Total Non-Stop Action presents Impact
Date: 11/22/2007
From: Orlando, FL
Matches:
1.) Chris Sabin defeated Brother Devon & Abyss in the first round of Turkey Bowl
2.) Samoa Joe defeated Johnny Devine & Kip James in the first round of Turkey Bowl
3.) TNA Tag Team Champion AJ Styles defeated Christian Cage & TNA X-Division Champion Jay Lethal in the first round of Turkey Bowl
4.) ODB defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky in a triple threat match
5.) Samoa Joe defeated TNA Tag Team Champion AJ Styles & Chris Sabin in the finals of Turkey Bowl
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) The opening to TNA starts off with Monday Night Football music and promotion for Turkey Bowl.
2.) We go to a dinner hosted by Kurt Angle and Karen Angle. They have Jeremy Borash, AJ Styles and Tomko there, as well. Kurt leads a prayer and is thankful for Pacman Jones is not there. Kurt is also thankful that their writers aren’t on strike even though they don’t get DVD sales. Styles asks if Christian Cage is coming and Kurt says he is going to be there.
3.) The theme of the triple threat matches is one competitor is a heavyweight, a tag team wrestler and an X-Division wrestler.
4.) Devon and Sabin brawl during Sabin’s entrance. Devon elbows Sabin and clotheslines Sabin to the floor as Abyss makes his entrance. Abyss hammers away on Devon several times. Devon kicks Abyss, but runs into a spinebuster. Abyss tries for a chokeslam, but Devon breaks free. Sabin his a springboard dropkick to Abyss sending Abyss to the floor. Sabin hits a hurricanrana on Devon and goes to the apron, but is met with a clothesline after a springboard attempt. Devon pummels Sabin with right hands in the corner followed by a choke. Devon knocks Abyss to the floor to keep control on Sabin. Devon splashes Sabin in the corner followed by a clothesline. Devon continues to knock Abyss off the apron. Devon chokes Sabin on the mat, but the referee forces a break. Devon hammers away on Sabin in the corner. Sabin drives Devon down to the mat by his neck. Abyss enters the ring and cleans house with strikes to both men. Abyss splashes Devon in the corner and does the same to Sabin. Abyss plants Devon with a chokeslam. Abyss grabs Sabin, but Sabin bites Abyss’s hand to break free. Abyss drives Sabin down with the Shock Treatment. Black Reign gets in the ring and attacks Abyss on the floor with Rellik. Rhino runs to the ring and goes after Reign to save Abyss. Sabin avoids Devon in the corner and delivers a running boot. Sabin spikes Devon with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Sabin mounts Devon in the corner to deliver several punches. Brother Ray enters the ring and is kicked to the floor. Sabin counters a lifting reverse DDT attempt and rolls Devon up for the win. (**. As soon as Abyss was taken out of the match it was rather obvious where they were going to go here. Sabin advancing is great and overcoming the odds of Team 3D works for me. This was a better triple threat match than I was expecting it to be.)
5.) In the parking lot, Kevin Nash & Scott Hall arrived at the studio. Nash is looking for where Kurt Angle is having the dinner. They walk off looking for Angle.
6.) Next Thursday on Impact, Booker T will reveal why he came to TNA.
7.) Back to the Angle dinner there is a knock at the door where Robert Roode and Traci arrive to the dinner. Roode bickers at Brooks, as per usual. James Storm arrives with Jackie Moore and some beers being loud. Chris Harris also shows up and complains about the directions. Harris isn’t happy that Roode and Storm are there. Harris also complains about getting TV time. Harris accepts a beer from Storm, which is interesting. Eric Young arrives to the dinner and insists that he was invited. Young sits at the kids table with Angle’s daughter.
8.) Kip and Devine try to double team Joe, but that doesn’t work. Joe kicks Devine several times followed by a knee drop. Kip decks Joe with a right hand against the ropes a couple of times. Kip jabs Joe several times in the corner. Joe atomic drops Kip, but is tripped by BG at ringside. Devine knee drops Joe several tomes. Kip also delivers a knee drop. BG decks Joe from the floor and Devine tries to steal a win, but Joe kicks out at two. Devine and Kip double team Joe for a moment as they hit a Hart Attack, but they can’t decide on who pins Joe. Joe jabs both men to get the advantage. Joe snap powerslams Devine and knee strikes Kip in the corner. Joe tries for the Muscle Buster, but BG gets involved again. The referee ejects BG from ringside. Joe sends Devine into Kip, who falls off the apron into BG. Joe kicks Devine and finishes Devine off with the Muscle Buster to win the match. (*. It would have been a complete shock for Joe to lose here.)
9.) Back to the Angle dinner where Shark Boy, Petey Williams and Sonjay Dutt have joined the meal. Dutt is asking for donations, and Angle spits out food into Dutt’s donations. Storm and Young chug beers. Styles heads out because he has to wrestle.
10.) Lethal gets a two count on Styles after Cage doesn’t make his entrance for the match. Styles kicks out of an inside cradle and retreats to a corner to regroup. Styles delivers a few strikes to Lethal in the corner. Lethal hits a standing hurricanrana and plays to the crowd. Lethal slams Styles to the mat and heads to the top rope hitting an axe handle for a near fall. Lethal tries for a slam, but Styles counters by slapping Lethal to the mat. Styles continues with right hands in the corner. Lethal hip tosses Styles followed by a dropkick to a seated Styles for a near fall. Lethal elbows Styles to the mat and manages a two count on Styles. Styles shoulder rams Lethal in the corner a few times. Styles misses a splash in the corner and Lethal keeps control with a headlock. Styles chops Lethal against the ropes, but Lethal delivers a forearm. Styles responds with a dropkick to stop Lethal coming off the ropes. Styles plays to the crowd, but Christian Cage runs to the ring and Styles runs around ringside to get away as the show goes to commercial.
Lethal gets a rollup on Cage for a two count. Cage clotheslines Lethal for a two count. Cage kicks Lethal several times in the midsection and gouges Lethal’s eyes. Cage drives Lethal down to the mat with a neckbreaker for a near fall. Styles is hiding at the top of the ramp. Cage backdrops Lethal coming off the ropes. Cage leaves the ring and chases Styles to the backstage area. Lethal almost wins with an inside cradle, but Cage regains control choking Lethal in the corner. Lethal elbows Cage in the corner and hits a middle rope heel kick. Lethal jabs Cage several times and hits a middle rope moonsault for a two count. Cage tries for a slam, but Lethal nails Cage with a few elbow strikes. Lethal drops Cage over the top rope throat first. Lethal heads to the top rope hitting a springboard dropkick for a near fall. Cage knee lifts Lethal and delivers a headbutt against the ropes. Cage dumps Lethal to the apron and delivers a gut buster for a near fall. Cage knee strikes Lethal a few times and tries for a reverse DDT, but Lethal connects with the Lethal Combination. Lethal goes to the top rope, but is crotched by Styles. Cage drops Lethal with the Un-Prettier. Styles leaps off the top hitting a frog splash and pins Lethal for the win. (**1/4. So, this was a triple threat match but it then literally had nothing to do with a triple threat match. The singles action was enjoyable, but I was left wondering how the promoted three-way would have gone. I don’t like that Lethal continues to be used in these spots to advance other storylines. The announcers made it seem as if Styles didn’t mean to win the match, but that’s not clicking with me.)
11.) Back to the Angle dinner party where Black Reign and Rellik have joined the party. Reign and Rellik rip apart the turkey and take a seat. Reign puts his rat in the green beans causing a freak out moment by Karen Angle.
12.) TNA X-Division Champion Jay Lethal joins the Angle dinner and is acting like Randy Savage wondering where Jack Tunney, Jake Roberts and others are at. So Cal Val is also there and sits at the table.
13.) ODB pulls Love to the floor and tosses Love onto the ramp. ODB clotheslines Sky and pummels Sky with right hands on the mat. Love hits a top rope crossbody followed by forearms to ODB. Love head scissors ODB to the mat and plays to the crowd. Sky overhand chops Love and they trade a few chops. ODB takes a swig of booze in the corner. Sky kicks Love a few times followed by a DDT, but ODB breaks the cover. ODB catches Love coming off the ropes to hit a fallaway slam. ODB plays to the crowd and Love responds with forearm strikes. ODB tries for a slam, but Sky kicks ODB in the corner and Love delivers a boot, as well for a two count. Sky breaks the cover and dropkicks Love through the ropes to the floor. ODB stops Sky with a jawbreaker and goes to the corner ramming Sky face first into the top turnbuckle. ODB leaps off the middle rope to hit a Thez Press and pins Sky for the win. (*. It’s a forgettable match, but I do like ODB.)
14.) Back to the Angle dinner where Angle wants to keep the order. Borash tried to steal a turkey leg, apparently. There is a knock at the door and it’s Awesome Kong. Kong tries to eat fake fruit.
15.) A Christopher Daniels vignette airs with Daniels saying that the time for accounting has come. He has Elix Skipper and Senshi next to him. Daniels is seeking but has not found anyone righteous. Daniels only sees fear from the people watching. Daniels sees nothing but waste, and that’s the gospel according to the Fallen Angel.
16.) Back to the Angle Dinner, Team 3D has arrived and they get food thrown at them. Angle says he didn’t invite Team 3D. Everyone leaves the party. Brother Ray says they got a letter, but Angle says he didn’t invite them. Team 3D proceed to sit down and eat what is left at the table. Team 3D sit at the table with Angle’s daughter. She tells them that they suck.
17.) The loser of the main event must wear a turkey suit.
18.) Joe and Sabin double team Styles with jabs until Joe backdrops Styles. Sabin clotheslines Styles over the top to the floor. Sabin springboard arm drags Joe, but Joe responds with an arm drag. They trade quick leg sweeps leading to a standoff. Styles runs into the ring, but misses both men and falls to the floor. Sabin spin kicks Joe on the jaw sending Joe to the floor. Sabin takes Styles out with a suicide dive as Impact goes to commercial.
Sabin jabs Styles several times, but Styles drops Sabin over the top rope. Joe jabs Styles several times in the corner followed by a leg sweep. Joe elbows Sabin in the corner followed by a kick in the corner to send Sabin to the floor. Joe tries to run to the floor, but Styles nails Joe with a forearm and kicks Joe and Sabin. Styles hammers away on Joe in the corner. Joe jabs Styles several times, but Styles nails Joe with a dropkick. Sabin arm drags Styles and gets a rollup for a near fall. Styles throat thrusts Sabin, but Sabin recovers and gets a rollup on Joe for a two count as Styles breaks the cover. Styles takes Joe over with a snap suplex. Styles drives Sabin down with a backbreaker and decks Joe in the corner. Styles puts a sleeper on Joe, but Sabin puts a sleeper on Styles. Joe breaks free with a double jawbreaker as the show goes to commercial.
Styles slaps Joe in the corner a few times, but Sabin kicks Styles away and hits a tornado DDT on Styles after kicking Joe into the corner for a near fall. Sabin chops Joe in the corner followed by a forearm to Styles in the corner. Joe kicks Sabin away and powerslams Styles to the mat after ramming Styles into Sabin in the corner. Joe atomic drops Styles and comes off the ropes with a big kick and splashes Sabin onto Styles. Joe hits a senton splash on Styles for a two count as Sabin breaks the cover. Joe forearms Sabin several times, but is kicked by Sabin. Sabin tries to clothesline Joe over the top to the floor, but can’t do it. Joe drops Sabin to the apron, but Sabin nails Joe with a kick to the face. Styles yanks Sabin off the apron to the floor. Styles rams Sabin into the guard railing ribs first. Styles hooks Sabin for a suplex, but Sabin avoids it. Joe attempts a suicide dive, but misses both men and crashes through a table on the floor as the show goes to commercial.
Styles nails Sabin with a swinging neckbreaker for a two count. Styles spikes Sabin with a brainbuster as Joe remains on the floor. Styles covers Sabin for a two count. Styles forearms Sabin several times, but Sabin plants Styles with a running cutter. Sabin hits a running boot in the corner and goes to the apron. Sabin hits a springboard clothesline for a near fall. Sabin kicks Styles on the head, but Styles breaks free and plants Sabin with the Styles Clash. Styles has the cover, but Joe breaks the pin at two. Joe chops Styles several times, but runs into an elbow in the corner. Joe catches Styles on a springboard attempt and hits a slam for a two count as Sabin breaks the cover. The show goes to another commercial break.
Sabin nails Joe with a springboard tornado DDT and heads to the top rope, but Joe cuts Sabin off. Sabin shoves Joe off, but Styles sends Joe into the corner and Joe kicks Sabin to the floor. Joe waits in the corner, but Styles hits the Pele kick. Joe slams a charging Styles out of the corner. Joe sits Styles on the top rope and hits the Muscle Buster for the win. (***1/2. I was not expecting this match to go nearly as long as it did. It was not a surprise that these three put on a really good match given the extended time they were given. I was hoping that Sabin would pull off the victory since Joe is already established and was the predictable winner for the match anyway.)
19.) Back to the Angle dinner, Angle takes Tomko with him because he doesn’t want to be embarrassed. They head towards the ring.
20.) AJ Styles is refusing to put the turkey suit on.
21.) Kevin Nash and Scott Hall arrive to the Angle dinner. Karen Angle gives them a pie, which they put the pie into Karen’s face. That leads to a food fight between all the wrestlers.
22.) Jim Cornette is in the ring and tells Styles he’s been the biggest turkey in TNA and he’s going to prove it tonight by wearing the suit. Styles flips out, but begins to put the suit on. Styles put the suit on fully.
23.) TNA World Champion Kurt Angle and TNA Tag Team Champion Tomko make their way down to the ring to confront Styles. Angle can’t believe this and he’s never been more humiliated in his life. Styles notes that Angle looks like a pilgrim. Samoa Joe’s music hits and Joe returns towards the ring. Joe has Nash and Hall with him on the ramp. Joe says they look like three jackasses to them. Angle would rather be a jackass than a Samoan. Joe decides they’re going to go to the ring to kick some ass. There is a brawl between all six men with Nash, Joe and Hall clearing the ring in quick fashion. Eric Young comes out to the ring and shoves a turkey leg into Angle’s mouth to end the show.
Final Thoughts:
It’s an average show this week with the Angle dinner segments providing some entertainment. The three-way main event was a good match given plenty of time. It honestly looks like Turning Point is shaping up to be a lower-level pay-per-view with the six man tag main event. This show didn’t do a whole lot to add hype for that show. Next week should be interesting with the official in-ring debut of Booker T in TNA taking place.
Thanks for reading.