It’s time for a change, a turning point if you will. We’re no longer crossing the line…we are taking it to the next level! For change to come, sacrifices will be made. It’s time to do this, because #2 just isn’t good enough anymore. We can do it…we just have to believe in ourselves.
Somebody get me a job with TNA, cause I can do the opening monologue much better.
WE ARE LIVE FROM THE iMPACT ZONE! Mike Tenay and Taz are at ringside and we’re opening with the X Division Championship!
X Division Championship: Homicide v. The Amazing Red (w/Don West)
The bell rings and Don West is over with the crowd. Homicide plays the taunting factor, but Red ducks the first shot. Red with a dropkick and Homicide takes to the outside, roughing up West. Red off the ropes and he brings Homicide back in. Crossbody block gets a two count. Red with the headscissors, but Homicide follows with a discus clothesline that turns Red inside out. Homicide is in control at the moment and he bites Red in the face. Back drop attempt is floated over and Red gets a low clothesline for two. Red on the top and he goes for the rolling senton for a miss. High angle backbreaker by Homicide gets a close two count. Homicide regains control and he chases West from the ring before he chokes away. Atomic Drop by Homicide is followed with a neckbreaker for two. Throat jab connects on Red and Homicide locks on a modified surfboard. Homicide gets out of the hold and Homicide thinks he tapped out, but he is very much alive. He goes back to biting Red and he takes him to the corner. Red is on top as Homicide chokes him. Red tries to fight back, but Homicide climbs up to the second rope. Red fights him off and he hits an armdrag. Red is on the comeback with a tornado DDT for a two count. Red off the ropes and he gets a close two count and in a first…we get “THAT WAS THREE” chants. Dragon screw by Homicide and he hits the BRONX BOMBER FOR A CLOSE TWO! Homicide feels it and he goes for the Gringo Killa, but Red gets out of it. Red gets catapulted in the corner and Homicide follows with a stunner, countered to a standing SSP for TWO! Red has enough and he goes to the top, but Homicide is close behind. Off the top…HOMICIDE CATCHES HIM WITH A CUTTER! Red flip flops around the ring and Homicide gets TWO! Homicide has Red up on top and the hurrancurana attempt gets reversed. Off the ropes…CODE RED CONNECTS! RED RETAINS!
Winner: Amazing Red
Grade: B+
Tenay and Taz welcome us to Turning Point.
Both TNA Knockouts Titles On the Line: The Beautiful People v. Taylor Wilde, Sarita, & ODB
Mike Tenay explains that if ODB gets pinned, the person pinning her wins the Knockout’s Title and if Wilde or Sarita get pinned, that person wins the tag team title. This seems that both titles won’t change hands at the same time.
Velvet and Taylor start things off and the referee gets involved early on. Low kick by Taylor and in comes Sarita. Double team move and ODB comes in for the falling salute for two. Santino’s gotta be proud. Velvet no-sells and she tags in Madison and she has ODB…maybe. She has an aching finger and that allows ODB to tag in Sarita. Schoolgirl gets two. Armdrag by Sarita and Madison goes down. Tag to Taylor and she gets two. Springboard armdrag, but Lacey Von Erich dismantles Taylor, giving Madison a two count. Neckbreaker by Madison and that gets two. Tag to Velvet and we get a double team Russian Leg Sweep. That gets two. Full mounting cover gets another two count. Velvet off the ropes with a low dropkick and that gets two. Tag to Lacey and she gets two. YOU CAN’T WRESTLE chants from the crowd and Lacey tags out to Velvet. Octopus Stretch by Velvet with a bite and Taylor gets out of it. Velvet tags in Madison and HERE COMES ODB! She is a one-woman wrecking crew. Fallaway slam on Madison and she kips up. Cover and Lacey breaks it up. IT’S BALLS TO THE WALL! ODB gets triple-teamed and even that doesn’t keep ODB down. Torture rack backbreaker on Madison Rayne and that is all!
Winners: ODB, Sarita, & Taylor Wilde
Grade: C-
JB is with Desmond Wolfe. Desmond says he’s a gentleman, but he made his point. Tonight, the Wolfe will devour what remains. He has Angle’s number. You can bow to my howl, wanker!
TNA World Tag Team Titles: Beer Money v. Motor City Machine Guns v. The British Invasion
This is going to be hard to follow. Storm takes out both Brits and he has Magnus’ number. Tag to Roode and Magnus tags in Shelley. Roode takes Shelley down, but Shelley isn’t staying down. Armdrag by Shelley, but Roode hits a backbreaker for two. They trade chops, but Shelley sweeps the leg and the Guns double team Roode. Tag to Sabin and he lands a leg drop for two. Roode off the ropes and Williams tags in and almost gets pinned. Sabin takes Williams down and in comes Shelley. Double team moves ensue and Shelley slams Williams on the mat. Chinlock applied, but Shelley works the arm a bit. Leg drop scores a two count. Tag to Sabin and he drops his weight on Williams’ arm. Tag to Magnus and he mounts on Sabin. Tag back to Williams and the Brits are in control. Williams gets a two count, so we go pillar to post. ENZUGIRI by Shelley and Storm tags in. Magnus is in and he eats a slam for two, interrupted by Williams. We get the Beer Money chant and the Guns tag in and we get sexual innuendo in the corner! The Brits are getting gangbanbed while the Guns try to finish things with a crossbody for two. Williams gets ejected and Shelley gets a Sliced Bread to no avail. The Guns go down, so Beer Money pick things off. Williams goes up and over…CATAPULT DDT to Magnus! Roode slams Williams, but Magnus is there to save it. Storm kicks Magnus upside the head and Eric Young is there for the distraction! Hebner orders EY to leave as the Brits are back in control. Storm stalks EY and Kevin Nash is there for the title…only for him to use it on Storm?! Nash takes the belt and Roode gets slammed in the double team for the pin.
Winners: The British Invasion
Grade: C+
We recap Raven’s return to TNA.
JB is with Kevin Nash wondering what the hell he just did? Nash is all about PG and he did what he did for a reason. He did it for Hulk Hogan. We’ll find out Thursday!
Six Sides of Steel: Tara v. Awesome Kong
The bell rings and Kong they go balls to the wall! We have some weird technical difficulties right now with the sound truck. Tara evades a splash attempt and she slams Kong’s arm on the cage. Tara goes to the top rope and Tara climbs to the top, only to get pulled back into an electric chair! Kong goes to the cage, but she gets dropped on her crotch! Kong fights Tara off and SHE HITS A MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover gets two! Tara misses getting thrown to the cage, but connects with the turnbuckle instead. KONG RUNS AND SHE CRUSHES TARA AGAINST THE CAGE! Kong swings Tara against the cage and she follows with a choke. There’s a hole in the cage in that shot. Kong has her way with Tara and she headbutts her to the mat. Suplex into a front-face slam connects from Kong and it seems to be a matter of time. Tara counters another suplex attempt and she bashes Kong upside the cage! KICK TO KONG AND SHE’S REELING! Dropkick to the chest and Tara hits a standing moonsault for two! Tara looks to escape and she fights Kong off. Kong climbs as well and they fight on the rope! BOTH WOMEN SLIP AND LAND ON THE CROTCH! They still fight in that position and Kong kicks Tara off! Tara grabs Kong’s neck, but Kong fights it off. OH MY GOD TARA POWERBOMBS KONG! TARA POWERBOMBS KONG! COVER….TWO COUNT ONLY! Tara takes to the cage and she gets on top. She isn’t thinking escape…CROSS BODY BLOCK OFF THE TOP OF THE CAGE! THAT GETS IT!
Winner: Tara
Grade: B-
Tara is excited and she warns ODB that she’s next!
Hogan gets pimped.
Street Fight: Rhino & Team 3-D v. Hernandez, Matt Morgan, & Pope D’Angelo Dinero
Hernandez and Devon start things off. Dinero talks smack and Devon attacks. Morgan gives Dinero a piece of his mind . Hernandez catches Devon off guard and Dinero tags in Hernandez. This is a trainwreck. Dinero takes down Devon and scores a two count. Devon has enough and he tags in Brother Ray. Ray rips up a dolla dolla bill and Dinero spits in Ray’s face. Double leg takedown by Dinero and Ray takes a powder. Ray gets back in the ring and they lock up again. Ray gets the advantage and I’m confused as to who is actually over in this match. Rey jocks and jives, but Dinero ducks and hits a series of elbows that sends Ray to the ropes. DINERO EXPRESS TO THE ROPES! That gets two. BUBBA BOMB by Brother Ray connects and he tags in Rhino. Rhino sends Dinero to the corner and in comes Matt Morgan! Rhino takes it to Morgan, but Morgan flexes his arm and down goes Rhino. Off the ropes and Morgan hits Rhino again. Back in the ring, Rhino tries to get some offense in. Morgan charges and he misses. Rhino charges and he connects, but Morgan levels Rhink with a discus clothesline for two. Isn’t this supposed to be a street fight? It’s balls to the wall and Dinero inadvertenly takes Hernandez out. Devon and Dinero are legal and he gets mouthy before beating Dinero up. Tag to Rhino as he continues the onslaught. Ray gets in on the action and he locks in a bearhug. Pope gets out of it, but he is still subjected to the “lack of violence” from the team of ECW rejects. Devon with a chinlock as they are trying hard to get the fans to hate them, but it isn’t working. Pope gets a schoolboy for two and Devon throws him across the ring. Devon tags in Rhino who gets a shoulderblock for two. Brother Ray tells the crowd to say Rhino Sucks, so they do so half-heartedly. Pope gets knocked outside and Brother Ray says he’s a bigger pimp. Back in the ring, Rhino gets two. Tag to Brother Ray and he goes up top to the delight of the crowd. He misses the butt splash like an idiot. Pope tags in Morgan and he cleans house. The elbow pads go off and he rapes Rhino in the corner with them! Corner splash connects, followed with a side slam for two, broken up by Devon. Double team fails miserably and Hernandez tags in and he’s a one-man wrecking crew. He slams Rhino down for two. Hernandez flies out of the ring and he takes out the ECW Rejects! Back inside, Hernandez hits a big splash, but Rhino kicks out! Ray in illegally and he hits a scoop slam. Wassup attempt, but the Pope sends Devon off. PIMP SLAP, BITCH to Brother Ray! Morgan chokeslams Ray and Rhino dispatches Morgan! Dinero scoops Rhino up and he bombs him for two! Devon has a chair and he hits Hernandez. Gore follows and this borefest is over.
Winners: Team 3-D & Rhino
Grade: D+ (Wow….that sucked)
Lauren with Scott Steiner, with a roll of aluminum foil? Oh it’s a lead pipe. The bout is now No-DQ, Falls Count Anywhere. Steiner is thinking that he is oozing sex. Ugh.
Falls Count Anywhere: Scott Steiner v. Bobby Lashley
Lashley treats Steiner like a bitch from the get go! Steiner eats a chair shot and Lashley sends Steiner to the ring. Lashley beats a hole into Steiner and we go pillar to post. Snap suplex gets two as Steiner kicks out. The fans can’t decide who to cheer. GET OUT OF ORLANDO, TNA! Lashley charges and Steiner gets a boot up. T-Bone Suplex by Lashley gets two. Steiner gets sent out of the ring and Lashley is in pursuit. Steiner hits a low blow and he does it again. Cover outside and that gets two. Steiner is in control and he picks up a chair. He hits Lashley with it and only gets two. Back in the ring and he hits a belly to belly into a pin attempt for two. Last month, Steiner busted his ass. This month…he’s lukewarm. Steiner busts out two more belly to belly suplexes and that gets two. Steiner has Lashley on the top. Frakensteiner? Yup. Cover gets two. OK, he’s up to warm now. Scoop slam connects and Steiner goes up top. Lashley catches him and he press slams Steiner on the top rope and he lands hard outside! Lashley is building momentum and the fight goes to the announce table! Steiner runs away, but eats a chair anyway. Backstage we go and we have no crew ready. Really, TNA? Steiner is busted open and Lashley hits Steiner with a trash can. Steiner goes through the bike rack and Lashley cleans a table off. SUPLEX ONTO TWO TABLES! Steiner barely kicks out! Lashley has a 2X4 and Taz lets out his HOOOOOOO! reference. Lashley sets up…SPEARS THE MASS OF WOOD! The joke writes itself. Steiner chokes Lashley out with an extension cord. Lashley is out, but only for a two count. Bobby is back up and he gives chase to Steiner. Back inside the IMPACT ZONE we go and they go to the spanish broadcast table and he takes apart the scaffolding! STEEL PIPE TO LASHLEY! LASHLEY IS OUT!
Winner: Scott Steiner
Grade: C+
That was shocking.
Kurt Angle v. Desmond Wolfe
OK here is your dream match, folks! They lock up and Angle has the advantage. Another lockup and angle twists the wrists. Wolfe counters and he takes Angle down in the wrist lock. Already the fans are chanting “THIS IS WRESTLING”! Angle with a series of hiptosses and armdrags, he settles on a wristlock. Wolfe reverses to a hammerlock into a keylock! He drops the leg and he maintains the hold for a two count. Angle with a wristlock, but Wolfe counters again and he decks Angle in the corner. Right hand from Wolfe and he extends the hand on the ropes. Corner to corner we go and Angle is ready. Snap Vertical Suplex by Angle gets two. Backbreaker gets two as well. Uppercut connects and Angle thrusts his shoulder against Wolfe’s sternum. Angle charges and he eats the steel ring post! Wolfe puts the injured arm behind Kurt’s back and he SWEEPS THE LEG! Single arm suplex by Wolfe and he isn’t stopping. Angle goes up and over, but Wolfe stops the sunset flip attempt. Wolfe works the arm and he bridges the arm in a painful move. Angle counters to an anklelock, but Wolfe gets out before it gets cinched in. Wolfe with an uppercut and he rushes…running uppercut! Wolfe goes for another charge, but Angle catches him with a belly-to-belly! Angle back up and he hits a series of clotheslines! Corner to corner we go, but Angle gets a flying forearm for two. Wolfe with a headbutt, but Angle with a German! Waistlock applied and Angle hits another…and another…and another…and another…and one more for the races! SIX GERMANS! The straps come down and Angle is ready for the kill. Angle Slam is countered to an armdrag and LARIAT BY WOLFE! ANGLE KICKS OUT!
Tower of London attempt, but Angle REVERSES TO AN ANGLE SLAM…TWO COUNT ONLY! Wolfe has a keylock cinched in, but Angle rolls through and Wolfe is in trouble! WOLFE COUNTERS WITH A LOWEBODY FIGURE FOUR HAMMERLOCK! ANGLE ROLLS THROUGH! ANKLELOCK! Wolfe gets to the ropes, but Angle pulls him back. He reaches the ropes. WOW! Angle with the Angle Slam, but Wolfe counters with a spike DDT! Tower of London this time CONNECTS! Cover…this is ov—NO! Wolfe goes for a lariat, but Angle hits one of his own! Angle to the top and he misses the moonsault. KEYLOCK LOCKED IN! Angle gets to the ropes. Wolfe goes for a THIRD TOWER OF LONDON, but Angle escapes. Wolfe up top…Angle fights him off. FROG SPLASH, FTW! OH GOD, WOLFE IS STILL ALIVE! Angle picks Wolfe up for a Tombstone, but Wolfe counters to it…ANGLE COUNTERS TO THE ANKLELOCK! Wolfe kicks out, but Angle holds on! FUJIWARA ARMBAR INTO A TRIANGLE CHOKE! WOLFE TAPS!
Winner: Kurt Angle
Grade: A
JB with Samoa Joe. He says he’s in a good situation as he only has to beat one of them.
TNA World Title Match: AJ Styles v. Samoa Joe v. Daniels
The bell sounds and Daniels SUCKER PUNCHES STYLES! Daniels goes toe to toe with Joe and Styles gives Daniels his receipt. Styles sends Joe pillar to post and he connects with a corner splash. Daniels goes down and Joe takes advantage with a corner splash and enzugiri. Back chop followed by a kick and Daniels hits a leg lariat, sending him out of the ring. Schoolboy by Styles on Daniels gets two. Daniels gets a headlock and he gets sent to the ropes. Daniels holds on and Styles hits air. Dropkick by Styles on Daniels anyway and Joe gets one as well. Styles with a headlock. AJ kicks Joe off and he gets one on Daniels. Daniels sends Styles to the ropes and Joe clips the leg. STO by Daniels and he gets hung up on the ropes. Lefts and rights by Joe sends Daniels down. JOE PUNTS STYLES IN THE RIBS! High Knee scores two for Joe. Joe gets a leg bar locked in, but Styles gets it broken up. Cover for Styles gets two. Styles goes for a suplex on Joe and he connects! He decks Daniels and Styles goes after Joe. Indian Deathlock/chinlock combo applied and Daniels breaks it up and kicks Joe out of the ring. Drop toe hold by Daniels and he drops the knee on the back of Styles’ head. Headlock applied and he lets go for a low dropkick. He slams Styles on top of Joe and he applies a dual submission on Joe and Styles! That gets broken up and he hits a forearm on Styles, but walks into an uranage from Joe! Joe kicks Styles repeatedly before he rushes both of them with running knees! Snapmare takeover to Daniels and he follows with an atomic drop on Styles. Joe goes for the Elbow Suicida, but Styles has him scouted! Styles back in and he takes it to Daniels. Snap suplex by Styles and he goes after Joe, but Joe is smart. Joe sweeps Styles’ leg and he lands hard on the apron. Watch out, here comes Daniels! Asai Moonsualt attempt and Styles stops. Kokina Clutch! by Joe…STYLES…BLACKBERRY FLOP! HOLY F***!!! Styles brings Joe in the ring and gets two. Styles with a snap headscissors on Joe and he takes it to him. Daniels is down…POETERY IN MOTION TO JOE! HURRANCURANA TO DANIELS! TWO COUNT ONLY!
Daniels thrusts Styles into Joe and he has chops and slaps for both men. MONKEY FLIP, CAUGHT BY JOE…BOMBED ONTO DANIELS! Joe powerbombs Styles for two…he goes to a Boston Crab and converts to a STF! Styles gets the ropebreak. Joe with a snap powerslam gets two and Daniels comes back in! Joe is ready for Daniels, but Daniels locks on a Dragon Sleeper on Joe! AJ GETS TAKEN UP AND SLAMMED ON TOP OF JOE! HOLY S***! Two count for Daniels on both Styles and Joe! Daniels has AJ up for the DVD, TWO COUNT ONLY! Styles tries to come back but Daniels counters the suplex. Styles counters the counter and he snaps the neck on the landing. Both Styles and Daniels are down in the ring. Joe comes back in and AJ takes it to him! Joe fires back with the slaps and a high kick! Joe does the same to Daniels, but Daniels takes him down with an enzugiri! PELE BY STYLES TO DANIELS! Joe rushes, Styles blocks. Clotheslines all around by Styles! Daniels gets elevated out of the ring. SPRINGBOARD FOREARM ON JOE…TWO COUNT ONLY! Styles gets a cover on Joe again for two. Joe sends Styles to the corner…INVERTED DDT GETS A TWO COUNT!
Twenty Minutes in and Styles goes for an inverted DDT for Daniels, but Daniels counters to the Last Rites for TWO! Joe with a Muscle Buster attempt, but DANIELS HITS A GERMAN SUPLEX ON JOE! Joe hangs Daniels on the top…MUSCLE BUSTER CONNECTS! STYLES BREAKS THE PIN! Styles hits Joe with the turnbuckle and we trade rollups! Joe gets the cover…TWO COUNT! Joe charges into a spin kick by Styles! Styles looks for the clash…JUMPING ENZUGIRI BY DANIELS! Joe gets taken down. Last Rites is countered to the Styles Clash, countered to a jacknife cover, countered to Daniels getting a Styles Clash attempt…JOE BREAKS IT UP! Joe has a double clothesline for both men. HIGH-LOW ON JOE! Joe is down and Styles and Daniels make peace for the moment. Styles charges and he and Daniels are on the top turnbuckle…JOE CHOPS STYLES OUT OF THE RIGN! Muscle Buster is countered…STO BY DANIELS! BME BY DANIELS… CONNECTS! COVER…HERE COMES STYLES! 450! 450! PINFALL!
Winner: AJ Styles
Grade: A+ (MATCH OF THE YEAR HANDS DOWN!)
Wow…just wow.
Show Over.
The TNA Turning Point Report Card
AJ Styles d. Samoa Joe & Daniels: A+
Kurt Angle d. Desmond Wolfe: A
Scott Steiner d. Bobby Lashley: C+
Team 3-D & Rhino d. Hernandez, Matt Morgan, & Pope D’Angelo Dinero: D+
Tara d. Awesome Kong: B-
The British Invasion d. The Motor City Machine Guns & Beer Money: C+
ODB, Sarita, & Taylor Wilde d. The Beautiful People: C-
Amazing Red d. Homicide: B+
The Final Grade for TNA Turning Point 2009: B
The Final Pulse
I’m giving the PPV a high recommendation based on Amazing Red/Homicide; Angle/Wolfe; Joe/Daniels/Styles with the latter two worth the price of the event alone! Awesome show tonight as TNA worked hard with the card. No titles changed hands, but it was still a damned good show. Check the replay out!
