5-9-13 Impact results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the May 9, 2013 episode of Impact

The show starts with Sting & Kurt Angle coming to the ring. Sting says on June 2 he will be at Slammiversary as the number 1 contender for the world title. Bully Ray conducted a plan to fool everyone (Even though no one was) and he succeeded and is now champion. Sting’s plan is to take the title. He doesn’t wanna wait till then. He asked for Hulk’s permission for a 6 man tag tonight (Because for some reason he always has to get Hulk’s ok). Sting had to go for the best of the best, so he went straight to Kurt Angle. Angle says he was fooled just like everyone (No one was fooled by Ray’s very obvious heel turn!) but last week he made D’Lo say, “I Quit” but that’s just the start of the pain that’s coming. Angle tells AJ to come out because he has something to ask him. (Haven’t we seen this before)? Out comes AJ. Angle tells AJ that he & Sting are ready for war. Will AJ join them in the fight against Aces & 8s? The fans chant yes. Angle’s tired of asking; now he’s demanding AJ give an answer. Then Sting says he’s been in AJ’s shoes & he talks about hiding in the rafters. AJ has to the right thing. Aces & 8s are taking TNA apart & they need AJ Styles. The roar of the crowed is the house that AJ Styles built. Sting knows AJ wants to tag with him & Angle & take out Aces & 8s, so let’s make it happen for the house that AJ built. Angle says he’s tired of this crap (So am I) and tells AJ, “You’re either with us or against us!” AJ walks out & Angle goes after him. Then they exchange blows on the stage and then Angle takes AJ down. As they go at it Aces & 8s sneak up behind Sting & then Ray & Devon give him 3D. Then Angle comes in the ring as Aces & 8s bail. This was the same old crap we’ve been getting for about a month. This was just so predictable.

Backstage camera guy asks AJ if he will leave Sting & Angle high & dry. AJ walks out the door.

Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky & Mickie James vs. Gail Kim & Tara. Velvet & Mickie win when Velvet pins Tara. This wasn’t much. Afterwards Gail gets in Tara’s face and then clotheslines her. Then Gail gives Tara the turnbuckle figure 4.

Backstage Ray says another icon bights the dust. D’Lo comes in & Ray says they have some club business to attend to in the ring. Looks like D’Lo’s gonna be out of Aces & 8s.

Backstage Daniels & Kaz come into James Storm’s dressing room. They brought him a 6 pack to remind him of Roode hitting him with a beer bottle. They pretty much try to talk him into reforming Fortune, but without Roode. This was decent.

Aces & 8s come to the ring. Ray says by now we should know who they are. They’re Aces & 8s. Tonight Ray, Devon & Mr. Anderson will take on Angle, Sting & their mystery guy. They know it won’t be AJ. To any of the wrestlers who think they might be the hero tonight not to bother because they don’t want any part of Aces & 8s. This brings Ray to club business. He tells D’Lo a couple weeks ago (It was 2 weeks ago but it aired last week) D’Lo disgraced himself & the club. Ray tells D’Lo to turn in his colors right now. D’Lo says no. Ray tells D’Lo that he will take the colors off. D’Lo says his cut is his life (Whatever that means). Then Anderson screams at D’Lo & calls him a quitter. Ray says D’Lo quit on himself & his brothers and now he’s gonna cry about it. How will D’Lo earn back his stripes? D’Lo wants to kick Magnus ass tonight. Ray tells D’Lo to sit with the time keeper & watch Doc kick Magnus’ ass & D’Lo better hope Doc does that so D’Lo can get his colors back. Out comes Magnus. He will face Doc next. This made no sense! Why would D’Lo wanna be a part of a stable that was looking to kick him out?

Magnus vs. Doc. Magnus gets the pin. This was decent. During the match Doc distracted the referee & D’Lo pulled Magnus out of the ring & sent him into the guard rail. Then he went for an Irish Whip but Magnus reversed it & sent D’Lo in the steel steps. Then the finish came when Magnus sent Doc into the ropes & D’Lo tripped Doc, thinking it was Magnus. That allowed Magnus to get the roll up for the pin. The match was ok but it was more of a back drop to the D’Lo story.

Backstage Doc is all pissed & D’Lo says that he is sorry. Ray yells at him and then the rest of Aces & 8s beat down D’Lo. Ray says D’Lo can’t do his job right. Ray should bash him with the hammer. Anderson says to give him a job that he can do. Ray tells him that he’s pretty much their errand boy. This was awful.

Cut to Hulk, Angle & Sting. Hulk wants to be their partner. Sting & Angle mention that the Dr. says he can’t go. Hulk got a wild card call today & if this guy is who he says he is they won’t have to worry, because this guy will come in & destroy Aces & 8s. Sting says the third guy needs to be Magnus. Angle agrees. Hulk says if they believe in Magnus then Hulk is good with it. This was terrible too.

Cut to Aries & Roode. They walk up to James Storm. They give him a beer. Roode tells Storm he was jealous of him when they were a team. Storm asks Aries if he told him to say that. Storm says word going around the locker room is that Aries beating Roode wasn’t a fluke. This was decent but having 3 backstage segments in a row is too much!

James Storm comes to the ring & will referee the tag match next.

Christopher Daniels & Bobby Roode vs. Austin Aries & Bobby Roode. The match ends in a no finish. Daniels rolled up Aries but hooked the tights but Storm caught him. Then while Storm argued with Daniels, Aries got a beer bottle and drank some. Then Storm took it & has a chug. Then Aries shoved Storm & Storm was going to super kick Aries but Aries got out of the way & Storm wound up super kicking Daniels. Then Aries covered Daniels with his foot. Storm reluctantly counted but stopped at 2. Then he gave Austin Aries a super kick. Then Storm walked out to his them music. Yes that was the “finish!” The match was good but the finish was lame!

Backstage Aces & 8s beat down Magnus. Magnus fights back but they get the upper hand.

They show a video package hyping the return of Suicide.

Then they show a video package recapping Chris Sabin’s return match from last Thursday.

Kenny King comes to the ring. He says he is the X Division Champion. Some might say how did he get that belt so fast. Ever since he’s been in that ring he’s been outstanding. Now he has to beat 2 guys, but he always beats the odds. He came out here to talk about a guy who doesn’t know what quitting means. It is his honor to introduce former X Division Champion Chris Sabin. Sabin comes out. Kenny says it would mean a lot if Sabin told us his story. Sabin says for the last 2 years he was physical rehab & his basement. Kenny has no idea about the fighting spirit that lives inside Sabin. Sabin has nothing to lose & every time he gets in the ring he will treat it like it’s the last. He tells Kenny to enjoy the belt while he can because He is taking it next week. Kenny says Sabin is a champ in his eyes & it would mean a lot to him if Sabin got to hold the belt 1 more time. He wants Sabin to hold it because that is the closest Sabin will get to being X Champion. If Sabin hadn’t been injured he still couldn’t beat Kenny King. He tells Sabin to give him back his belt. Sabin decks him & Kenny bails. This was solid but there’s been way too much talking on this show.

Backstage we see Daniels & Kazarian arguing with Aries & Roode and we also see that James Storm has been knocked out. Referees check on Storm. There sure have been a lot of backstage segments tonight.

They have a video package on the Bound for Glory series. This year the 4 Gut Check contestants winners Alex Silva, Sam Shaw, Christian York & Jay Bradley will be in a 4 man tournament. & the winner gets in the BFG series. That begins next week.

Backstage Ray says not everyone in the club is thrilled with the treatment of D’Lo but they have to do what’s best for this club. They have to eliminate the weak. Time for Ray, Devon & Anderson to take care of business in the ring. Knox asks what Ray has in mind for D’Lo. Ray tells Knox to tell D’Lo to put some beer on ice & wash their bikes because after the show they’re going to look for some women. This was stupid.

Cut to Angle & Sting. Angle says they’re out of time. They head to the ring as Hulk is on the phone asking whoever if he will show up.

Kurt Angle & Sting vs. TNA World Champion Bully Ray, TV Champion Devon & Ken Anderson. They cut to backstage during the match & we see that Aces & 8s have been laid out. Later in the match Devon brought a table into the ring. The former Dudley Boys set it up. Then someone’s music plays and out comes the returning Abyss. He choke slams Anderson through the table and then gives Devon a black hole slam for the win. So Sting, Angle & Abyss get the win. The match was solid & I have to admit I wasn’t expecting the Abyss character to return.

I thought most of this week’s show was very lackluster. There was too much talk & too many backstage segments. The opening bit was a typical way the show starts. The main event was solid & I wasn’t expecting the return of the Abyss character, so that was a nice surprise. Daniels & Kaz vs. Aries & Roode was good but having no finish was lame! The Sabin-Kenny segment was solid too but there had been too much talking by this point for me. I like that they’ll be having the 4 gut check winners be in a mini tournament to see who will be in the Bound for Glory series. The Aces & 8s segments were all terrible in my opinion. I wasn’t at all surprised that they gave D’Lo the business but D’Lo now being at the bottom of the ladder as opposed to being kicked out of the stable is odd. The knockouts tag match wasn’t much but I was ok with Gail Kim giving Tara the turnbuckle figure 4 afterwards. It looks like Tara will be turning face & feud with Gail. Having Storm lying on the floor backstage as Daniels, Kazarian, Aries & Roode surrounded him & was ok. Overall though I wasn’t into this week’s show.