NWA-TNA Xplosion
Date: 7/26/2003
From: Nashville, TN
Jeremy Borash and Mike Tenay host the show promoting the recent happenings between NWA World Champion AJ Styles and D’Lo Brown where Styles retained the title in the best two out of three falls match last week.
Backstage, Vince Russo is telling NWA World Champion AJ Styles that he’s still the champion and reassuring him. This happened right after the victory. Styles tells Russo that his head hurts.
As vignette of the 3LK hanging out in the hood. BG James is a bit nervous and accidentally insults a man causing Ron Killings to cool things down. BG continues to insult various people on accident. James gets a makeover and is wearing a purple outfit that would make Rick James uncomfortable.
MATCH #1: 3 LIVE KRU (BG JAMES, KONNAN & RON KILLINGS) VS. BREYER WELLINGTON, CHRIS HERO & ANTONIO CHAVIS
FINISH: Killings pins Chavis following a sit out front suplex. After the match, Dave Prazak attacks Eddie G.
Bob’s Take: Don West showing off his independent wrestling knowledge and tells fans that Chris Hero won a 93-minute match over CM Punk. That’s usually Mike Tenay’s gimmick, Don! Hero nails BG with a nice big boot upon his entrance in the match. Hero tried for a springboard moonsault off the top, but missed it. 3LK was a bit competitive here and not totally one-sided. Hero looked good out of the three, and that wasn’t surprising.
Match Rating: *
MAIN EVENT: THE HARRIS BROTHERS (RON & DON) VS. DELIRIOUS & NATE WEBB
FINISH: Ron pins Webb following the H-Bomb.
Bob’s Take: I was not expecting Delirious to deliver a few arm drags to Ron to kickoff the match considering the size difference, but that’s exactly what happened here. Harris Brothers casually hit the H-Bomb on Delirious and didn’t cover him. Apparently, this match is clipped a bit. Nate Webb gets destroyed by a chair shot on the floor by the Harris Brothers a few times. Harris Brothers are good bullying smaller wrestlers, but that’s about all they have to offer.
Match Rating: *
Shane Douglas cuts a promo about having Raven’s blood on his fist and how they brought blood to his doorstep. Douglas has the New Church with him and says Raven stepped into his trap like a spider with a web. Douglas promotes the six person Clockwork Orange House of Fun match next week. Father James Mitchell says next week Raven will find out that they aren’t scared of his match.
Final Thoughts:
Well, there’s not much substance here action wise. It’s a skippable episode.
Thanks for reading.