8-22-13 Hardcore Justice part 2 Impact resuts and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the August 22, 2013 Hardcore Justice Part 2 episode of Impact The show starts with Bully Ray & Tito Ortiz backstage. Ray’s on the phone with “Brooke”. He says last week was about him & tonight is about them. Everyone will find out the truth about him & “Brooke.” Then they run into Ken Anderson & Ray introduces him to Tito. Anderson says he knew nothing about Tito being an Aces & 8s guy. Ray says this is club business. Maybe Anderson should be more concerned about earning his stripes & taking care of his own business. This was lame. Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode come to the ring. Roode congratulates Ray on becoming a 2 time world champion. Ray has found away once again to screw the system & found a new friend too. Now Ray’s the guy who has a target on his chest because he’s the world champion & we’re looking at the 3 guys who will do anything they can to win the title. One of them will walk into BFG & become world champion whether we like it or not. Last week Roode got 20 points by winning the tables match & is now in 2nd place & they’re only getting started. Kazarian then mentions that he won the 4 ladder match last week. Daniels says they’re 2 for 2. Kazarian & Roode each have 20 points. Tonight Daniels gets his points & he is the best street fighter. Roode says they’re 25% of the series but why be just 25% when you can be a third. Roode says they need to add 1 more guy to this group. Austin Aries. Roode mentions that he & Aries have teamed. Aries can trust them. If a wants a shot at becoming world champion take them up on their offer. James Storm & Gunner come out. Storm says he teamed with Roode for 4 years & trusted him. It’s not a matter of if Roode turns on you but when he will. Roode says Storm’s jealous of him. Storm tells Roode he will take his hat off, set down the mic, take his shirt off, drink some beer & then punch Roode right in the mouth. Storm’s never had to get dressed up to be in a fight. He leaves the ring & Roode tells him to think about this. Roode says that Storm doesn’t have the guts. Then Gunner & Storm go after the trio & we get a tag match. Daniels is escorted backstage Kazarian & Roode will be in the match. This was a solid opening segment & it lead to a match right away. TNA World Tag Team Champions Gunner & James Storm vs. Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode. Kazarian & Roode win when Roode pins Storm. This was a solid match. Backstage Austin Aries mentions that Sting offered him a spot in MEM last week & this week the fortune trio is offering him a spot. There is something to be said about strength in numbers but there also is something to be said by trusting those who are around you. By the end of the night he will give his answer. This was a decent backstage promo. X Division Champion Manik vs. Sonjay Dutt. Manik gets the pin. This was a solid back & forth match. I’m glad the did away with the X Division matches being all 3 ways. Backstage Anderson tells Devon that Ray said they gotta get the job done tonight. Anderson then says that they’re going into this 5 on 4. Devon’s ready & they have a few cold ones. Break time. They come back from break to show Hernandez making his way to the ring & then they go back to break. Why do they always do that? Back from break & we see MEM backstage. Joseph Park vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Hernandez vs. Jay Bradley in a Bound for Glory Series street fight. Park wins for 20 points when he pins Bradley. Kazarian & Roode came out during the match. The went after Park, EY helped Park out but he got taken out. A short while later Kazarian & Roode took out Bradley too. Then Aries got in the ring & was face to face with Hernandez. Daniels capitalized. Aries makes like he will be part of the old fortune group & then he gives Daniels a brain buster. Kazarian & Roode then chased Aries to the back. Then Bradley hit Park with brass knuckles & that made Park bleed from the mouth. Then he went nuts & gave Jay Bradley a black hole slam for the win. WINNER – JOSEPH PARK. This was a solid match & Park is now on the board in the BFG Series. Backstage we see MEM. Sting mentions what a lousy night they had last week Then he says they’re 1 man short. Rampage will break the face of his so called friend. Sting says no 1 stood up. Magnus says their MEM. The elite of pro wrestling. They step up. Joe says no 1 else is good enough to stand up because they can do this on their own. This was lame. Time for a video package recapping the Bully Ray- Hogan family saga. Bully Ray & Tito Ortiz come to the ring. Ray tells Taz & Tito that it sounds like the fans are happy to see him. They boo. Ray asks how it feels to have the wool pulled over your eyes again & how it feels to be suckered by him a second time. He has 1 question for everybody. Do we know who he is? He asks again & the fans boo. He’s Bully Ray. President of Aces & 8s the TNA World Champion. He didn’t say 2 time champion because Sabin’s title win was a fluke. Everything is now right in TNA again. That brings him to his new best friend. Do we know who this is? This is the Huntington Beach bad boy Tito Ortiz. Tito says Rampage should’ve known when he signed to fight him on 11-2 it wouldn’t change anything. He knocked Rampage out once & he will again. Ray says that no 1 does surprises like he does & we’ll be shocked by his next 1. It’s time for the whole world to know about “us.” He tells the love of his life “Brooke” to come to the ring. Brooke Hogan’s music plays but out comes the returning Brooke TESSMACHER. They make out in the ring as the fans boo. Ray says now that he has the hot Brooke, Tito & Taz with him does anybody doubt that Bully Ray can ever be stopped? There’s only 1 thing left to do. Tessmacher takes Ray’s ring off with her mouth her mouth. Then Ray says that he & Brooke Hogan are done. This was a solid in ring segment. Ray was great with his promo as usual & I liked that Brooke Tessmacher returned. ODB vs. Gail Kim. Gail gets the pin. This was a good match. They show a Jeff Hardy video package. He talks about winning the BFG Series last year & going on to win the TNA World Title. He mentions the series takes a huge toll on the body & brings out the best in everybody. Last year was a struggle for Jeff but this year it will be different. This year he’s fighting for his daughter. This year the biggest challenge is staying healthy. Backstage Aries says Daniels, Kazarian & Roode asked him a question & they got his answer. Aries says that he got where he is in this business by being smart & he just outsmarted them. Roode picked to guys who haven’t been world champion. Aries has by beating Roode. He doesn’t need Hulk’s or Dixie’s seal of approval. All that he needs is his God gifted talent. Mike Tenay says that Hulk Hogan will be live on Impact next week. They show a video package on Chris Sabin. He says he was making his escape from the cage but Anderson showed up. Aces & 8s are a cancer. MEM had Sabin’s back. He can’t believe he fell for the hammer again. He wants a rematch with Ray so that he can get his title back. Aces & 8s (Devon, Knox, Wes Briscoe, Garrett Bischoff & Ken Anderson) come to the ring for the main event. Then out come the 4 MEM guys. Break time. Back from break Anderson has the mic. Anderson calls out they’re fearless leader. Their President will watch them make history because there’re 5 of them & only 4 MEM guys. Then Anderson introduces Ray. Ray, Tito & Tessmacher then come out. Anderson then says that there are only 4 MEM guys & 5 of them. That isn’t fair. He says MEM can pick 1 of their guys to lay down for them. Sting says they won’t & if they go down it will be right here in Norfolk, VA. Then AJ Styles music plays & he comes out. Then “get ready to fly” plays, AJ takes his leather jacket off & the phenomenal 1 is back. Sting, Samoa Joe, Magnus, Rampage Jackson & AJ Styles vs. Devon, Ken Anderson, Wes Briscoe, Garrett Bischoff & Knox. MEM wins when AJ pins Devon. Since Devon was pinned he is out of TNA. This was a good match/brawl. Aces & 8s are beside themselves & MEM celebrates in the ring to end the show. I thought this week’s Impact was better than what we’ve seen the past 3 weeks. The opening segment with Roode trying to get Aries to join up with him, Daniels & Kazarian was good. Gunner & James Storm coming out was good too. Storm was good on the mic & I liked that we got the tag match right away. Gunner & Storm vs. Kazarian & Roode was solid too. The 4 way BFG Series street fight was solid too. I liked that Aries came in & gave Roode the brain buster. Park getting the win after bleeding & flipping out was the same old shtick, but the match was alright. I also liked Aries’ backstage promo saying that he outsmarted Roode. Having him say that all he needs is his God given talent was a good line too. I liked Ray’s in ring promo too & I was ok with Tessmacher being his “main squeeze”. AJ Styles coming out & revealing himself to once again be the phenomenal 1 was well done & I enjoyed the 10 man tag. ODB-Gail was also good. I liked the Jeff Hardy & Chris Sabin video packages too. Manik & Sonjay also had a solid match & I like that the X Division matches will be 1 on 1 going forward. Overall I thought this was a solid show this week.