TNA Tag Team Championship Match: Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Young Bucks
Alex Shelley ties up to start it with Jeremy. Top wrist lock on Buck, and a nice bridge. Roll through and a series of pins. Two count on Buck. Shelly in charge still through the first five minutes of this fast paced contest. Sabin tagged in now, off the ropes and a quick two count on Max Buck who is in now. Series of arm drags and a simultaneous drop kicks don't land. We have a break and Jeremy tagged in as well as Shelley. Shelley off the ropes, duck by Buck, who bounces off the ropes and lands an arm drag, tagging in Max Buck who backflips across the tied up arm of Shelley. Quick tag back to Jeremy who continues working on the arm with repeated arm breakers. Shelley locks on a rocking horse type submission move (similar to a bow and arrow) on Jeremy, but Max in to break it up. Sabin runs in for the save but Buck cleans house. Buck in a roll with an amazing Matrix to avoid a clothesline and then leaps over the ropes to get Shelley, skins the car back in, all in one motion leaps to the top rope and bounces back to dropkick Sabin. Shelley tries to leap to the top rope but Jeremy Buck drops him on his head, to save brother Max. Shelley falls to the outside floor. Jeremy rolls Shelley back in. One count for Max, another try, one count, another try, one count for Max. Max is visibly frustrated. Bucks double teaming Shelley now with a double clothesline. Continuing quick tags for the Bucks which are regularly followed by failed pin attempts. Jeremy in now, and he applies a Full Nelson on Shelley who breaks free. Sabin in now and he cleans house with flying forearms, and then hits a leaping side kick in the corner. Sabin to the apron and hits a springboard ddt on Max followed by a two count. Shelley on the apron and gets dropkicked off. Shelley follows by suicide diving to the outside on Jeremy Buck. Both men down. Fans going wild. Bucks double teaming Shelley in the corner with a double team suplex/plant type move. Two count, nearly three. Max goes for a Pelle kick on Shelley who catches it, but Jeremy follows immediately with a dropkick to Shelley. Incredibly fast pace still. Sabin hits a running knee lift but misses, followed by a double super kick to the face of Max Buck by Sabin and Shelley. Shelley to the top flies off and they connect on Skull and Bones and Sabin follows with the pinfall for the victory.
Your Winners: The Motor City Machine Guns.
TNA X-Division Championship Match: Douglas Williams [c] vs. Sabu
Sabu starts by charging Williams who moves. Sabu still tries for the leg, single leg takedown but Williams gets away and back to his feet. Williams with a side headlock takeover. Sabu turns it into a leg scissors. Sabu hits a slingshot legdrop and applies a Camel Clutch. Williams gets a rope break and rolls outside. Sabu follows him right outside by going airborn onto Williams. Sabu sets up a table but Williams stops him and takes the match back to the ring. Williams hits a running knee into Sabu's chest, climbs the ropes, but Sabu gets right back up and he crotches him then goes for a hurricanrada but as he went to spring, Williams blocked him and they both tumble to the mat. Sabu goes under the ring and gets a chair. Referee Earl Hebner warns Sabu not to use it and he drops it. Then he sets it up and hits the Triple Jump Moonsault, and gets a two count. Williams now in charge and applies a neck wrench, then hits a knee drop and gets a two count. Williams goes for a splash, but Sabu gets the knees up and goes for a pin, two count. Sabu to the ropes, springboard back-elbow, two count for Sabu. Sabu sets up achair and goes for a triple jump but Williams dropkicks it into Sabu. Williams with a head of steam gut-wrenches Sabu and gets a two count. Williams rolls outside, Sabu sets up a chair and runs. Hebner blocks the chair as Sabu runs back, then Sabu passes him and springboards onto Williams outside the ring. Back inside now and behind the referee's back, Williams clocks Sabu with a chair and scores the pinfall for the victory.
Your Winner: Douglas Williams
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Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky
Madison controls the match early grabbing the hair of Velvet, then putting her into a Camel Clutch. Velvet rolls up Madison while the referee was distracted by Tara and no count. Madison again pulling the hair and this time applies a head-scissor stomp on the face of Velvet. Two count for Madison. Velvet now with a running bulldog. Tara pulls her outside and goes to hit Velvet with the biker helmet but Angelina makes the save. Velvet back inside now and Madison goes for a rocker dropper but Velvet turns it around into a DDT and scores the pinfall for the victory.
Your Winner: Velvet Sky
Falls Count Anywhere Match: Rhino vs. Abyss
Match starts abruptly. Rhino immediately brings a trash can and weapons into the ring. Abyss rolls outside and Rhyno slingshots from the ring to the outside onto Abyss! The two brawl into the crowd now and all the way outside the building into Universal Studios. Rhino sent shoulder-first into a trash can. By the stage. Rhino sends Abyss through the stage by being whipped into the side wall of it. Rhino goes in after him and a camera man goes in as well, but gets knocked down. Then they continue brawling under the stage and Rhino gets rammed through the other end of the stage wall, so that they come back out into the arena. Abyss in control now with a series of punches as they brawl down the aisle back to ringside. Back inside the ring now. Abyss sets up a steel guardrail in the corner, whips Rhino toward it but he stops just before contact and runs back at Abyss and clotheslines him. Rhino gets a cookie sheet and clocks Abyss, then hits a Belly-to-Belly Suplex. Rhino sets up the Gore but gets caught by Abyss who Chokeslams Rhino onto a trash can. Two count for Abyss. Abyss gets Janice and brings it to the ring. Just as he enters, Rhino Gores Abyss and gets a two count. Both men up now and Abyss hits a Black Hole Slam. Two count only! Abyss sets up the guardrail again in the corner. He picks Rihno to his feet and sets up a powerbomb, but Rhino counters out into a short-arm clothesline. Rhino sets up for a Gore into the guardrail. Abyss up, Rhino charges, Abyss sidesteps it and Rhino hits the guardrail head-first. Abyss hits a Black Hole Slam and gets the three count.
Your Winner: Abyss
Kevin Nash & Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett & Samoa Joe
Sting starts off with Joe. They circle an Sting quickly turns and punches Jarrett on the apron. Nash comes in and Joe connects with a dropkick, then goes back to work on Sting. Joe lands an elbow and a kick on Sting. Jarrett tagged in and he climbs and pummels Sting, followed by a clothesline. Jarrett to the ropes, Nash kicks him and Sting capitalizes with a clothesline. Nash in and throws punches at Jarrett. Nash with a sidewalk slam and a two count. Sting in and hits a Stinger Splash on Jarrett and goes for a Vader Bomb, but Jeff gets the knees up. Joe in now who cleans house. Joe unleashes a barrage of offense on Sting, then kicks Nash off the apron. Joe suicide dives outside onto Nash. Jarrett inside now and battling Sting. Jarrett gets Sting's baseball bat while the ref is outside and uses it on Sting. Joe in now and applies the Rear Naked Choke on Sting. Jarrett holds Nash outside. Referee calls for the bell and is declared the winner.
Your Winner: Samoa Joe & Jeff Jarrett
I Quit Match: A.J. Styles vs. Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer and AJ start the match brawling as Tommy is introduced. Dreamer tries a Texas CLoverleif, but AJ gets free. AJ charges Tommy and is back body dropped to the outside of the ring. Inside and Tommy is controlling the match. Eventually the match would take to the outside with AJ hitting a running clothesline off the apron. They battle up the ramp. AJ tries to apply a Figure Four, but Dreamer rips a strobe light off the entrance ramp and clocks AJ. Dreamer chokes AJ with the light's cord now,but he won't quit. Back to ringside, AJ tries a Styles Clash but Dreamer gets out and then hits a shoulderbreaker on AJ. Dreamer tosses a chair in the ring. Finally the match takes inside the square circle. Armbar applied on AJ but he won't quit. Dreamer wraps AJ's left arm in the chair and legdrops it. AJ crotches Dreamer around the bottom post so that his legs are hanging off the apron, AJ then applies the Figure Four around the post. AJ continues to work on the knee of Tommy with kicks. AJ applies a Figure Four, and Tommy turns it over, but then lets it go. Tommy in charge now, he grabs a fork and goes to stab AJ with it, but AJ hits a Pelle, knocking Dreamer outside of the ring. AJ hits the ropes with speed and goes for a suicide dive but Dreamer quickly clocks AJ with a kendo stick. Tommy then Pump Handle Slaps AJ with the Kendo Stick. Dreamer rips his shirt off and applies a Crippler Crossface with the Kendo stick but he does not quit. Dreamer breaks the Kendo Stick on AJs face.AJ pulls a fork out of his tights and jabs Dreamer in the face. AJ dropkicks him then rips Dreamer open with the fork and jams the form in Dreamer's eye, forcing Dreamer to quit.
Your Winner: AJ Styles
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy
They start with a lockup and a break. (7) TNA World Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: Jeff Hardy vs Kurt Angle. Dixie Carter is shown watching from the front row of ringside. The crowd is split between both men. Angle goes for a suplex but Hardy counters it into a face jam for a near fall. Big powerbomb from Angle and Jeff lands right on the back of his neck and head. Angle is being very stiff in this match. Hardy nails the Twist of Fate for a near fall. Hardy goes for the Swanton but Angle moves. Kurt nails the Angle Slam but Jeff kicks out in two. Kurt try’s to lock in the ankle lock but Jeff get’s out. Angle now has the German suplex locked in. He nails three but Jeff kicks out in two. Kurt misses a moonsault. Hardy nails the Whisper in the Wind but only gets a near fall. They battle on the floor. Jeff hits Kurt with a Twist of Fate and climbs up top. Jeff does a Swanton to the floor and on to Kurt. The ref is counting and both men are down on the outside. Angle slides back in at 8 and Hardy at 9. Hardy goes for another Twist but Angle counters it into a German suplex. Kurt nails a top rope frog splash for a near fall. This is really good. Hardy nails another Twist of Fate for a very near fall. Swanton Bomb for Hardy and Angle kicks out again. Another Swanton and Angle kicks out yet again. Hardy goes for a third but Angle gets his knees up. Angle Slam and Hardy kicks out again. Kurt try’s to lock on the ankle lock again but Jeff counters it and sends him to the floor. Jeff rolls Angle into the ring but as soon as Hardy get’s back in Angle locks on the Ankle Lock. Hardy gets to the rope but Angle pulls him back into the center of the ring. Hardy is finally able to counter it and get free. Angle has the ankle lock back on Jeff and he still won’t quit. Jeff gets to the ropes but Angle pulls him back out again. Jeff is about to tap and the bell rings. The 20 minute time limit has expired and the match is a draw. Eric Bischoff is out from the back and is talking to Dixie Carter. The match has been restarted for 5 more minutes. Angle attacks Jeff before the bell and stomps on Jeff’s angle numerous times. Kurt locks on the ankle lock again but Jeff sends him to the floor with the good leg. They fight on the floor and Jeff slams Kurt into the steps. Hardy goes up top back in the ring but Angle crotches him. Top rope super Angle Slam but Hardy kicks out again. Angle charges at Hardy and gets back dropped over the top and down to the floor. Kurt gets back in at 9. There is less that 20 seconds left in the 5 minute over time. The time expires again. Bischoff says we need to have a winner so there will be one more 5 minute over time. Less than three minutes left in the second over time as Jeff rams Angle into the steps on the floor. Angle is busted open. Hardy locks on a Boston crab and Angle is bleeding like a stuck pig. Angle counters it into an ankle lock with 35 seconds left. The time expires again. This match has now gone 30 minutes without a winner. Trainers are in to check on both men. Bischoff is on a head set talking to someone in the truck. Eric takes the mic and says that the doctors have advised them not to continue the match because neither man is in any condition to do so. Angle is pissed and storms off. The match is a no contest.
Your Winner: No Contest
Mr. Anderson vs. "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero
TNA World Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: The Pope vs Mr. Anderson. They really have a tough act to follow in this one. The crowd is spent after that last match. They started off trading holds but it has turned into a fist fight. Pope is dominating things at the moment. Anderson battles back with a spin kick which I have never seen him do before. Some fans in the front row are cheering on Pope but pretty much everyone else is dead silent. Anderson is working over the previously injured shoulder of Pope. Not much to this so far but it’s hard to get into it after seeing a really good 30 minute match end in a no contest. Pope hits a codebreaker for a near fall. Anderson nails the Mic Check for a near fall. Pope misses the DDE and gets nailed with a Mic Check and Mr. Anderson gets the win and moves on to the finals in the tournament but we don’t know who he will be facing since Hardy vs Angle was a draw. Anderson cut a promo after the match and announced himself as the winner.
Your Winner: Mr. Anderson