6-30-11 Impact results & thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the June 30, 2011 episode of Impact

The show starts with Hulk Hogan and Scott Steiner are in the back and Hogan welcomes him into Immortal. The back of Sting’s head is on a monitor with Sting calling Hogan “Terry” and does his psycho talk, then turns around to show he’s painted like Joker. None of this made sense and this was only the first 2 minutes of the show!

Hulk Hogan comes out and says that he will take care of Sting on his terms. He then calls out Ken Anderson. Anderson comes out and says that in 2 weeks when he faces Sting he can either join Immortal or face Sting by himself. Anderson then rags on Hogan and mentioned how he beat Sting at Slammiversary. Hogan said if it wasn’t for Bischoff, he would not be Champion. Hulk says Anderson owes Immortal. Anderson says he doesn’t owe them anything and takes all the credit for winning the Title. They show Sting attacking Immortal in the back. The lights in the arena go out and when they come back on Sting is in the ring standing behind Hogan hits him in the knee with his bat. Anderson bails and Sting says July 14 will be a special night and will be named Mid Summer Nightmare! UGH! Sting then goes back to Hogan and says that he was Hulk Hogan mark back in the day. Sting then says Hogan’s old catch phrase and Hulk’s 21 inch pythons. Sting has a huge vitamins bottle and Sting takes one and gives one to Hogan then he pours water down his throat and he continues to throw vitamins in his mouth. Sting then puts Hogan in the Scorpion Death Lock position. Bully Ray, Abyss, Gunner & Scott Steiner come out and Ray tells Sting to step away from Hogan. Ray says he’s tired of Sting mocking Hogan and that Sting is a wanna be. Ray says he can’t stand a bully and says that’s what Sting is. Ray then says that tonight it will be Sting vs. Scott Steiner. Hogan says that’s the last time Sting will embarrass him and he will wipe the smile off his face. This was really, really beyond illogical and stupid!! This storyline HAS TO END!! I’M LOSING IT HERE!!

Bound For Glory Series - Devon vs. Samoa Joe. Devon gets the pin. Joe kept going for submission holds to get extra points. This was a really good match.

Pope Dinero is in the back with Devon’s sons watching and applauding Devon’s win.

Scott Steiner promo in the back saying he wanted notice next time he’s put in a match. Ray and Steiner go back and forth a bit and Steiner walks out. I’m not sure what they’re doing here. They have Steiner face Bully Ray last week, Steiner was looking to get his hands on Ray, now Steiner’s part of Immortal and he and Ray still argue! My brain hurts!

Kazarian and Samoa Joe in the back. Kazarian tells him that he’s better than this. Whatever “this” is. They bicker and security keeps them apart. This was idiotic.

Low Ki vs. Matt Bentley vs. Jimmy Yang in a match to qualify for the Destination X PPV. Low Ki gets the win when he pins Yang. This was real good match too.

Madison Rayne in the back saying that Tara forgot who brought her back into TNA. Winter and Angelina come in and they argue with Madison. Winter says she will win the Knockouts Title at Hardcore Justice. Angelina says that her relationship with Winter is real now. Whatever! It is really hard to follow TNA booking. This segment was crap!

Another Kazarian-Joe brawl. This time it looked like it was in a bar. Joe flattened him.

Hogan is in the back and says that he forgot to act like the old Hulk Hogan, but Sting brought it back out and says he will take out Sting “Brother.”

Knockouts Champion Mickie James, Tara & Miss Tessmacher vs. Madison Rayne, Winter & Angelina Love in an Elimination match. Winter pins Tessmacher. Madison pins Tara after chucking Winter out of the ring. Mickie pins Madison. Mickie pins Angelina. Mickie pins Winter to win the match. During the match Winter told Angelina that she had her turn and that she (Winter) is the master. This was a good match.

Gunner promo talking about his 3^rd match with AJ Styles tonight and that he will be the better man and win their series 2-1.

They have a Brian Kendrick-Abyss video package talking about their match at Destination X.

JB is in the ring and they have a contract signing for the AJ Styles-Christopher Daniels match at Destination X. Daniels says it’s not persona, but about the X-Division that they helped build 9 years ago. Daniels says that no matter who wins the match he will shake AJ’s hand. Jerry Lynn comes out and says that he left TNA 4 years ago, but still watched and said that building the X-Division was a group effort and is about the wrestling. RVD then comes out and says that he is the guy who started it all when it comes to X-Division wrestling. RVD says they’re all trying to be like him. Lynn mentions that they had many matches in ECW. Daniels says they’re all trying to take credit for what was already there and that they might not have invented the X-Division but they perfected it and that with AJ vs. Daniels and RVD vs. Lynn Destination X will be the greatest show of all time. Daniels. They set up a 4 Way match for next week. AJ vs. Daniels vs. RVD vs. Lynn. This was a really good segment. All 4 guys cut good promos and it was nice to hear the “old school” RVD bragging about being the best.

Gunner then attacks AJ as he’s shaking the fan’s hands and clears the ring. AJ fights back and Gunner bails. AJ tells Earl Hebner to ring the bell.

Bound For Glory Series – AJ Styles vs. Gunner. Gunner gets the pin to take the lead in the series with 21 points. This was also a real good match. Gunner has a lot of talent and AJ is a good opponent for him. They seem to work well together.

More Sting nonsense in the back saying that it will be show time for him and Steiner. This was mercifully short.

Velvet promo talking about her recent feud with ODB & Jackie saying that she was always the runt of the litter and that she has had to fight for everything that she got and that she is not as weak as it used to be and that next week’s handicap match with the stip being that if she wins, they will no longer be allowed at Impact Wrestling. This was a decent promo from Velvet.

Mexican America promo complaining that they’re not in the Bound For Glory series but Beer Money are. The British Invasion come out and Magnus says that they’re also not from the U.S. but they’re proud to be here and says that Mexican America haven’t gotten through the British Invasion and they challenge Mexican America to a match. He then tells them to leave the birds at home. Rosita slaps Magnus and a brawl breaks out then Rob Terry come out and Mexican America bail. They reunited The British Invasion.

They show the Jarretts in Mexico saying what a great time they’re having.

Immortal are in the back congratulating Gunner on his win. Then they talk about the Sting-Steiner match. Abyss is looking for his book and flips out.

Sting vs. Scott Steiner. Sting gets the pin. Bully Ray comes out and Sting flattens him. Ken Anderson comes out and low blows Sting and gives him the Mic Check. Ray & Steiner double team Sting for a bit then Hulk Hogan comes out and they hold Sting and Hogan punches him. Ray and Steiner pick him up and Hogan was going to hit Sting with his bat and Kurt Angle came out and ran off Immortal.

This week’s show was all over the place. This whole Sting as the Heath Ledger version of Joker is freaky and the whole Immortal bit is real old. The best parts of the show were the 3 Way X-Division match and the AJ-Daniels-RVD-Lynn segment.