NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #41

Your hosts are Don West and Mike Tenay

The show opens with a video package on the happenings over the past few weeks. In then segues into a taped promo with Raven, who is sitting on the floor of a dark room that has two candles. He says that he will be the champion next week, counting it down to the exact amount of minutes and hours. He then says that tonight, he will drop the mother of all bombs on Jarrett and will achieve his destiny next week. Solid promo.

We are back to the live show as Goldylocks is in the parking lot with Glen Gilbertti and Mike Sanders, who is now dressed in a pair of shorts and wearing a doo-rag. Gilbertti says that he plucked him from the Power Plant but now he is “BA” Mike Sanders, which stands for below average. The rest of SEX shows up as Gilbertti chides them for arriving late then slaps Siaki across the face, causing David Young to get right up in his grill. Gilbertti yells at them to go into the locker room then AJ Styles and D’Lo Brown attack Sanders and Gilbertti from behind and this leads to their tag match.

Tenay says that AJ had nine stitches in his head as a result of the street fight match last week but also hurt his knee in another match last week. In the ring, D’Lo and AJ do some double team stuff. D’Lo hits Gilbertti with a top rope clothesline then gets two off a leg drop. AJ tags but Gilbertti dropkicks his knee and tags out. They target the knee of AJ, frequently making quick tags. Elbow drop from Gilbertti gets two. Sanders goes back to the knee for a bit. Gilbertti tags but misses a top rope elbow drop and D’Lo tags. He cleans house then all four men enter the ring. AJ hits Gilbertti with a German suplex but hurts his knee in the process. Sanders hits D’Lo with a neckbreaker but D’Lo comes back with the Sudden Impact. He heads up top and hits the frog splash but Gilbertti breaks up the pin. D’Lo hits him with the Sky High but Sanders breaks that up. AJ kicks Sanders in the back of the head then goes up top but Christopher Daniels runs in and knocks him up top for the DQ (6:30) *1/2. Skipper runs in too but Jerry Lynn and the Amazing Red run out for the save. AJ and Gilbertti are brawling in the stands then David Young and Sonny Siaki run out and destroy Lynn and Red.

Thoughts: Basic match. The end of this had Red and Lynn, the tag-team champions who are facing each other tonight for the right to face Kid Kash for the X Division title, get laid out by SEX. After that, I totally forgot about the match itself. Too much shit going on in one segment, which is the theme for tonight and most Russo shows in general.

Goldylocks is with Jeff Jarrett. She asks him about Raven but Jarrett says he doesn’t care about Raven’s “Cryptic bullshit” then promises to go even more hardcore than Raven. Erik Watts comes in, wearing a Brian Urlacher jersey, promitng peace and love and promises to find Raven and talk to him. He tells Jarrett that he has his back as Jarrett says he will get killed and it will be the best thing for him. One week after Jarrett goes out of his mind and throws barrels at Watts, he now just casually dismisses him as a lunatic.

West and Tenay run down the show, including:

Jerry Lynn vs. Amazing Red in a number one contender match for the X Division Title

XXX vs. AMW in a number one contender match for the Tag-Team titles.

The camera cuts out back and shows Chris Harris laid out in the locker room as James Storm is pissed off about what happened.

Skipper apologizes to the XXX fans stating how there will not be a match tonight and they poke fun at Storm for being a dumb hick. Storm runs out by himself and takes on XXX. He gets dumped but skins the cat, dodging a sliding Daniels in the process, and backdrops Skipper onto his partner. Storm takes out XXX with a running flip dive and we get a replay of that. In the ring, Storm is beating in Daniels. Dropkick gets two. Skipper tags and Storm takes him down. Daniels runs in and Storm tosses him out. Flying forearm gets two but Daniels hits him from behind and tags himself into the match. They double team Storm, who comes back with a crossbody block. Skipper immediately hits him with a double underhook suplex. Daniels tags and gets two off a leg lariat. They double team Storm some for a while as Chris Harris slowly comes to the ring, holding his head, as the crowd starts a “Wildcat” chant. Daniels and Storm clothesline each other and are both down. Storm goes for the tag but Skipper knocks Harris off the apron. Skipper tags in and gets a nearfall on Storm. He floats over on a backslide attempt but walks into a superkick from Storm, who makes the tag to Harris but the ref did not see it and orders Harris back on the apron. The crowd went nuts for that tag too. XXX double-team Storm as the crowd starts a “bullshit” chant. Storm then bulldogs Skipper and leg drops Daniels at the same time. He tags Harris and the arena awakes. He cleans house on XXX. Full nelson slam to Skipper gets two. XXX pancakes Harris and that gets two. Skipper hits a twisting slingshot splash for two. Storm hits Daniels with the Eight Second Ride and that gets two. Storm heads up top but Skipper dropkicks him off and he goes to the floor. XXX hits Harris with a double team move and Daniels hits the BME, getting two. XXX sets up for a Rockerplex-type move but Harris counters the suplex into a small package and that gets two. Skipper accidentally knocks Daniels off the apron then goes for a springboard crossbody but gets speared in mid-air by Harris. Daniels breaks up that pin attempt at two. All four men are in the ring and the ref checks on Storm. Harris picks up Skipper for the catatonic but Daniels gives him the low blow and Skipper gets a small package for the win (11:06) ***1/4. After the match, Storm helps up Harris then walks away, looking pissed off.

Thoughts: The match was good. However, after weeks of hinting towards a Harris heel turn, they all of a sudden make Storm look like a dick after leaving his partner in the ring.

Goldylocks is with Alexis, who has apparently dropped her last name. She tells Goldy that she will rip of Jarrett’s ball sack and throw it down her throat but says they have already been there. She walks away as Goldy follows her. Alexis goes into the ticket booth and harasses Sara Lee, eventually pushing her against the wall. Jarrett comes in and grabs Alexis then beats the shit out of her. They go into the parking lot where he throws her in the bed of a pickup truck. Nothing like having your champion beat the shit out of women on a weekly basis.

As West and Tenay are about to talk about the Ultimate Sin match as Erik Watts runs out and asks if they have seen Raven. Some fan swears at him then several start an “Erik sucks” chant. Tenay does not buy the new outlook of Erik Watts. There has been way too much of Erik Watts on this show.

James Mitchell in a taped promo talks about the Ultimate Sin match, which he says is more fun than the Spanish Inquisition. He says there is real barbed-wire, unlike the kind in ECW. There are kendo sticks on a pole, trash cans, tables, ladders, and a baseball bat suspended from the ceiling. He promises the world of Extreme Wrestling will be over.

West warns us not to try this at home because it is “too violent.” New Jack takes a sickle to Slash’s forehead then switches to a fork. Lee and Sandman are brawling on the outside. New Jack grabs a staple gun and a dollar bill but Slash hits him low and staples the dollar bill to his forehead. Slash is already wearing a crimson mask. Lots of slow-paced brawling is going on at the moment. Sandman hits Lee with a beer can as Awesome and Saturn are in the ring and Awesome gets kicked into the barbed wire then Saturn suplexes him onto it as Awesome quicky pulls it off him and eventually powerbombs Saturn onto a trashcan. Sandman grabs the kendo stick off the pole and hits Awesome on the head before beating the shit out of him with it until Lee bounces a trashcan off his forehead. Saturn takes down Lee and New Jack places the thing you squeeze out mops in on top of Slash’s head. Awesome sets up a table outside of the ring as too much is going on right now. In the ring, Saturn gets a nearfall on Slash. On the apron, Awesome puts Sandman through the table with a sitout powerbomb, hurting himself more than his opponent. Saturn goes up top and elbow drops Lee through a table. New Jack comes off the top with a chairshot to the head of Slash and that only gets two. New Jack sets up the ladder and tries to get the bat but Slash pushes him off the table and New Jack crashes through the table outside of the ring. Slash climbs up the ladder and the lights go off and when they come back on, Justin Credible appears yet again and fights with Slash. Saturn powerbombs Slash and Credible gets the bat. He hits Slash off the head and Saturn covers for the win (9:36) ¾*.

Thoughts: Lots of blood and garbage brawling, which is more of the same between these guys. They can call it any style of match they want but it is all the same. The crowd does not care one bit about Justin Credible either. He is not worthy of being the payoff after the lights come back on.  

A video package of the feud between Trinity and Kid Kash is shown.

Tenay is in the ring with Kid Kash, who gets booed loudly by the crowd. Tenay brings up how Kash was a coward for leaving Trinity to get destroyed by the Harris Brothers last week. Kash tells Tenay that is his opinion and that no one realizes how he discovered Trinity and before him she was jerking the curtain with two jabronis from New York City (Divine Storm). Kash also tells us that Trinity does not have a TNA contract but has a contract with him. The crowd is all over Kash, calling him an “Asshole” and starting a “Bullshit” chant. Kash says that he owns Trinity then she comes to the ring. She talks to him and her voice sounds like Fran Drescher’s, then Kash slaps her hard across the face and calls her a bitch then Trinity slaps him right back. Kash says he will make Trinity’s dream or wrestling men true and orders a ref to come down but gets slapped by Trinity. Kash became the biggest heel in the company after that slap. The crowd fucking hated him as the jealous guy who beats his woman for becoming more popular than him. Kash does a great job playing this type of heel. At least this man on woman beating has a point to it.

Trinity ducks a clothesline and takes down Kash with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. She fires away and they do a sloppy counter spot before Trinity gets two off a rollup. Trinity takes Kash off the apron with an enziguiri then goes up top and hits a moonsault block as the fans are going nuts. Trinity chops Kash down but gets sent into a guardrail then Kash bounces a chair off her face. Kash chops the shit out of her as the crowd starts another “Asshole” chant aimed at Kash. Back in the ring, Kash hits a top rope clothesline but pulls up Trinity at two. She fights back but Kash hits a swinging neckbreaker then the Bank Roll. Kash toys with her some until he misses a charge. Trinity goes up top and gets two off a senton but runs into a clothesline from Kash but Trinity kicks out. Kash argues with the ref then yells “is that what you want” in her face. Trinity comes back with a hurricarana then hits a double springboard seated senton that also takes out the ref. The Harris Brothers and Mike Sanders come to the ring and head towards Trinity but goes to Kash and the Harris Brothers hit him with the H Bomb this time and Sanders puts her on top of Kash and Trinity scores the pin (6:33) **.

Thoughts: They made this match work and it cemented Kash as a strong heel, which is something this company is lacking. When you have a majority of the roster consisting of tweeners or hinting at turns, it is refreshing to see a clear-cut heel and he got massive heat as a result.

Goldylocks is backstage in front of the New Church dressing room and we hear Slash and James Mitchell argue.

Shark Boy heads to the ring but Slash comes out, holding a dagger and still covered in blood, and hits Shark Boy with an inverted DDT on the ramp. Slash puts the dagger to Jeremy Borash’s neck and calls out Justin Credible, who attacks Slash from behind with the kendo stick.

Credible chops Slash in the corner but gets knocked outside and Slash takes him out with a somersault plancha. He throws Credible off the ramp and into the guardrail then hits him with a clothesline. Credible catches a charging Slash and hits a powerslam. He tosses Slash into the guardrail then hits him with a dropkick, sending him into the post. Slash catchs Credible and catapults him into the post before bouncing a chair off his head. They go back in the ring as they struggle before Slash hits the helicopter slam. Credible catches Slash with a superkick as he comes off the top then he whacks him on the head with a kendo stick. The crowd doesn’t give a shit about this and Slash tosses powder into Credible’s face and beats on him with the stick. The stick is now broken as they head through the crowd and into the parking lot. Saturn and New Jack come out then Sandman hits Slash with a flaming kendo stick then the New Church and Awesome run out as the match is ruled a no-contest (4:40) *.

Thoughts: The match was heatless and this feud will never end.

Erik Watts comes to the ring with his straight jacket. He asks for Raven and his music hits but Julio comes out. Watts says he is here for peace and love and tries and fails to be funny, calling Julio the “Chickenator.” He insults Julio and walks away but catches Julio with a clothesline then hits a chokeslam. Julio fights back and powerbombs Julio in the corner as West mentions how Watts is doing Jarrrett’s dirty work. Alexis runs in and hits Watts with a low blow and they both beat on him as the crowd is dead. Jarrett runs out and beats on the Gathering. He puts Julio on the table and goes up top. Laree cuts off Jarrett and tries a rana but Jarrett catches her and powerbombs her on the table. He walks off and goes to the locker room. Watts was intolerable and the segment died a painful death.

Video package on Jerry Lynn and the Amazing Red.

Konnan comes out for commentary. He says that Red will win because he is Puerto Rican, even if he doesn’t act like one. Tenay asks him about the mystery luchadore and he is does not have a clue as to it is and threatens to stick is foot up Tenay’s ass. Both men struggle to get an advantage as Konna goes off how there are no Mexicans in TNA. They trade some more moves before ending in a standoff. The crowd starts a “TNA” chant as Konnan says the arena should be called the “Dick House” because it is full of just that. Lynn and Red shake hands as Konnan says if a bitch got in his face, they would be cleaning up the stench of fish for two weeks because of how badly he will tear into her. Lynn catches Red with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for two. Back suplex gets two. Lynn puts on a Boston Crab the pulls Red towards the center of the ring.  Red escapes but Lynn ducks the 718 and clotheslines Red to the floor. Red floats over on a suplex attempt and dropkicks Lynn to the floor. Red puts on the breaks after a diving attack and hits a rana off the apron. Red snaps off another rana as Konnan goes off about racism in TNA. Back in the ring, Red hits Lynn with a spin kick and gets two. Lynn gets a backslide but Red hits a clothesline and beats on Lynn in the corner. Lynn lands on the apron but Red dodges the apron leg drop. Red tries a slide but Lynn catches him and drops him throat first on the guardrail. They go back into the ring and Lynn gets two. After a struggle, Red hits the Code Red and gets two. Lynn catches Red with a powerbomb and that gets two. Red escapes from the TKO and gets two off a small package. Lynn counters a piledriver and gets two off a vertebreaker. Red escapes from a cradle piledriver attempt and hits a spin kick. Red goes off the top and hits the ref. He charges at Lynn but misses and flies to the floor. Ron Killings runs out from the crowd and hits Lynn with the Truth Conviction. He then tells Konnan that they need to talk. Red eventually climbs the ropes, unaware of what happened to Lynn, and hits the Infrared for the win (14:04) **1/2.

Thoughts: The match was alright but it never really got going and it was much slower paced than you would have expected. Killings returned and seems to be looking to start a minority faction with Konnan.

Goldylocks is with Erik Watts. He says that Jarrett helping him out was monumental then goes looking for Raven, saying that he knows where he is then does a poor excuse of a poor excuse of an Elmer Fudd impression before Raven beats the shit out of him. He asks him about Jarrett’s whereabouts. Please, no more Erik Watts on my TV.

West and Tenay run down the history between Raven and Jarrett and plug their match next week. Tenay tells us that Jarrett is still here looking for Raven then shows us a video package on Raven

Jarrett runs into Raven and beats on him. They head towards the ring as Jarrett grabs the straight jacket. Jarrett uses a chair on Raven and rolls him into the ring to deliver some more chair shots. He tries to put on the straight jacket and hits him with a chair again but the lights go out and when they return, New Jack, Saturn, Sandman, and Justin Credible are in the ring. Jarrett tries to fight them but gets outnumbered and they put Jarrett in the straight jacket. Saturn wraps him in barbed wire and hang him upside down from the ropes as Raven beats him with the kendo stick. They powerbomb Jarrett as the ECW alumni celebrate together.  

Final Thoughts: First, the wrestling was not as good as the past two weeks but still okay overall. They established Kash as a heel and make you want to see him get his ass kicked. They still did a good job in promoting Raven vs. Jarrett next week but the Erik Watts stuff was horrendous. The overall lack of strong heels and faces is killing the product. I didn’t care for the end with all of the ECW guys joining up with Raven and apparently turning heel in the process. Seeing Raven and Sandman join up, especially without an explanation, is ridiculous. In TNA, if you hint at turning you don’t end up turning so we can get these swerves that no one cares about. If you love Erik Watts, this is the show for you.