NWA-TNA Xplosion
Date: 7/12/2003
From: Nashville, TN
Jeremy Borash and Mike Tenay host the show and rundown what happened on PPV last week.
MATCH #1: THE NATURALS (CHASE STEVENS & ANDY DOUGLAS) VS. RISKY BUSINESS (CHRIS VAUGHN & RICK SANTEL)
FINISH: Vaughn rolls up Stevens and picks up the win.
Bob’s Take: These two are the top teams of the USA Championship Wrestling company that is also in Nashville. Vaughn and Santel have done security for TNA. Santel and Vaughn have some good fire at the start of the match hitting a double dropkick and an atomic drop/neckbreaker combo. Naturals get control on Vaughn, and slow down the match quite a bit, and that’s not something I was expecting from them. Santel didn’t do a whole lot here and Vaughn looked good as the babyface in peril. The finish was a bit unexpected as I thought Vaughn was going for a hot tag, but switched to a rollup. I didn’t mind the surprise finish.
Match Rating: **
MAIN EVENT: 3 LIVE KRU (BG JAMES, KONNAN & RON KILLINGS) VS. ABYSS, DAVID YOUNG & KID USA
NOTE: Abyss and David Young both walkout on the match leaving Kid USA all by himself.
FINISH: BG James pins Kid USA after a leaping side kick by Killings.
Bob’s Take: Abyss already has a better look than his previous appearance against Julio Dinero. He’s not wearing the singlet anymore and is wearing a vest with jeans. It’s clear that Abyss is a good bumper for a big guy. I shouldn’t have been surprised that Young and Abyss walked out, but that just meant they were there to fill a spot for a minute and bail. 3LK is over with the Nashville crowd.
Match Rating: 1/2*
A Christopher Daniels vignette is shown. Daniels appears to be branching off into a singles role. Daniels will be returning soon. Daniels last competed for TNA against AMW on 6/25 in a tag title cage match with Elix Skipper. So, it wasn’t even that long ago that he was on TV.
Final Thoughts:
While it’s cool to actually see Vaughn and Santel compete in tag action, there isn’t anything else here action wise worth watching. They do a good job highlighting the important stuff from the PPV.
Thanks for reading.