Xplosion
February 15th 2008 Austin Creed defeated Sonjay Dutt via Frog Splash. The newcomer impressed again this week on Xplosion & it doesn't look to be long before he sets his sights on the TNA X-Division Champion Black Machismo.
Homicide defeated Hawk Younkins via Gringo Killa. The Former TNA Tag team Champion destroyed triallist Hawk Younkins in less than sixty seconds.
Triple X defeated Team 3D via DQ. Team 3D couldn't keep up with Senshi & Skipper & resorted to illegal measures. Including sending Elix Skipper thru a table in front of referee Slick Johnson. Team 3D & Johnny Devine continued the beating after the bell.
iMPACT!
February 21st 2008
We open this week's edition of iMPACT! with the TNA Champion
Christian Cage, sans title belt. Cage doesn't look his usual self tonite, instead he looks deadly serious. Cage grabs a mic before getting into the ring. Cage tells us he wants to get it out of the way, so tonite will be another open challenge. Cage then moves onto more important business in his words. Cage calls the masked man a coward for his ambush last week. Cage warns him that if he shows up again tonite to interfere, their will be a welcome party waiting for him. Cage tells him he will leave his locker-room unlocked for his match tonite, & his belt better be there when he gets back. Cage drops the mic & starts to leave the ring when the masked man appears on stage.
Cage quickly grabs the mic again & shouts for
AJ Styles to get him. The masked man looks around him but See's no AJ Styles. The masked man turns & leaves still in possession of Cage's world title belt. Cage meanwhile is still screaming for Styles to jump him as the opening credits roll.
We are back & straight into the action as always. The first match of the evening is
Kaz vs RelliK (That's Killer spelt backwards). RelliK doesn't come to the ring without backup after what Kaz did last week.
Black Reign & Booker T accompany him. An evenly matched, fast paced match follows with both men coming close to getting the victory. In the end, a mistimed trip from Black Reign handed Kaz the win. Reign missed his intended target of Kaz & caught RelliK, RelliK stumbled forwards & right into
The Wave of The Future.
Kaz has no time to celebrate tho as Booker T is quickly into the ring to jump the man he turned on at Against All Odds. Reign, RelliK & Booker T do a number on the helpless Kaz until security make the save.
As Kaz is helped from the ring we cut backstage to
Jim Cornette's office. Cornette is graced with the company of Showtime
Eric Young. Eric is trying to convince Cornette to make a tag match for Destination X now that he knows
Sting will be there. Cornette hesitates but gives in & make the match official. Eric looks ecstatic with the news as he leaves Cornette' office.
Cornette goes to take a seat for the first time tonight when
Karen Angle storms in screaming at the top of her lungs. Cornette asks her to turn the volume down by about 120 decibels. Karen is not amused & asks what has he done to find
Kurt Angle. Cornette backs up a little before telling Karen he only has one small piece of information. Karen demands to know what it is. Cornette tries to explain but is backed up further by the advancing & pissed off Karen Angle. Cornette finally manages to get it out. Kurt Angle was seen in Japan only a few hours ago. Cornette suggests to Karen that she go to Japan & start searching as he cant do anymore.
Karen reminds Cornette that Japan is huge. Karen asks where in Japan Kurt was spotted. Cornette checks his notes & reveals the location as Tokyo. The site of his victory over
Yuji Nagata. Karen stares at Cornette as if she doesn't believe him. After a tense few seconds she says thanks to Cornette & leaves.
Cornette is just about to sit down when
Rhino & Raven burst into the office. Cornette puts his head in his hands before looking up to the sky's & asking if ten seconds of peace & quite is too much to ask for. Rhino is pissed & wants
Abyss & Judas Mesias again. Rhino says he can let of lot of things slide, but not costing him a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight title. Rhino goes on to say he wants to see Mesias & Abyss die a bloody & painful death for last week. Raven pipes in with a suggestion for Destination X. Raven suggests a Death match. Cornette doesn't argue & makes the match official. Rhino & Raven leave a little happier. As soon as they leave Cornette locks his office door.
Back to the ring now as we have some tag team action up next.
Ms. Brooks is in the ring with a mic in hand.
The Naturals stand behind her as their opponents,
Shark Boy & Sonjay Dutt stand outside the ring. Ms. Brooks tells us she was not impressed by last weeks showing from her team.
She wants this week to be a dominating performance to ensure Jim Cornette sits up & takes notice.
Things don't start well for the Naturals as Dutt & Shark Boy jump start the match. Shark Boy takes Chase Stevens to the outside where he proceeds to bite him several times. Referee, Earl Hebner, tries to gain some order on the outside as Ms. Brooks slips into the ring unnoticed. Brooks taps Sonjay Dutt on the shoulder from behind. Dutt turns & is met with a vicious kick between the uprights. Brooks then pie-faces Dutt into Andy Douglas. Douglas hits Dutt with a reverse DDT & makes the cover as Ms. Brooks gets Hebner's attention. Hebner climbs back into the ring & counts the three making the Naturals 2-0 since their return to TNA.
Backstage again &
AJ Styles is sneaking around with
Jeremy Borash. JB asks him why he is sneaking around, Styles explains he doesn't want Cage to find out but he has to tell someone. Styles tells JB
he knows who the masked man is. JB asks who & why doesn't he want Cage to know. Styles explains that cage hasn't done anything for him recently so why should he help Cage? Styles goes on to say he is still waiting for his title match that Cage promised him a really long time ago. Styles also says he's considering taking the open challenge tonite. JB tries to get the conversation back to the masked man but Styles continues his rant about Cage as they walk into the distance.
Back to ringside & we are preparing for our next match when
Mike Tenay & Christy Hemme exchange heated words. Hemme gets annoyed & calls on her boys. Lace Hoyt & Jimmy Rave waste no time in coming to ringside & grabbing Mike Tenay.
The Rock 'n' Rave Infection drag Tenay to the ring as Hemme cheers them on. Hoyt sets up for a
pump-handle slam when the TNA World Tag team Champions
Samoa Joe & Black Machismo run to the ring. Hoyt & Rave bail out leaving Tenay uninjured. Tenay recovers & retakes his position at the announce booth. Joe tells Hemme that he will be watching her & will be ready if Hoyt & Rave try anything again. Hemme rolls her eyes & ignores Joe.
Back to the in ring action now as
Petey Williams takes on the returning
Rick Steiner. Petey is alone but Rick has his brother for backup. Rick showed a lot of ring rust in the match as Petey easily avoided most of his attacks. Petey had Rick in position for the
Canadian Destroyer when
Scott Steiner jumped up onto the ring apron. The distraction allowed Rick to take out the legs of Petey & roll him up for a quick victory. The Steiners head up the ramp as Petey is irate in the ring. The Steiners only get halfway up the ramp before
Robert Roode hits them both from behind with a double
Northern lariat. Security is quickly on the scene to avoid any further fighting.
A video package airs next. It shows the moment of impact at
Against All Odds when
Hernandez took himself out.
Homicide appears in the video & explains that Hernandez is out indefinitely. Homicide goes on to promise gold for LAX. Specifically, the X-Division gold.
Backstage now &
Crystal is with
Awesome Kong & Riaesa Saeed. Saeed tells
Velvet Sky & Angelina Love that Kong never needed them but took their help anyway. Now that Kong has beaten both challengers, she no longer needs them & they were disposed of last week.
The camera man is pulled away from Kong & Saeed as
Robert Roode & Petey Williams are heard arguing nearby. The camera follows both men into Petey Williams Locker-room where the argument is stopped dead. Both men have a look of shock & surprise on their face at what they see. The camera pans around to locate a man sitting in the corner of the room. That man is none other than
Scott D'Amore.
Petey & Roode are thrilled to see Coach D'Amore back but he has some less than kind words for his students. D'Amore tells them they shouldn't be wasting time with hasbeens like the Steiners.
D'Amore tells them Roode should be main eventing & Petey should be destroying the X-Division with ease. Instead they are losing to guys who were past it 15 years ago. D'Amore says he is sticking around to set things right in TNA.
Main Event Time on iMPACT! as
Christian Cage comes to the ring alone again. His opponent is introduced as
The Outlaw. The former Kip James makes his way to the ring for potentially the biggest match of his career to date.
The Outlaw put in a good showing but ultimately it was the man who he turned on a few weeks ago that ended the match.
BG James came thru the crowd & speared The Outlaw out of the ring prompting a DQ. BG James & The Outlaw brawl on the outside until
Kevin Nash heads for the ring to help his partner out. The Outlaw & Kevin Nash proceed to beat down BG James as Christian Cage watches from the ring. Two weeks in a row now Cage has gotten off easy. Until he turned around that was. Cage turned & got knocked out cold with a steel chair for the second time in two weeks. The Masked Man holds Christian Cage's TNA World Title above his head signaling his intent. We go off the air in similar fashion to last week. The champion unconscious & The Masked Individual standing tall, title in hand.