7-11-13 Impact results and toughts

Coverage and thoughts on the July 11, 2013 episode of Impact The show starts with Bully Ray backstage. He tells the camera guy that since he is always looking for reaction, Ray will give him 1. Ray talks about his “wife” Brooke saying how dare she get engaged. He gets that people feel the need to move on but you move on when Ray says you move on. Good backstage promo from Ray. Aces & 8s come to the ring. Ray says it’s time to take care of some business. The first order of business is Chris Sabin. Sabin is the X Champion & has the chance to cash in that title & face Ray for the world title at Destination X. Hulk will come out later & ask Sabin to hand the X Title over. Ray tells junior to do himself a favor & not trade in that title. Ray’s a bad man who does bad things to guys like Sabin. Number 2 tonight Aces & 8s vote in a new VP. That doesn’t mean the fans get to vote. Aces & 8s is a family & this is family business. Speaking of so called families that brings him to MEM. MEM challenged Aces & 8s to a fight. Ray says Aces & 8s say no. They fight on their terms. Cue the MEM music & out come Sting, Angle, Joe & Magnus. Angle tells Ray to take that challenge as a warning. Next week MEM will eliminate every member of Ray’s gang 1 by on. Then at the end of the night when Ray’s in that ring defending his title Ray will look around & for the first time since he won that title Ray will be all alone. Sting says the newest member of their new family is a heavy hitter & everyone will find out who it is by the end of the night. This was a good & short promo. Backstage we see Chris Sabin walking. JB & Christie are on the stage. JB says they’ll reveal the teams 1 by 1. The winners go onto the gauntlet for 25 points in the BFG Series. The first guy’s name picked is Jeff Hardy. His partner will be Joseph Park. They will face AJ Styles & Samoa Joe. Jeff Hardy & Joseph Park vs. AJ Styles & Samoa Joe. AJ & Joe win when Joe makes Park tap. This was a solid match. Backstage we see Taryn Terrell warming up for her match with Gail Kim later. Back to JB & Christie. The next name picked is Jay Bradley. His partner will be Hernandez. They will face Ken Anderson & Magnus. Jay Bradley & Hernandez vs. Ken Anderson & Magnus. Anderson & Magnus win when Magnus pins Hernandez. Anderson doesn’t tag in, so Magnus fought both guys by himself. Jay Bradley tripped Hernandez by mistake & then Magnus rolled up Hernandez for the pin. This was a decent match. Backstage we see Aries & Roode. Aries talks about losing the X Title & asks where Roode was. Roode says he is 0-3 in the BFG series. In come Kaz & Daniels. They say it is down to the 4 of them. It doesn’t matter who wins because Daniels & Kazarian will win & 1 more time bad influence will face the dirty heels. Kaz & Daniels leave. Then Aries & Roode agree that they both hate Daniels & Kazarian. Good backstage segment. Backstage we see Gail Kim warming up for the ladder match with Taryn. Back to JB & Christie. The first name picked is Christopher Daniels. His partner will be Austin Aries. They will face Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode. Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode vs. Christopher Daniels & Austin Aries. Kazarian & Roode win when Kazarian pins Daniels. After the match Daniels & Kazarian hinted at splitting up but then Daniels raises Kazarian’s hand. This was a solid match too. Backstage we see Aces & 8s. Ray says that tonight they will vote for Aces & 8s new VP. Backstage we see Hulk & Brooke. Hulk asks Brooke what’s going on with Ray. Brooke says nothing because she did what Hulk told her to do & didn’t return to the building. Then she says that her personal life can start after the show. She mentions the ladder match is coming up & they’ve worked real hard to set that up. Hulk tells Brooke to make sure that she takes care of all of her business. Whatever. This was a typical Hogan segment. Back to Aces & 8. Ray says last year was a good year for Aces & 8s. He became world champion. Now there’re some problems. They got rid of their first problem D’Lo. Then Ray says that he isn’t voting for a VP. Ray asks the rest of the group if they vote for Anderson or Doc. It’s 3-3 & Knox has the deciding vote. He picks Anderson. Ray says Anderson is the Aces & 8s new VP. The other guys applaud. Then Doc gets in Knox’s face. Knox tells Doc that it wasn’t about him. This was about the club. Doc tells him to keep walking. This was weak. It looks like Doc will be turning face though. Mickie James comes to ringside for the next match. Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim in a number one contender ladder match. Gail wins to become the number 1 contender for the Knockouts Title. This was great! Backstage Sting & Angle say that they picked the right guys to be in the new MEM. Angle says Joe & Magnus are doing great in the BFG Series. He says that Magnus is in the lead & Joe is second. Then Angle asks about the 5th guy. Sting is expecting to hear from him. Then Sting gets a call & it’s member number 5. Thankfully this was short. Break time. Back from break & we go back to Angle & Sting. Sting tells Angle number 5 will be there in a few minutes. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Magnus vs. Ken Anderson vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Bobby Roode in a BFG Series Gauntlet match. Magnus wins to get 25 more points. This was good. The Magnus vs. Roode part of the match at the end was the best part. There was a lot of good back & forth action there. Entrance Sequence: 1. AJ Styles 2. Magnus 3. Frankie Kazarian 4. Samoa Joe 5. Ken Anderson 6. Bobby Roode. Elimination Sequence: 1. AJ eliminates Kazarian before # 5 comes out 2. Anderson eliminates AJ 3 & 4. Joe eliminates Anderson & himself 5. Magnus pins Roode. Hulk Hogan comes to the ring. He says there’re some Hulkamaniacs in Las Vegas brother. Live next week from Louisville we’ll have Destination X. The guy that has a chance to go on to greatness & become the next world champion if he wants to is his guest, Chris Sabin. Hulk’s been around some great ones but Sabin is the greatest. Sabin says there was a time not to long ago after tearing both ACLs he thought he would never be in the ring again. This is a dream he’s had ever since he was a kid. That dream is why he’s here right now. To become world champion. The only thing left to do is give up the X Title & hand it over to Hulk. Out come Aces & 8s. Ray gets in the ring & tells Hulk to tell Brooke they have unfinished business. Then he says that Sabin must be living in a fantasy land. Ray tells Sabin not to hand the X Title over. Then he tells Hulk not to reassure Sabin because every time Hogan reassures anybody they run into trouble with Ray. Including Brooke. Ray’s a bad person & he does bad things. There’s no way a little guy like Sabin could ever beat a man like him. Sabin tells Ray to shut up. Sabin says Ray has forgotten that Sabin pinned him in Team 3D’s retirement match. He’s also the only to kick out of the 3D finish. Sabin’s been the underdog his whole life. 9 times out of 10 a guy like Ray would beat a guy like Sabin. All Sabin needs is 1 chance & he knows that he can & will beat Ray. Next week Sabin will ask Ray if he knows who he is. He is Chris Sabin the TNA World Champion. Ray tells Sabin not to hand over the X Title but Sabin does. Ray tells Sabin he just signed his death warrant. Ray’s taken everybody down in this company. Sabin isn’t just fighting Ray next week, Sabin is fighting his whole family. Out come MEM. Sting says Sabin vs. Ray will be 1 on 1. No Aces & 8s because MEM will make sure they don’t get involved. Then Sting introduces the newest MEM guy Rampage Jackson. MEM raise each other’s arms on the stage to end the show. This was a good closing segment. I’m not into Rampage Jackson being in the MEM but I thought that both Ray & Sabin were awesome on the mic. I thought this was a good show for the most part. Ray’s backstage promo at the start was well done & I liked the MEM-Aces & 8s segment too. I was ok with the Jokers Wild format for the BFG Series. AJ & Joe vs. Jeff & Park was solid, Magnus & Anderson vs. Jay Bradley & Hernandez was decent and Kazarian & Roode vs. Daniels & Aries was solid too. The gauntlet match was also good & it picked up with Magnus vs. Roode at the end. They’re really pushing Magnus. The ladder match was great too. Both Taryn & Gail are really amazing in the ring. They both gave it their all. I am curious if Gail will be turning face since Mickie just turned heel & having 2 heels face each other would be a bit odd. The Hulk-Brooke backstage segment was the only part of the show I could’ve done without, but thankfully that was short. I wasn’t into the backstage segments with Aces & 8s either. Who cares about their VP slot? It looks like Doc will be turning face though. The Daniels-Kazarian-Aries-Roode backstage segment was solid. Those 4 are always entertaining to watch. I liked the closing segment too. Both Sabin & Ray were great on the mic & they did a great job building to their world title match next week. I’m not into Rampage being part of the MEM but other than that I thought this was great closing segment. Overall I thought this was a good show this week. Coverage and thoughts on the July 11, 2013 episode of Impact The show starts with Bully Ray backstage. He tells the camera guy that since he is always looking for reaction, Ray will give him 1. Ray talks about his “wife” Brooke saying how dare she get engaged. He gets that people feel the need to move on but you move on when Ray says you move on. Good backstage promo from Ray. Aces & 8s come to the ring. Ray says it’s time to take care of some business. The first order of business is Chris Sabin. Sabin is the X Champion & has the chance to cash in that title & face Ray for the world title at Destination X. Hulk will come out later & ask Sabin to hand the X Title over. Ray tells junior to do himself a favor & not trade in that title. Ray’s a bad man who does bad things to guys like Sabin. Number 2 tonight Aces & 8s vote in a new VP. That doesn’t mean the fans get to vote. Aces & 8s is a family & this is family business. Speaking of so called families that brings him to MEM. MEM challenged Aces & 8s to a fight. Ray says Aces & 8s say no. They fight on their terms. Cue the MEM music & out come Sting, Angle, Joe & Magnus. Angle tells Ray to take that challenge as a warning. Next week MEM will eliminate every member of Ray’s gang 1 by on. Then at the end of the night when Ray’s in that ring defending his title Ray will look around & for the first time since he won that title Ray will be all alone. Sting says the newest member of their new family is a heavy hitter & everyone will find out who it is by the end of the night. This was a good & short promo. Backstage we see Chris Sabin walking. JB & Christie are on the stage. JB says they’ll reveal the teams 1 by 1. The winners go onto the gauntlet for 25 points in the BFG Series. The first guy’s name picked is Jeff Hardy. His partner will be Joseph Park. They will face AJ Styles & Samoa Joe. Jeff Hardy & Joseph Park vs. AJ Styles & Samoa Joe. AJ & Joe win when Joe makes Park tap. This was a solid match. Backstage we see Taryn Terrell warming up for her match with Gail Kim later. Back to JB & Christie. The next name picked is Jay Bradley. His partner will be Hernandez. They will face Ken Anderson & Magnus. Jay Bradley & Hernandez vs. Ken Anderson & Magnus. Anderson & Magnus win when Magnus pins Hernandez. Anderson doesn’t tag in, so Magnus fought both guys by himself. Jay Bradley tripped Hernandez by mistake & then Magnus rolled up Hernandez for the pin. This was a decent match. Backstage we see Aries & Roode. Aries talks about losing the X Title & asks where Roode was. Roode says he is 0-3 in the BFG series. In come Kaz & Daniels. They say it is down to the 4 of them. It doesn’t matter who wins because Daniels & Kazarian will win & 1 more time bad influence will face the dirty heels. Kaz & Daniels leave. Then Aries & Roode agree that they both hate Daniels & Kazarian. Good backstage segment. Backstage we see Gail Kim warming up for the ladder match with Taryn. Back to JB & Christie. The first name picked is Christopher Daniels. His partner will be Austin Aries. They will face Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode. Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode vs. Christopher Daniels & Austin Aries. Kazarian & Roode win when Kazarian pins Daniels. After the match Daniels & Kazarian hinted at splitting up but then Daniels raises Kazarian’s hand. This was a solid match too. Backstage we see Aces & 8s. Ray says that tonight they will vote for Aces & 8s new VP. Backstage we see Hulk & Brooke. Hulk asks Brooke what’s going on with Ray. Brooke says nothing because she did what Hulk told her to do & didn’t return to the building. Then she says that her personal life can start after the show. She mentions the ladder match is coming up & they’ve worked real hard to set that up. Hulk tells Brooke to make sure that she takes care of all of her business. Whatever. This was a typical Hogan segment. Back to Aces & 8. Ray says last year was a good year for Aces & 8s. He became world champion. Now there’re some problems. They got rid of their first problem D’Lo. Then Ray says that he isn’t voting for a VP. Ray asks the rest of the group if they vote for Anderson or Doc. It’s 3-3 & Knox has the deciding vote. He picks Anderson. Ray says Anderson is the Aces & 8s new VP. The other guys applaud. Then Doc gets in Knox’s face. Knox tells Doc that it wasn’t about him. This was about the club. Doc tells him to keep walking. This was weak. It looks like Doc will be turning face though. Mickie James comes to ringside for the next match. Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim in a number one contender ladder match. Gail wins to become the number 1 contender for the Knockouts Title. This was great! Backstage Sting & Angle say that they picked the right guys to be in the new MEM. Angle says Joe & Magnus are doing great in the BFG Series. He says that Magnus is in the lead & Joe is second. Then Angle asks about the 5th guy. Sting is expecting to hear from him. Then Sting gets a call & it’s member number 5. Thankfully this was short. Break time. Back from break & we go back to Angle & Sting. Sting tells Angle number 5 will be there in a few minutes. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Magnus vs. Ken Anderson vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Bobby Roode in a BFG Series Gauntlet match. Magnus wins to get 25 more points. This was good. The Magnus vs. Roode part of the match at the end was the best part. There was a lot of good back & forth action there. Entrance Sequence: 1. AJ Styles 2. Magnus 3. Frankie Kazarian 4. Samoa Joe 5. Ken Anderson 6. Bobby Roode. Elimination Sequence: 1. AJ eliminates Kazarian before # 5 comes out 2. Anderson eliminates AJ 3 & 4. Joe eliminates Anderson & himself 5. Magnus pins Roode. Hulk Hogan comes to the ring. He says there’re some Hulkamaniacs in Las Vegas brother. Live next week from Louisville we’ll have Destination X. The guy that has a chance to go on to greatness & become the next world champion if he wants to is his guest, Chris Sabin. Hulk’s been around some great ones but Sabin is the greatest. Sabin says there was a time not to long ago after tearing both ACLs he thought he would never be in the ring again. This is a dream he’s had ever since he was a kid. That dream is why he’s here right now. To become world champion. The only thing left to do is give up the X Title & hand it over to Hulk. Out come Aces & 8s. Ray gets in the ring & tells Hulk to tell Brooke they have unfinished business. Then he says that Sabin must be living in a fantasy land. Ray tells Sabin not to hand the X Title over. Then he tells Hulk not to reassure Sabin because every time Hogan reassures anybody they run into trouble with Ray. Including Brooke. Ray’s a bad person & he does bad things. There’s no way a little guy like Sabin could ever beat a man like him. Sabin tells Ray to shut up. Sabin says Ray has forgotten that Sabin pinned him in Team 3D’s retirement match. He’s also the only to kick out of the 3D finish. Sabin’s been the underdog his whole life. 9 times out of 10 a guy like Ray would beat a guy like Sabin. All Sabin needs is 1 chance & he knows that he can & will beat Ray. Next week Sabin will ask Ray if he knows who he is. He is Chris Sabin the TNA World Champion. Ray tells Sabin not to hand over the X Title but Sabin does. Ray tells Sabin he just signed his death warrant. Ray’s taken everybody down in this company. Sabin isn’t just fighting Ray next week, Sabin is fighting his whole family. Out come MEM. Sting says Sabin vs. Ray will be 1 on 1. No Aces & 8s because MEM will make sure they don’t get involved. Then Sting introduces the newest MEM guy Rampage Jackson. MEM raise each other’s arms on the stage to end the show. This was a good closing segment. I’m not into Rampage Jackson being in the MEM but I thought that both Ray & Sabin were awesome on the mic. I thought this was a good show for the most part. Ray’s backstage promo at the start was well done & I liked the MEM-Aces & 8s segment too. I was ok with the Jokers Wild format for the BFG Series. AJ & Joe vs. Jeff & Park was solid, Magnus & Anderson vs. Jay Bradley & Hernandez was decent and Kazarian & Roode vs. Daniels & Aries was solid too. The gauntlet match was also good & it picked up with Magnus vs. Roode at the end. They’re really pushing Magnus. The ladder match was great too. Both Taryn & Gail are really amazing in the ring. They both gave it their all. I am curious if Gail will be turning face since Mickie just turned heel & having 2 heels face each other would be a bit odd. The Hulk-Brooke backstage segment was the only part of the show I could’ve done without, but thankfully that was short. I wasn’t into the backstage segments with Aces & 8s either. Who cares about their VP slot? It looks like Doc will be turning face though. The Daniels-Kazarian-Aries-Roode backstage segment was solid. Those 4 are always entertaining to watch. I liked the closing segment too. Both Sabin & Ray were great on the mic & they did a great job building to their world title match next week. I’m not into Rampage being part of the MEM but other than that I thought this was great closing segment. Overall I thought this was a good show this week.