Feburary 8th 2008 Austin Creed defeated Frank Shamrock via pinfall after a Tornado DDT. Creed again impressed as he gave trailist Frank Shamrock no chance of winning. Creed picks up his first victory in TNA.
Johnny Devine defeated Senshi via Devine Intervention. After the match Elix Skipper come to the ring looking for revenge but instead found himself on the wrong end of a 3D from Team 3D. Brother Ray went into another rant about how they are being booked & how they will take over Xplosion & make it their own.
Feburary 14th 2008
We kick off iMPACT! with the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion,
Christian Cage. Cage was his usual humble self by declaring that no-one in TNA is good enough to face him at Destination X.
AJ Styles disagrees & proposes he faces Cage, after all, Cage did promise him a title match over a year ago. Cage gets out of it by saying he wants AJ to be fully ready & Cage doesn't think he is just yet. Styles accepts the decision & as a result Cage makes an open challenge to anyone on the roster for later tonight. Cage is going to give someone a chance to get to the top. The opening credits roll as Cage leaves the ring.
Time for the first match of the night & its the Knockouts in action. The team who helped Awesome Kong keep her title at Against All Odds,
Velvet Sky & Angelina Love, go up against
Roxxi Laveaux & the ultra experienced
Jackie Moore.
Sky & Love get dominated by the power game of Moore but get back into it when Roxxi gets tagged in. Velvet Sky is creeped out by Roxxi & refuses to wrestle her. Angelina Love wrestles the match pretty much on her own. Velvet Sky waited on the apron & picked her spot to perfection. With Roxxi gaining momentum, Sky kicked Roxxi in the kidney as she bounced off the ring ropes. Angelina Love caught Roxxi in a small package to sneak the victory.
Sky & Love celebrate on the outside when
Awesome Kong makes her entrance. A three on two beat down of Roxxi & Jackie follows. Sky & Love line them up, Kong knocks them down & out. Satisfied with their work, the three knockouts stand over their fallen victims with arms raised in victory.
The celebrations are short lived as
Raiesha Saeed attacks Angelina Love from behind as Kong hits Velvet Sky with a roundhouse backhand. Kong then hits both ladies with an Awesome Bomb each. Kong & Saeed stand amongst the four unconscious Knockouts.
We go backstage to
Jim Cornette's office next where he has
Petey Williams as a guest. Petey is complaining about
Rick Steiner's interference on Sunday. Petey reminds Cornette that he had Scott done & dusted before he got screwed. Petey demands
Scott Steiner be disqualified & Petey awards the two title matches. Cornette isn't interested & tells Petey he knew of the risk involved before the match was signed. Petey asks is it because he's Canadian he gets treated like crap by management.
Ms. Brooks & The Naturals come to the ring next. Ms. Brooks has a mic in hand & is looking quite pleased with her new clients. Brooks tells us that she is done with Roode & is moving on with her career. Her new goal starts tonight. Her goal is to take The Naturals back to the top of the TNA Tag Team Division.
Sonjay Dutt & Shark Boy are introduced as opponents.
The Naturals dominate a short match. Sonjay was isolated for the entire match & Shark Boy never even got a tag in before the match was finished. The Naturals won with The Natural Disaster in less then three minutes. After the match Brooks orders a beat down & the Naturals comply. Shark Boy receives a Natural Disaster on the outside of the ring to leave both men down & out. An impressive performance from The Naturals in their first match back.
After a short break we are back with
Booker T in the ring.
Black Reign & RelliK are on the outside. Booker grabs a mic as the fans let him know what they think of him now. Booker shows a new attitude tonight as he rips into Kaz. Booker claims Kaz was only going to ride him to the top then kick him off the mountain. Booker tells us he has been around too long to be fooled by these kids. Booker doesn't get to say anything else before
Kaz charges to the ring taking out Reign & RelliK with a double clothesline. Booker hightails it out of the ring as soon as Kaz reaches it.
Kaz isn't going to let it go that easy & takes his frustrations out on Black Reign & RelliK via a steel chair. Security has to restrain Kaz from doing some serious damage.
Backstage to the ever busy Jim Cornette again. This time is guest is an irate
Karen Angle. Karen demands to know what he is going to do about "That Japanese Guy", better known as
Yuji Nagata, coming in & costing Kurt the title. On top of that Karen tells us she hasn't heard from Kurt since & is about to file a missing persons report. Cornette tells Karen to relax & he will deal with it as soon as he can. Karen tells him it better be soon or she'll get really mad, which wouldn't be good for anyone in TNA.
BG James has made his way to the ring now, he doesn't waste any time in calling out Kip James, now known as
The Outlaw. The Outlaw appears after a slight delay with
Kevin Nash by his side. Both men arrogantly make their way to the ring despite losing on Sunday. BG asks the Outlaw why he would abandon him. The Outlaw replies with its simply business. With this Kevin Nash kicks BG in the side of the head. The Outlaw hits BG with the One & Only before both men leave to a chorus of boos.
Backstage again & Petey Williams is heading for his car when
Robert Roode catches up with him. Roode tells Petey he is right about management trying to hold him down. Roode goes on to say that if Petey needs any help, he need only ask. Petey thanks Roode & says he will definitely consider it. Petey offers Roode a ride home. Both men leave whilst still complaining about Jim Cornette.
Back at ringside with
Mike Tenay & Don West who are discussing Christian Cage's open challenge from earlier tonight when they are interrupted. Lance Hoyt, Jimmy Rave & Christy Hemme,
The Rock 'n' Rave Infection head to the announce booth. Hemme sits on the announce table while Hoyt & Rave go behind West & Tenay. Hemme says that she has noticed some very anti-Rock 'n' Rave comments from one member of the announce team in particular. Hemme gives them a chance to own up but neither man knows what she is talking about. Hemme tells them they now have to do it her way. Hemme clicks her fingers & Lance Hoyt grabs Don West by the neck & drags him to his feet.
Hoyt & Rave bring West to the ring as Christy Hemme remains seated on the announce table. Hemme tells Don West that she will be taking over his spot while West is in Intensive Care. A confused West is hit from behind by Jimmy Rave as a beating starts. Hoyt & Rave destroy West as Tenay begs for security while Hemme puts her feet up on the announce table & relaxes. Security eventually arrives & pulls Don West from the ring to safety. West needs to be carried backstage after the beating he received.
Mike Tenay complains to himself about Christy Hemme who is uninterested in him. Hemme finally shuts Tenay up by asking him whats the next match.
Christian Cage's answers that for her by making his way to the ring ready to compete. Cage grabs a mic before he gets into the ring.
Cage says it was harder than he thought to find an opponent for tonight but alas he found one. Cage introduces his opponent as
the Bore Machine Rhino. Rhino appears on the ramp looked pissed. However, he soon has bigger problems as
Abyss & Judas Mesias come from the side of the ramp. Rhino tries to fight both off but is unsuccessful. Cage isn't budging so Rhino is soon beaten down & beaten backstage.
In the ring Cage picks the mic up again & says this is too easy before his music plays. Cage holds his title above his head as he poses for the crowd. Cage is clearly enjoying himself once again, that is, until he turns around. Cage turns & gets knocked out cold by a steel chair shot to the skull. The
masked man who swung the chair picks up the title belt & drapes it over his shoulder as the new champion lays unconscious on the mat in front of him.