TNA returned to Orlando, Florida tonight to tape Impact and Xplosion at Universal Studios. Richard Trionfo called in the following results:
Xplosion:
*Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal in a good match.
Impact 1/18:
*Sting, sans makeup, attacked Jim Mitchell and threw him into the trunk of a car.
*Backstage, Team 3D was entering the building. Brother Ray talked about how they were screwed in the past by other wrestlers and promoters but never by other family members. He tells Brother Runt not to get involved in their match tonight.
*NWA Tag Team champions LAX defeated Team 3D after Moody Jack handed Hernandez a slapjack to use on Ray. Runt came out during the match but Ray brought him to the back.
*Backstage, Abyss was in a rage over Jim Mitchell missing. They cut away to Jacqueline and Gail Kim brawling backstage.
*They did a sitdown interview with Christy Hemme. She said that women deserve respect. Kip James tried to get involved and take over the interview for Jeremy Borash, but BG James played peacemaker.
*NWA champion Christian Cage comes to the ring to cut a promo. Kurt Angle comes out. Cage says he has an "anger management coach". Angle asked who, dropping Bill Goldberg and Brock Lesnar's names, but Cage wouldn't say, leaving it as someone who would help him get into Angle's head.
*In a taped vignette, Sting had taken Jim Mitchell to the prison of Abyss' past. He demands to know Abyss' secret and Mitchell refuses to tell him. Sting handcuffs him to the fence.
*James Storm defeated Lance Hoyt. Dale Torborg and AJ Pierzynski interfere. After the match, Gail Kim and Jacqueline (wearing a Ms. Texas sash) brawl. Storm lays out Kim. Petey Williams hits the ring for the save but is hit with a superkick and laid out.
*Backstage, AJ Styles is interviewed about Kurt Angle and calls him a baby.
*Kurt Angle pinned AJ Styles after an Olympic Slam on a steel chair. Tomko came out to ringside to try and distract Angle. After the match. Christian Cage hit the ring for a 3 on 1 attack of Angle. Rhino hit the ring and chased Styles off. Samoa Joe came to the ring and stared off with Angle as Cage and Tomko backed off. Cage asked Angle if he had a clue yet, insinuating he had hired Samoa Joe.
*Sting arrives at the Impact Zone and calls out Abyss trying to find out the secret. Abyss refuses and Sting says he will find out for himself.
Impact 1/25:
*Samoa Joe comes out and says he's going to be an unofficial enforcer. Kurt Angle comes out and warns Joe not to get in his way. Christian Cage comes out and says it's not Joe he hired and Angle will get another clue later.
*Rhino fought Raven to a no contest when AJ Styles, dressed in Raven's suit, attacked Rhino with a steel chair.
*In a non-title match, Jerry Lynn defeated TNA X-Division champion Chris Sabin, Senshi, and Austin Starr in a Four-Way match when Lynn pinned Sabin with a sunset flip.
*Sting promo: He reveals the secret. Abyss once shot a man in the back three times. The man, who was Abyss' father, survives and is in a coma. Abyss attacks Sting and they brawl.
*NWA champion Christian Cage pinned Christopher Daniels. Samoa Joe came out to watch the match. After the bout, Kurt Angle comes out and he goes face to face with Joe.
Xplosion:
*Sonjay Dutt fought Chase Stevens to a no contest after Shane Douglas came out and threw Stevens into the ring steps.
man.. they should of resolved their damn problems already..
. Hopefully it's not terrible; I like how they're promoting the Cena/Umaga feud (as if they were two people feuding on a pro wrestling show). I don't care for the participants, but I hope this is a signal of a desire to "return to basics" in WWE programming.
