Must-See TNA IMPACT! Tonight - Spoilers & Match Of The Year
MUCH OF THE NEWS POSTED BELOW IS RE-POSTED FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT. THE FOLLOWING ALSO CONTAINS MAJOR **SPOILERS**. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!
– Tonight's TNA iMPACT! on SpikeTV at 9EST is said to be must-see TV. It's likely the best episode of TNA iMPACT! to ever air.
– One source said the following about this week's TNA iMPACT! show: "Without any doubt in my mind, this was the best episode of iMPACT! in company history."
– There was no ramp leading to the ring at the iMPACT! tapings.
– Pepa of Salt N' Pepa is likely to be sitting front row at iMPACT! tonight.
– AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle to open the show was said to have been an awesome match. Styles' TV title was not on the line.
– Angelina Love won the TNA Knockouts championship, pinning Madison Rayne in a really good match.
– Jeff Hardy's mystery opponent was Shannon Moore. Seriously. It should be noted that they had a really good back and forth competitive bout though.
– The Motor City Machineguns vs. Beer Money was just freakin' insane. There were 'Match Of The Year' chants during and after the match. The work was awesome and the crowd reactions made this out of this world. This match was ABSOLUTELY OFF THE FREAKIN' CHARTS GREAT. Hopefully it translates well on TV.
– The RVD vs. Abyss Stairway to Janice match had a ton of ladder spots as well as hardcore stuff (barbed wire, etc etc). It was said to have been an awesome match if you're into that style of wrestling.
– The ending angle featuring Hulk Hogan and the ECW stars is said to be must-see TV. Here is a recap: Hulk Hogan came to the ring. He put over RVD as champion. He said that when he saw RVD take on Sabu at Hardcore Justice, he said it showed why RVD has all the bases covered and why TNA is the best wrestling company today. Hogan said the PPV raised the bar for TNA and said he learned what hardcore was all about thanks to the EV2.0. Fans chanted for Sabu. Hogan said out of respect, he wanted to invite everyone from EV2.0 to come to the ring. Out came Sabu, The FBI, Bill Alfonso, Tommy Dreamer, Stevie Richards, Team 3D, Mick Foley came out. Hogan put over the EV2.0 crew and said he was giving them his ring out of respect. Hogan left. Dreamer thanked everyone and said that on Sunday he told TNA the bar has been raised. He said that tonight we saw TNA do that. He then thanked all of his brothers for fighting and bleeding alongside him one last time. The lights went out and when they came back, Mick Foley was laid out and Fortune, along with Doug Williams and Matt Morgan were behind them brandishing weapons. They beat the living hell out of the EV2.0 group forever, bloodying everyone. Raven and Sandman hit the scene but were taken out by Beer Money. There was an extremely long bloody and violent beardown. Ric Flair came out and went after Dixie Carter in the front row, screaming this was all her fault. Fortune was screaming that this was their company and they needed to get out. The beating went on forever. Security tried to get them off of them but it just went on and on and was completely brutal. Fortune finally left the EV2.0 crew laying but came back. It was an awesome brutal angle and for the love of God, I hope they don't edit this down. Brother Ray was stretchered out on a back board after as it appeared he took a hard shot from an axehandle. Devon was bleeding a gusher and appeared to have had his eye split open. A fan went nuts at ringside and was forced out of the building by Earl Hebner and security. The angle was absolutely off the charts and is MUST-SEE TV for sure.