6-2-11 Impact results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the June 2, 2011 episode of Impact

The show starts Eric Bischoff is in the parking lot and is handed some kind of legal letter from “The Network.”

Velvet Sky and ODB brawl backstage at the Impact Zone and they eventually brawl into the arena. They go back and forth for a bit in the crowd. Security goes to break it up and ODB knees a security guy low and beats on Velvet in the ring, and makes her own 3 count. Miss Tessmacher comes out and checks on Velvet. This was a fun brawl and a great way to start the show.

Ken Anderson dressed like old school Sting again cuts a promo saying that tonight he will face someone from Sting’s past.

Bischoff is in the back on the phone with someone about the network letter he got and Brian Kendrick comes in and thanks Hogan and Bischoff for his X-Division Title match with Abyss, but he wants a rematch. Bischoff mentions that Kazarian has a rematch. Then he makes Kendrick vs. Kazarian for later. This was a strange segment.

More Bischoff and the phone with Hogan complaining about the network. Whatever!

Bischoff is in the ring saying he’s going to strip Beer Money of the Tag Titles because of Bobby Roode’s injury. Roode cuts a real good promo telling Bischoff off. Alex Shelly comes out and mentions that Chris Sabin will be out until 2012 fro his ACL tear. He then talks about the MCMG-Beer Money feud and how he respects them, then says he will take Roode’s spot as Tag Champion. Bischoff asks him who told him he can to that and Shelly says the network. So at Slammiversary it will be James Storm & Alex Shelly (Gun Money) vs. The British Invasion for the Titles.

Crimson vs. Matt Hardy. Crimson gets the pin in a good match. Samoa Joe comes out after the match, hits the ring and Crimson spears him out of the ring.

Ken Anderson talks to Eric Young in the back, Young babbles nonsense and Anderson mentions 1989-Sting vs. Muta and tonight Anderson wants to recreate history. Young said he has a TV and he saw what happened to Gilberti. He saw it on TV? He was in THE ARENA WHEN IT HAPPENED!  Anderson says this isn’t a sign of disrespect. This was the typical idiocy from TNA.

Winter ranting to Zombie Angelina in the back about how Mickie James made her bleed last week. Angelina says that Winter need to be royalty again and other nonsense. This is really idiotic! THIS MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!!

Bischoff and Immortal in the back with Eric saying he had no idea that it would end like this. Bischoff says that the network’s version of wrestling is different from his (I would hope, since Eric’s version of wrestling has usually been crap). Bischoff yaps more that whoever writes the checks writes the rules. Eric walks out like Immortal is no more. This was ridiculous too. I AM REALLY SICK OF BISCHOFF, HOGAN AND THIS WHOLE NETWORK CRAP. END IT NOW!!!

Miss Tessmacher vs. Angelina Love. Angelina gets the pin. Angelina locks a sleeper hold on Tessmacher after the match. 

Not so Great Muta Eric Young vs. Ken Anderson. Young gets the win after he spews mist into Anderson’s eyes  while the referee was tied up with Gunner. Gunner comes in and attacks Young after the match. The real Sting comes out, Anderson bails and Sting clotheslines Gunner out of the ring.

Frankie Kazarian vs. Brian Kendrick for and X-Division Title Match. The match goes to a draw and is restarted but Abyss comes in and attacks both guys. This was a really good match, but why have it end in a draw, then restart it just to have Abyss come out and have the match end with NO FINISH AFTER IT WAS RESTARTED!

AJ Styles and Bully Ray are in the ring. Ray says he AJ never beat him, he beat Dreamer. Ray called Dreamer a lousy partner just like Devon was. He says AJ is a boy and he is a man then says that AJ is a Punk and he is a wrestler. (I don’t know why they feel the need to do that). They go back and forth some more and they set up a Last Man Standing Match for Slammiversary. This was a good segment for the most part. I just don’t get why TNA feels like they have to refer to AJ Styles as a “boy” and a “punk”. The guy has been in TNA since day 1!

Kurt Angle & Matt Morgan vs. Jeff Jarrett & Scott Steiner. The refs send Karen to the back Angle and Jarrett brawl on the stage.  Angle goes for the Ankle lock, and Karen comes out and they go backstage and Karen supposedly fell down the stairs. Jarrett & Steiner get the win after Steiner pins Morgan. Angle and Jarrett then screamed at each other. I really hope that this feud ends at Slammiversary!

They show Karen on a stretcher and being placed in the ambulance.

Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff are in the ring cutting a promo, with Bischoff  saying that Hulk read the bad news. Hogan says it’s judgment time. He opens the envelope telling them Mick Foley has been “canned.” I’m not sure where this is going. Hulk Hogan brother meter-1

This was a painful show mostly. The Velvet-ODB brawl and the Kendrick-Kazarian matches were the best part of the show. The rest of it was typical TNA booking.