6-23-11 Impact results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the June 23, 2011 episode of Impact

The show starts with Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff talking about the Bound For Glory series and how Jeff will not be in it and that they need to control Mexico to give Immortal more power. This was the usual TNA idiocy.

Eric Bischoff is in the ring and calls out Sting for attacking Hogan last week. Bischoff yaps AGAIN and called Sting ungrateful. Sting calls him a con artist. Bischoff says that will put him in a match with Abyss tonight. Sting then tells Eric has a price to pay and beats the crap out of Bischoff and gave him the Scorpion Death Drop and put the red paint on his face, then locks on the Scorpion Death Lock. This was a typical TNA opener. The way Sting spoke he sounded like Jack Nicholson as Joker. This new gimmick for Sting is kind of weird.

Bound For Glory Series – Scott Steiner vs. Bully Ray. Ray gets the pin after hitting Steiner with a chain. This was a solid match.

Bischoff in his office with the red paint still telling Gunner & Abyss to go after Sting. Ken Anderson comes in and Bischoff yaps more about how he and Hogan helped him beat Sting and that Bischoff won the match for him. Anderson walks out. I don’t get this. I’m more than tired of the Bischoff-Hogan-Immortal-Anderson-whoever else is in there stupidity!

Scott Steiner is in the back throwing stuff around looking for Bully Ray.

Velvet Sky & Miss Tessmacher vs. Jackie Moore & ODB. Before the match Velvet says they asked the network if they can have a No Holds Barred match. The network said that it would have to be done “by the book” since Jackie & ODB “aren’t under contract”. Whatever that means. Jackie & ODB pick up the win when Jackie pins Velvet.

Tara promo saying that on July 14 she will finally get Madison Rayne. Madison comes in and says she’s giving her one chance to back out of the match. Tara passes, Madison slaps her then Tara takes her down.

Beer Money promo talking about how Bobby Roode is not 100% but Roode says that the Bound For Glory Series is an opportunity for one of them to become World Champion.

Steiner goes after Abyss, Bully Ray & Gunner and Ray offered Steiner a spot in Immortal. Steiner says no, throws the chain down then says he will think about it.

Bound For Glory Series - Crimson & Matt Morgan vs. TNA Tag Team Champions Beer Money. Crimson & Morgan win this when Morgan pins Roode. Because Matt Morgan got the pin he got 7 points in the Series. This was a good match.

Abyss is in the back rambling about how he will take out Sting. These promos are getting old.

Eric Young promo outside somewhere looking for some “sailor” guy. Lame.

AJ Styles promo saying that he will be returning to the X Division at Destination X and will also see the return of the 6 sided ring. AJ mentions the other X Division Pioneers like Jerry Lynn, Elix Skipper, Low Ki and Kid Kash. Samoa Joe comes out and says that AJ is the X-Division Pioneer, but the X-Division wasn’t taken seriously till he got there (it’s not taken seriously now). Daniels comes out and says that the same names keep coming up when the X-Division is discussed. Daniels then says for the PPV it should be AJ vs. Daniels. The fans chant what about Joe. Daniels asks AJ if he’s in and he accepts. Joe gets in AJ’s face afterwards. This was a good segment. I’m sure they’ll throw Joe in there too.

Kazarian and Daniels are in the back talking about Destination X and Kazarian asks why he challenged AJ. Daniels says for the spirit of competition. Daniels walks out then Joe comes in and he and Kazarian jaw jack for a bit then Joe attacks Kazarian.

Dakota Darsow vs. Federico Palacious (Azrieal from ROH) vs. Zima Ion in a match to qualify for the Destination X PPV. Xion wins when he pins Darsow. This was a really great match.

Rob Van Dam promo talking about the Bound For Glory series and the Destination X PPV and that he should be in there too since he was X-Division before it existed. Jerry Lynn comes in and says that they both were X-Division back in the day. This was a good promo and the Jerry Lynn cameo was cool. They will have a match at the PPV.

Knockouts Champion Mickie James vs. Winter in a Falls Count Anywhere match. Winter wins after Angelina gets involved. This was a solid match too. I’m not sure why Hebner had to have his back turned when Angelina ran in if this was a falls count anywhere match. They had a decent brawl though.

Sting vs. X-Division Champion Abyss. Abyss wins by DQ after Sting used a barbed wire glove that Abyss brought out. Sting busts Abyss open with the glove and Ken Anderson watches from ringside. This was more of an angle than a match. It was decent but not that great. I’m not sure what to make of “Psycho Sting.”

I thought this week’s show was better than last week’s. There were some good matches on there but the Sting vs. Anderson and everything with Bischoff is unbearable. The best parts were the 3 Way X-Division match, the AJ-Daniels-Joe promo, Mickie-Winter was decent and the RVD promo with Jerry Lynn showing up was cool to see. It was a typical TNA show with good matches and weird booking.