The NeelDown iMPACT Zone
– Well, to liven this place off we’re kicking it old school (back to October of last year) and going with a trivia question. I promise that the person who answers correctly will get a real prize this team. I’ve had a lot of e-mails from the inbox over time wanting it back, so here you go. And the question is… name a classic Nickelodeon program.
– Hosts are DW and Mike Tenay
– From Orlando Florida
Jeff Jarrett v. Jay Lethal
Hey, JJ is actually working an Impact match? Man, his ego must have dropped drastically recently or something. Jarrett dumps him to start and sends him into the railing a few times. Jackie comes out and offers Gail a tape recorder, which she takes. Is it just me, or is this feud really starting to get old? Lethal gets some chops and a dropkick and a missile dropkick and swandive headbut for two point nine. Jarrett is being even more thoughtful now. He grabs a nice looking Stroke for the win. Poor Lethal. Maybe his jobbing ability has worked him up to jobbing to the champion level or something.
Winner: Jeff Jarrett
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– Christian Cage comes out and announces that he is the number one contender at Against All Odds. Real shocker no one expected there. Oh, and Lambert is marking out to Vince McMahon right now since he hates TNA. That’s what he deserves for actually thinking I mark out to Jarrett bullying a jobber.
Team 3D v. Bucky and the Job Squad pt. II
This again? The ultimate sign of disrespect is going to TNA and having to job every week. Very WWE-esque for a company who strives on being about the wrestling and turns a couple of fresh talents into jobbers every week. 3D wins via 3D.
-*, afterwards Team 3D leave it up to internet voting to see if they will face Team Canada or AMW for the titles.
– Jerry “the professor of the X division” Lynn talkes with Generation NeXt to say that Shane Douglas has a good face for radio. Maybe if Alex ever looked into the mirror with that awful hair of his he would say the same to himself. Matt Bentley tells them to watch how he does it.
Samoa Joe v. Matt Bentley
“Samoa Joe kills his foes” sign. Creative. Joe dominates and goes knee crazy, but Bentley fights back. Bentley misses a missile dropkick giving Joe more offense. Bentley gets a ranna but Joe comes back to get the Muscle Buster, but Bentley slips out of it, misses the superkick, and gets locked in the clutch, goodnight.
Winner: Samoa Joe
*3/4, three minutes? And on a show where the other matches were squashes? Come on guys, we can do better than this.
Rhino v. Abyss
Rhino gains the advantage to start and throws a belly to side. He tries to follow up with the Gore, but Abyss flees. After commercials Abyss charges straight into a big boot for two. Rhino can’t amount anything to come back with, and he gets pancaked with a corner splash. Rhino gets out of a slam and gets a spinebuster. Rhino misses a second Gore sending him to the ‘flo. Abyss wacks him a few times with a chair, for good measure of course. I guess that isn’t a DQ, but whatever. They brawl to the back area where Rhino nails him with a trash can. He then nails him with a chair and can again. Rhino Gores him through the metal backstage wall, which later revails to look like only cardboard as when Mitchell walks on it it sinks in and bends. Ref calls it.
Winner: No Contest
**1/4
Main Event: Sting’s Impact debut. He comes out to numerous chants such as “one more match” “Sting” and “welcome back” and thanks all the Impact fans. He thinks back to when he won his first title against Ric Flair, accumulating some Woooo chants. He said that wasn’t as important as hearing the fans. Sure. He says a bunch of stuff like how he misses the smell of the arena and hearing the fans roar. He says that TNA is the place to be, and there are a lot of guys sitting in the back right now who are future champions. He says that he never got the chance to say goodbye, and Final Resolution was that. He says that he loves all the fans, and he is leaving. Sting lays down the bat in the middle of the canvas and leaves.
End of show.
The NeelDown: A bunch of lackluster short matches this week followed by a spotty Rhino-Abyss and the Sting segment. If you want to see Sting leave, catch the replay. That’s about all it boils down to.
– Don’t forget that Q.
