9-12-13 Impact results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the September 12, 2013 No Surrender Part 1 episode of Impact They show AJ Styles, Austin Aries, Bobby Roode & Magnus arriving in the building from earlier in the day. Then they show a video package on the BFG Series final 4. That’s followed up with a Ken Anderson-Bully Ray/Aces & 8s video recap. The actual show starts with Bully Ray & Brooke Tessmacher coming to the ring. He says he’s in a very bad mood so it’s in everyone’s best interest to let him say what he has to say. Things in the family haven’t been going right. He & Anderson aren’t on the same page but he’s willing to forgive Anderson because the main problem is Hulk Hogan. Out comes The Hulkster. He welcomes everyone to No Surrender & it’s live on Spike & happening in St. Louis. By the end of the night we’ll know the BFG main event. Before we get there Ray should be worrying about defending his title against 1 of his brothers “brother.” Ray says he knows Anderson will do what’s right. If Anderson’s there he wants him come out right now & talk face to face. Out comes Anderson. Ray mentions that Anderson turned his back on Hulk. The Aces & 8s colors are stronger than Hulk will ever be. All Anderson has to do is apologize to Ray & it will all be over. Anderson says he was out of line & can’t wait to get out of line tonight. Then he decks Ray & says there will be a new world champion. MR. ANDERSON. Wait for it. ANDERSON. Hulk wishes Ray luck & says the title match will be a last man standing match “brother.” This was a good opening segment. AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries in a BFG Series semifinal match. AJ gets the pin. This was great! AJ gave Aries a Styles Clash off the ropes for the pin. Backstage Sting reminds Magnus MEM started with all former world champions but they made an exception for him. They know that he is only 2 wins away from a chance at becoming world champion. Magnus thanks MEM for all they’ve done for him, but he’s tired of being called the future. Tonight the future is now. Sting & Joe agree. This was a decent backstage bit. Bobby Roode is at ringside & he wants Magnus out there now. Well he won’t to wait. Out comes Magnus. I’m not sure why they had this bit. Magnus vs. Bobby Roode in a BFG Series semifinal match. Magnus gets the pin. This was a good back & forth match. I was surprised they had Magnus win but he & AJ should have a great match. So the BFG Series finals is AJ Styles vs. Magnus. Backstage Bobby Roode is all upset & throws stuff around. Daniels & Kazarian come by to calm him. Then Roode says Hulk screwed him & he’s gonna screw him back. If none of them can be in the BFG finals then no one will be. Then we see Hulk with TJ Perkins AKA Manik. Hulk says how great TJ is since he’s dawned the mask. TJ says that he wants to face Jeff Hardy. Hulk tells him that Jeff is no walk in the park but he’s got it. Then Dixie comes in & TJ leaves. Then Dixie tells Hulk that Bellator has Rampage & Tito has from Impact. This was idiotic. I have no idea why they have TJ Perkins in this costume & talking to Hulk without the mask. The Dixie part was pointless too. Who cares what Rampage & Tito will be doing? Then we see Bully Ray. He can’t believe what’s happened to this club. When he looks at the others he thinks they’re happy Anderson turned on him. He thinks they might want Anderson to be their president. Ray put this club together for them while Anderson has done nothing. Then he asks Knox, Wes & Garrett if they want Anderson as champion. Then he says he knows they don’t. Ray’s proud of them & he hopes they feel the same way about him. They show a Ken Anderson-Bully Ray video package. Ken Anderson vs. TNA World Champion Bully Ray in a last man standing match for the Title. Bully Ray wins. During the match Ray gets in Earl Hebner’s face, Hebner pushes him & then Ray shoves Hebner into the turnbuckle, knocking him out. Knox, Wes & Garrett come out. They pick Anderson up & then Tessmacher comes in & hits Anderson from behind in the groin. Then they give Anderson the Shield triple power bomb. Then Ray revives Hebner & Hebner counts but Anderson gets up at 9. A bit later Ray hits Anderson with a chain but Anderson gets up at 9 a second time. Then Ray spears Anderson through the table that was set up in the corner. That keeps Anderson down for a 10 count. WINNER & STILL TNA WORLD CHAMPION – BULLY RAY. This was a really good plunder match. Then Medics come in & place Anderson on stretcher. Before they can wheel him to the back Ray heads towards the stretcher & the medics flee. Then tells the unconscious Anderson & that he is the last person he will see. Then he pushes the stretcher over. Then Ray yanks Anderson’s Aces & 8s vest off. Then Ray pile drives him on the ramp. Then Ray kneels over Anderson & says he is the guy who just took him out. This was good. Break time. Back from break & Gunner & James Storm come to the ring. Back to break (I hate when they do that) Back from break & backstage ODB says she hasn’t been “knocked up” champion in over 3 years. She’s been training hard for this & she almost gave up drinking. She’ll see Mickie next week. Back to Gunner & Storm. Storm puts over St. Louis & says there must a lot of beer drinkers in the place. Storm says to Gunner they were watching the BFG Series. As much as Storm wants to kick back & drink beer all night, Gunner wants to fight so why not do both in 1 night. It doesn’t matter if they face Robbie & Jessie, Daniels, Kazarian & Roode or the Aces and idiots. Storm says there has to be someone to man up. Hernandez & Chavo come out. Chavo says last year’s BFG is when he & Hernandez first won the tag titles. Storm’s a great wrestler & 1 half of the greatest tag team of all time. The greatest team of all time is any team Chavo’s in. Then Chavo says how jacked Gunner is but Hernandez is stronger than Gunner. Chavo says Gunner & Storm have been on a losing streak. Then Chavo says that if he & Hernandez challenge them for the tag titles the losing streak will continue. Gunner says he likes to fight & challenges them to a match for next week. Then he says if they stick their noses in Gunner’s & Storm’s business 1 more time he will drill them with the tag title. This was ok but not great. Storm cut his usual “fight & get drunk” promo & Chavo was really annoying. Gunner was ok but his promo wasn’t really too memorable. AJ Styles vs. Magnus in the Bound for Glory series finals. AJ gets the pin to win the series. Early in the match Daniels, Kazarian & Roode come in & go after both AJ & Magnus & lay out both guys. Then more referees come out & the heel trio continues the beating before heading to the back. The match continues & eventually AJ hits the Spiral Tap for the win. BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES WINNER – AJ STYLES. This was also a great match. Then AJ says he said he was gonna do it & he did in St. Louis. He couldn’t have done it without the fans. He got a lot of response from what he said 2 weeks ago but never got 1 from Dixie. He pointed out a lot of mistakes over the last 11 years. He tells Dixie to remind her secretary to show up next week because he’s gonna mention the biggest mistake. This is Dixie’s wake up call for next week. AJ poses in the ring to end the show. I really enjoyed this week’s show overall. I loved the BFG Series matches & AJ’s promo at the end was also good. The opening segment with Anderson & Ray was also decent & the title match was a great brawl. The Storm & Gunner-Hernandez & Chavo promo was ok but not too memorable. It looks like Hernandez & Chavo will beat the champs & challenge for the titles at Bound for Glory. On the whole though I thought this was a really good show.