TNA Impact Results: Sting Attacked By Masked Men, Hogan Has Plans For Aries, Big Return, Sound Off
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We start with a recap of James Storm's road back to the ring.
The pyro goes off and Mike Tenay lets us know that the Ultimate X Tournament returns tonight with the X-Division title on the line. Taz says the Bound for Glory Series returns tonight also with a gauntlet match.
Zima Ion and Chris Sabin are in the ring.
X-Division Championship Ultimate X Match: Austin Aries (c) vs. Zima Ion vs. Chris Sabin
Ion scales the towers and tries to makes his way across the cables but is brought down. Aries and Sabin go back and forth with Ion on the outside. Ion comes in and takes Aries off the top. Ion goes back on the cable but Sabin pulls him down. Sabin hits a monster Tornado DDT of the second turnbuckle. Aries gets knocked off the top by Sabin. Sabin scales the cable and makes it halfway across before Aries pulls him down and drops him after and airplane spin. Aries kicks Ion out of the ring and launches Sabin on top of him, then hits a suicide dive on both. With nobody in the ring,
Aries works his way across the wire before Ion pulls him down. Ion hits a boot in the corner and makes his way up the steel structure as Aries and Sabin scuffle. Aries goes up behind Ion and forces him down. Aries keeps his balance and makes it to the cable before Ion grabs his leg. Aries moves into position and hits a hurricanrana and follows up in the center of the ring with a brainbuster. Aries works his way across the cable to grab the title.
Winner and STILL TNA X-Division Champion: Austin Aries
Aries grabs a mic and says he's here to take respect. Hogan's music hits.
(Commercial)
Hogan says he hears the chants when Aries comes to the ring, he's not deaf. He says he's been everywhere Aries is trying to go, we get a "Hogan" chant. Hogan says he's never had the goose bumps he gets when he sees Aries wrestle, Hogan says Aries is the greatest thing in the ring that he has ever seen. Aries says he wants to be the main event.
Hogan says he can do that but he has to put his money where his mouth is. Hogan can't have one man with both titles so Aries has to give up the X-Division Title and if he wins at Destination X, he becomes the World Champion. Aries says he has worked hard for the title. Hogan says he wants him to become something greater and he has one week to make his decision.
-Slammiversary Moment from Sunday: Dixie introduces the show, Park beats Bully Ray
Park is sitting at a table backstage bragging to employees about his win. Bully shows up and they all run away. Bully is looking for Abyss. Park says the last time he saw him he was putting Bully though a table. Bully turns the table over and says the will not rest until he finds Abyss.
(Commercial)
TNA Television Championship: Devon (c) vs. Hernandez
Hernandez flies over the ropes onto Devon before Devon can even get in the ring. Hernandez whips him in and hits a clothesline for a near fall. Hernandez keeps things at his own pace with a bearhug. Devon fights out with punches and hits a spear. Devon gets up first and sends Hernandez in and hits him with a shoulderblock and a neckbreaker, followed by diving headbutt. Hernandez repels Devon off with his own takedown and gets 2. Hernandez goes up top and has trouble finding his footing so Devon waits for him. Hernandez hits a sloppy clothesline/shoulderblock for a 2. Devon hits a spinebuster for the win.
Winner by pin and STILL TNA TV Champion: Devon
-Video of Daniels and Dixie altercation from last week
Earlier in the day: AJ and Dixie are in the backstage area. AJ can't do it anymore. AJ says they can't keep it secret anymore. AJ tells Dixie to get it out in the open. Dixie makes him promise to talk later.
(Commercial)
Earlier today: Bobby Roode arrives at the Impact Zone.
Bound for Glory Series Gauntlet Match: AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, RVD, Magnus, Bully Ray, Kurt Angle, The Pope, Abyss, Robbie E., Daniels, Samoa Joe, James Storm
Hardy and AJ are out first. They slap hands and lock up. Hardy holds on with a headlock. AJ sends him in and hits a nice dropkick. Taz says he has the prettiest dropkicks unless you're getting hit by one. RVD's music hits.
RVD takes down both men with karate kicks. He hits a monkey flip on AJ and AJ goes flying halfway across the ring. RVD follows up with Rolling Thunder.
(Commercial)
Bully Ray slowly makes his way to the ring as we return to action. He goes strait for RVD then AJ. Magnus has entered the match during the commercial. Bully takes turns on all the men and almost throws AJ out of the ring. Kurt Angle's music hits.
Angle hits a German Suplex on Hardy and Magnus then takes it to Bully as he unloads with punches to the face and boots in the corner. AJ tries to send AJ over but he hangs on. Angle is unable to push Bully over. Magnus tries to eliminate Hardy. The clock runs down and The Pope makes his return.
Pope is in the new "Batman" movie. He gets nailed from behind by Bully with a double axehandle. Bully boots Hardy out of the ring. Abyss appears from under the ring.
Abyss grabs Bully from the apron and chokeslams him out of the ring.
(Commercial)
Robbie E. has entered the match. Nobody was eliminated during the break. RVD is taken out by The Pope. Daniels is out next and he immediately gets attacked by AJ with a springboard clothesline and forearms. Daniels rakes his eyes and ducks, AJ accidentally hits Angle with a kick to the head. Daniels throws AJ out followed by Angle. Magnus goes at Daniels in the corner. Pope and Robbie go at it. AJ checks on Angle at ringside. Samoa Joe is out next.
Joe hits clotheslines and no-sells Robbie E. and eliminates him. Magnus comes to Joe's aid from Daniels and Pope. Joe hits a big chop on Magnus. Magnus and Joe trade shots and Magnus hits a big kick and rushes in but Joe pulls the rope down and Magnus is eliminated. James Storm is out next.
Storm takes out Pope over the top and gives Daniels a back bodydrop and clotheslines him out of the ring. We are down to Joe and Storm. They trade shots. Joe throws Storm out but he hangs on Shawn Michaels style. Storm throws Joe onto the apron and hits a Last Call for the win.
Winner of 20 points in the Bound for Glory Series: James Storm
Storm grabs a mic as the crowd chants his name. He says for 2 months he's been spending time with his family. His daughter asked if he was going back to wrestling. He says he didn't know that it means something to her. He made a promise to her to come back and be the World Champion. He gets a "welcome back" chant. He says the Cowboy is back and he prays Roode is still champion after Bound for Glory.
Roode is backstage and he says he's not concerned and that Storm is jealous of him. He has bigger fish to fry tonight in the form of and a**hole.
(Commercial)
Angle asks AJ in the locker room what is going on with him. He says to get this sh*t out of his head. AJ says he promises he'll get focused.
-Slammiversary Moment: Miss Tessmacher wins the Knockouts Title
Madison Rayne comes to the ring followed by Miss Tessmacher.
Miss Tessmacher vs. Madison Rayne
They lock up and Tessmacher takes Madison down. Madison gains offense, she hits a faceplant for 2. Tessmacher hits a neckbreaker for a 2. Tessmacher hits a flurry of offense and another faceplant off the second rope. Madison fights but gets a big clothesline and is pinned.
Winner by pin: Miss Tessmacher
Gail Kim and Brooke Hogan are backstage. Brooke tries to pitch a match to her with 4 girls for the #1 contendership at Open Fight Night. Gail says she was the longest champion in history and she should be the #1 contender, plus she has a rematch clause. Brooke says she makes the decision when she gets her rematch so since she doesn't want to be in the contenders match, "enjoy your vacation."
-Slammiversary Moment: Anderson becomes the #1 contender
-After the match: Anderson says he never forgot about Roode hitting him with a bottle. He will pay him back but it will be face to face.
Roode and Anderson walk toward the Impact Zone.
(Commercial)
-Slammiversary Moment: Roode beats Sting, Sting gets his heat back on the stage
World Heavyweight Championship: Bobby Roode (c) vs. Mr. Anderson
They lock up with intensity and Anderson hits a clothesline and another one in the corner. Anderson is in the zone. He hits a suplex, bringing Roode in from the apron. Roode misses a springboard splash on the outside and hits the ground hard. Anderson sends him into the steps.
(Commercial)
Roode is in control in the ring with a headlock on the canvas. Anderson rolls him up twice for 2. Roode hits a neckbreaker for 2. Anderson hits a series of strikes and a neckbreaker. Anderson sets up for the Mic Check but Roode counters into a crossface submission. Anderson gets out and hits a Senton Slam for a 2. Roode throws Anderson into the corner and applies the crossface again. Anderson eventually taps.
Winner by pin and STILL TNA World Heavyweight Champion: Bobby Roode
AJ and Dixie talk some more backstage, Dixie says that next week they will come clean. AJ says it has to be soon because it is affecting his life. They embrace.
-Slammiversary Moment: Sting is the 1st inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame
Sting walks toward the arena.
(Commercial)
Jeremy Borash is in the ring. He sends to a highlight reel of Sting with Hogan, Angle, and others singing his praises. Borash introduces Sting.
Sting says Sunday was one of the best nights in his wrestling career. He took a big chunk out or Roode's behind and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Sting thanks Jeff and Jerry Jarrett for starting TNA. He starts to thank Dixie but he is attacked by 3 masked men. The crowd chants for Hogan. The men continue to decimate Sting as the show goes off the air.
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