3-28-13 Impact results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the March 28, 2013 episode of Impact

The show starts with Jeff Hardy coming to the ring. He says last week he wasn’t 100 % and he isn’t tonight either but he is better. He tested himself against Joe, Magnus & Angle and he is now the number 1 contender. With that said it’s open fight night and he’s gotta call somebody out. Out come Aces & 8s. Ray says everybody in the arena needs to shut their mouths. Ray’s tired of hearing Jeff’s voice and tired of listening to him moan. Does Jeff know who they are? Ray tells Jeff they’re Aces & 8s. Ray asks if Jeff was gonna call him out. Ray wouldn’t wanna see anything bad happen to Jeff in front of his moron creatures. Anderson asks Ray if Jeff’s getting another second chance. Jeff gets chance after chance. Anderson says they never got free passes because they don’t need second chances. Ken says Jeff is a big disappointment. Jeff was a disappointment when he lost to Ray and he will be a disappointment in Corpus Christi. Then Jeff punches Anderson & knocks him off the apron but the rest of Aces & 8s get Jeff. They hold Jeff and Ray swings his chain and then out come the Joe, Angle, Magnus & Eric Young. Aces & 8s bail & Jeff calls out Ken Anderson. This was a good way to start the show. Ray was tremendous on the mic as usual and I thought Anderson was good too.

Backstage Chavo tells Hernandez wonder how they lost. Hernandez mentions that Hulk told him there’s a lot riding on tonight. Chavo tells him not worry because they had tonight’s open fight night.

Hernandez & Chavo come to the ring. Back to the show & Chavo says if you saw last week you know he & Hernandez were cheated out of the tag titles. Not by Aries & Roode, but by another team. It’s cool because tonight is about payback. Tonight is open fight night. They talked with Hulk & there’s a stipulation for tonight’s match. The winners will challenge for the tag titles. Chavo calls out Daniels & Kazarian. Daniels & Kazarian come to the ring & Kaz has his Kazamania t-shirt.

Hernandez & Chavo Guerrero vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian. Hernandez & Chavo win when Chavo pins Daniels. This was a good match but I was hoping Daniels & Kazarian would win.

Taryn Terrell peaks out of the knockout’s locker room and tells camera guy that she’s excited about making her debut as a knockout wrestler. She has a pretty good idea who she will call out and what she will wear.

Time for a look back at last week when Brooke Hogan made Taryn a wrestler.

Taryn Terrell comes to the ring. She’s so excited for her first official night as a knockout. Brooke said she can get physical with whoever she wants. There’s been 1 woman who cost her her job as a referee. She calls out Gail Kim. Gail’s music plays but she doesn’t come out right away. Taryn says she knows Gail’s not scared of little old her. Then Gail comes out. She gets the mic and then gets in the ring. She says Taryn made a rookie mistake calling her out. Gail’s the greatest knockout ever. Does Taryn really wanna embarrass herself on national TV? Then Gail says that Taryn has rubbed another knockout the wrong way. Someone who was going to call Taryn out. Gail brings out Tara & Jessie. Then Gail hits Taryn from behind and then Tara gets in the ring for the double team. Then Velvet Sky comes out to even the odds. Gail & Tara bail & Velvet & Taryn ask them if they want a piece. This was decent. It looks like they’re setting up Velvet & Taryn vs. Gail & Tara.

Velvet & Taryn are backstage. Velvet says Taryn’s been abused long enough. Then Taryn sees Gail & Tara & goes after them but Velvet pulls her away.

Time for a video package on the Gut Check.

Backstage JB says gut check returns next week. The match next week will be Magno vs. Adam Pierce. He wishes both of them luck as they have a stare down.

Sting is looking to get into Hulk’s office but an Atlas guy is standing there and won’t let him in. Sting says that he is going to need to try a different approach because he is going to get to that place. This was corny.

Hulk Hogan tells Jeff Hardy that he booked a Jeff-Ray rematch for April 11. Hulk tells Jeff the title rematch was already a given for him but he decided to earn it in a 4 way. Hulk says Jeff has a chance to right Hulk’s wrong. Jeff lives for the future and he will take the title back. Hulk tells Jeff to make the stipulation for that match. Then Sting’s music plays and Hulk says he’s not supposed to be here. This was hokey.

Sting comes to the ring. He says Bully Ray swerved him & the whole world. Sting told Hulk he can trust Ray but he was wrong. Now he needs to fix this problem but to do that he has to talk with Hulk, which he hasn’t managed to do all week. So Sting calls out Hulk. Cue Hulk’s music & out he comes. Sting says he’s tried to apologize to Hulk twice and now he’s gonna try a third time. If Hulk doesn’t accept things could get nuclear. Hulk knew from day 1 Ray was rotten to the core and he should have listened to his gut but Sting & Dixie told him Ray’s different. Hulk says because of Sting he didn’t listen to his gut and it’s Sting’s fault. Sting says most of the weight rest on Hulk’s shoulders because he’s the GM. Sting tells him to man up. Hulk says will take accountability for the mistakes that he made. Then he says that as GM he has the final decision and he made it. Now he’s tired of Sting getting in his face and he tells Sting to get out of his ring brother. Sting tells Hulk to make him. 2 security guys come in as Hulk rips his shirt. Hulk tells Sting it’s not over between them. Then security escorts Sting to the back. This was idiotic! Hulk stole TNA from Dixie 2 & ½ years ago and then Sting becomes GM. Then Sting tells Dixie to make Hulk GM and now because Sting told Hulk to trust Ray and then all of a sudden after Ray marries Brooke Hulk trusts him. Then Ray turned heel & this is all Sting’s fault? This storyline is typical Hogan nonsense.

They show Sting backstage from during the break. Matt Morgan shows up and says, “Yet another Hogan mistake.” Sting stops walking.

Time for a video package on AJ Styles & how he’s falling apart.

James Storm comes to the ring. He says 2 weeks ago AJ Styles made his big return. It wasn’t the return he was looking for. Then last week he tried to talk to AJ & AJ walked off. Since tonight’s open fight night Storm calls out AJ Styles. AJ is in the crowd. Storm knows what AJ is going through because he was in the same spot last year. He lost the big match & went home but he picked himself back up & that’s what AJ needs to do. They can either talk about it over a beer or fight about it. The choice is AJ’s. Then in come Doc, Wes & Garrett and they beat down Storm & AJ walks off. Then Eric Young comes in and he takes a beating too. Then out comes Kurt Angle to even the odds. Naturally when Angle comes out Aces & 8s retreat. Angle says he’s not done yet. He sees 3 of Aces & 8s and 3 TNA guys. Since it’s open fight night let’s have a 6 man tag. I thought this was decent.

Kurt Angle, James Storm & Eric Young vs. Doc, Wes Briscoe & Garrett Bischoff. Doc, Wes & Garrett win when Wes pins Angle. This was good. D’Lo came out & distracted Angle. Then Garrett got a chain but Ankle caught him with the ankle lock. Then Wes rolled up Angle for the pin.

Backstage Ray, Devon & Anderson toast Doc, Wes & Garrett to a job well done. Ray can’t believe the set on Jeff to call out Ken Anderson. He can’t believe the set of Hulk for letting Jeff pick the stipulation for the title rematch. Anderson says Jeff won’t make it Corpus Christi and then flips out, bashing a hammer. Ray & Devon love it. I thought this was decent too. Anderson was pretty good when he went crazy.

JB says in 8 days TNA will present the best of the X Division on PPV. Sonjay is there and JB tells him that he will have to beat Mason Andrews & Petey Williams in a qualifying match for an X Division Title match. That should be good.

Jeff Hardy vs. Ken Anderson. Anderson wins by DQ. Garrett came out and gave Anderson a hammer but Jeff got & hit Anderson with it leading to the DQ. Then he hits Garrett with the hammer and then he gets a chair from under the ring and hits Anderson in the back with it. Then Jeff sets the chair up on the stage, runs down the ramp and dives onto Anderson. Then Jeff gets a table and sets it up in the ring. Then he gets a ladder and sets that up in the corner. He picks up Anderson but Anderson knees Jeff in the gut. They were fighting over who would suplex who through the table but then Jeff gives Anderson the twist of fate. Then he lays Anderson on the table and climbs the ladder. He was going for a twist of fate but Ray comes in pulls Anderson out. Then Jeff says he has picked the stipulation for the title rematch. It will be full metal mayhem. This ends the show. This was a good match & the post match stuff was too.

I thought this was a solid show overall. I liked the opening segment and the Jeff-Anderson match was good too. I was also ok with Jeff’s post match attack on Anderson. It makes sense that he picked a TLC/full metal mayhem match. The Jeff-Hulk segment backstage was kind of weak & I wasn’t into the Sting-Hulk in ring segment. I was ok with Matt Morgan’s “Yet another Hogan mistake” line backstage though. Hernandez & Chavo vs. Daniels & Kazarian was also good but I wanted Daniels & Kazarian to win. It was cool to see Sonjay, Mason (Scorpio Sky) & Petey Williams backstage too. The James Storm promo was good too. AJ Styles just stood in the crowd while Storm talked. I thought the 6 man tag was good too. The Knockouts segments were ok too. Taryn being the insane chick works for her. The Ray-Devon-Anderson bit was good too. I liked seeing Anderson go crazy. On the whole I thought this was a solid show.