & Only for the pin.
Winners – James Gang
Fallen Angel cuts a promo on Joe.
AJ Styles vs. Tanahashi
Tenay is doing nothing but blowing Tanahashi. Back and forth action throughout most of the match. Tanahashi locks on the sleeper, and drops it down to the Dragon Sleeper. Tanahashi then swings AJ around. AJ fights back, and hits a Pele for 2. Tanahashi fights back, nails a Full Nelson slam for 2. Tanahashi goes for another, but Shannon Moore comes in, and goes to hit AJ with the ‘Mr. TNA’ plaque, but AJ ducks, and Moore hits Tanahashi….then AJ hits the pele on Moore. AJ then hits the Styles Clash on Tanahashi for the win.
Winner – AJ Styles
Styles tells Tanahashi that he didn’t want to win that way. Moore then comes back in the ring and steals the ‘Mr. TNA’ award again.
Raven is backstage, and is mad at Larry Z.
Larry Z is in the ring, and introduces Sean Waltman as Raven’s opponent.
Raven vs. Sean Waltman
I guess this match is a Hardcore Match, since Raven came down with a shopping cart full of stuff. The ring gets littered with stuff, and this match is awful…unlike the match Raven and Waltman had a few months ago. Raven sets up a table and a ladder next to it. Both men are on the ladder, and Raven goes for the Evenflow, but Larry Z, who is in for the KO’d ref, holds Raven’s legs, and Waltman grabs Raven and hits the X-Factor off the top of the ladder through the table. Waltman makes the cover, and Raven has his foot on the ropes, but Larry Z still makes the pinfall.
Winner – Waltman
Truth backstage, Konnan comes up and offers back up in his match tonight against Roode.
Larry Z kicks Raven out of the building, and Jackie Gayda is on her way in. She wants to talk to Larry Z.
The Truth vs. Bobby Roode (w/ D’Amore)
I am still suffering from the suckiness of X-Pac. Truth dominates the match. Konnan comes down to ‘back-up’ The Truth, but it just distracts him, and Roode hits the lariat from behind for the pin.
Winner – Roode
Konnan and Truth argue, BG comes down, and Homicide comes out. Konnan and Homicide beat down BG, as Truth leaves. Kip comes down with a chair, and levels Homicide.
Recap of Abyss/Rhino.
Abyss (w/ James Mitchell) vs. Rhino
Rhino charges the ring and goes right after Abyss. They fall to the outside, and they start brawling. Apparently this is a Hardcore Match too, as Abyss hits Rhino over the back with a chair. Back in the ring, Abyss sets a chair up in the corner, and he sends Rhino head first into it. Abyss continues to dominate. Rhino fights back, and hits Abyss with a Diamond Cutter out of a Fireman’s Carry. Both men are down, Rhino sets up for the GORE, but Mitchell hooks his leg with his cane, and as the ref is distracted, and Abyss nails Rhino with his chains but only for a 2 count. Rhino fights back, and calls for a Rhino Driver on some chairs, but again Mitchell distracts him, and Abyss is able get out of the Rhino Driver, and nails a choke slam, then the Black Hole Slam on some chairs for the pinfall.
Winner – Abyss
Recap of AMW/Team 3D.
America’s Most Wanted (w/ Gail Kim) (c) vs. Team 3D – NWA Tag Team Titles
3D dominates the match from the get-go. 3D hits the Doomsday Device from the top for 2. Storm accidentally hits Harris with a chair, and Team 3D tosses Harris to the floor, through a table. Gail Kim gets in the ring, and gives Storm a pack of powder. Bubba kicks it in Storm’s face, and the ref gets it too. Storm gets hit with the 3D, and the ref makes the pinfall…but can’t see. As the ref is cleaning his eyes out, Team Canada hits the ring, and beats down Bubba and D’Von, puts Storm on top of Bubba, and gets out of the ring. The ref turns around, and sees Storm on Bubba, and awards the match to AMW!
Winners – AMW
Monty and JJ cut a promo, reminding us that Cage can’t be trusted. He turned on his brother in their hometown, and he turned on Jericho for a woman. Monty thinks that Sting will feel the POUUUUUUUUUNCE….period.
Recap of Daniels/Joe.
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Christopher Daniels – X Division Title
Daniels attempts to get some offense in, but Joe overpowers him. Daniels with a power leg sweep, then the springboard moonsault for 2. Daniels puts Joe on the top rope, and Joe tries to put Daniels in the Rear Naked Choke, but Daniels pulls him off and nits a DVD for 2. Daniels hits the ropes, and goes for a hurracanaranna, but Joe drops him in a Power Bomb. Joe locks on STF. Daniels gets to the ropes. Joe pins Daniels in the corner, and tries to do a 10 punch count, but Daniels goes to Power Bomb him out of the corner, but Joe hurracanrannas Daniels! Joe off the ropes, and walks right into a Rock Bottom from Daniels. Daniels then hits the BME, and Joe falls to the outside. Daniels leaps over the top to the floor with a massive elbow drop. Both men try to get back in the ring, but Joe boots Daniels back outside. Joe sets up Daniels in a chair on the outside, and boots Daniels head into the guardrail. AJ Styles makes his way down to ringside. In the ring, Joe hits a Muscle Buster, then brings a chair in the ring, and hits a Muscle Buster on the chair. Joe continuasly hits Daniels with knees to the head, with blood going everywhere. AJ Styles tosses in the towel…stopping the match.
Winner – Samoa Joe
Joe uses the towel and wipes the blood from Daniels…and keeps the towel. Joe leaves, and AJ, along with some refs and Jerry Lynn, check up on Daniels.
Recap of Sting/Cage/JJ/Monty
Christian cuts a promo, saying he’s proud to be Sting’s partner.
Monty Brown & Jeff Jarrett (w/ Gail Kim) vs. Sting & Christian Cage
This match is awful. Sting locks on the Scorpion Death Lock on JJ, but Monty takes Christian and does a Fall-away Slam, tossing Christian on Sting. Sting and Christian both argue, but they save each other from attacks from Monty. The ref is down, Team Canada hits the ring, and both Sting and Christian hit reverse DDTs on both Roode & Young. Monty and JJ retake control, and Monty sets up Cage for a guitar shot. Sting whacks JJ’s guitar with his bat, and demolishes the guitar. Sting then hits the Scorpion Death Drop on JJ for the pin.
Winners – Sting & Cage
Show Over.
~PK
