9-19-13 Impact results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the September 19, 2013 No Surrender part 2 episode of Impact They start the show with Magnus backstage. He says he left it all out there last week. He came up short. Then in comes Bobby Roode. He tells Magnus not to blame him, Kazarian & Daniels. He should blame himself. Then Daniels & Kazarian jump Magnus, they have a triple team & then referees & security jump in to break it up. The actual show starts with Magnus coming to the ring. He says that his ribs, knees & shoulder hurt all because of coming so close in the BFG series finals. He believes AJ is the best in the business & wishes him the best at BFG. Magnus has another issue to address. 3 guys decided to get involved in that match last week & now they just jumped him in the back. Magnus doesn’t have his family with him but he dares any 1 member of the Ego trio with the stones to come out & face him. Out comes Kazarian. Magnus beats him down in the corner & then Daniels comes in & hits Magnus from behind. Kaz & Daniels have a miscommunication & Magnus gets the upper hand but then Roode comes in & they stomp on Magnus. Then outcome Samoa Joe & Sting & the heel trio bails. Sting says if they wanna fight there will be a 6 man tag right here tonight. This was a good & short opening in ring segment. Backstage Sabin tells Manik that asking for a match with Jeff Hardy takes guts. Sabin’s proud of Manik. Sabin mentions that he cashed in the X Title to win the world title & that if Manik was X Champion at the time he could’ve done the same. Manik says he has to get ready for his match. Sabin & Velvet will watch from ringside (I think). This was lame. It looks like they’re turning Sabin heel & I’m not sure why. I’m also tired of TJ Perkins in that costume. Why bother with that if he’s always walking around backstage without the mask? Chris Sabin & Velvet Sky come out to watch the Jeff Hardy-Manik match. Jeff Hardy vs. X Division Champion Manik. Jeff gets the pin. This was a decent back & forth match. Then Jeff shakes Manik’s hand & raises his arm before heading to the back. Then Sabin gets in the ring & also raises Manik’s hand. Then he attacks him. Jeff comes back out & runs Sabin off. Velvet looks shocked at what Sabin did. The match was decent but the X Title doesn’t have any meaning. I still don’t get Sabin’s heel turn either. They show Dixie Carter arriving earlier in the day. All she says is, “There’s a lot going on.” More Sabin & Velvet backstage. He tells her to get her stuff together because they’re headed out. Then Camera guy asks Sabin why he attacked Manik. Sabin says no one respects him. He’s been a tag team, X Division & world Champion & the fans don’t respect him for it. He also says that Manik is the guy who is the most disrespectful after all Sabin has done for him. He will earn their respect. Sabin cut a decent promo but the heel turn came out of nowhere. ODB vs. Knockouts Champion Mickie James for the Title. ODB gets the pin to win the Title. This was a decent match too. Then EY comes in & hugs ODB. Joseph Park comes out too & has a drink. Then Robbie E & Jessie come out. Robbie asks what’s going on around this place “bro.” They hate to break up this weird celebration. It’s 1 thing for EY to be in the ring because he’s married to “that” but Park is a third wheel hamster loser. Park says how dare they & asks who they think they are trying to diminish the new Knockouts Champion. How dare they besmirch marriage & how dare they wear those outfits in St. Louis. If Park wasn’t wearing his suit he’d teach them as lesson. Robbie says it sound like he’s challenging them. Park never said that. EY tells them Park has a suit on but unfortunately EY does not. Then Robbie E gets in the ring Eric Young vs. Robbie E. EY gets the quick pin with a roll up. Then Robbie says he wasn’t challenging EY. He wanted Park. Robbie asks if Park’s scared of him. Park takes his glasses & jacket off. Break time. This whole bit was idiotic. Back from break & Park is in the ring. Back to break. I hate that they do this “Back to the show & right back to break” bit. Back from break & Joseph Park & it’s time for Robbie E’s second match. Joseph Park vs. Robbie E. Park also gets the quick pin. Then Robbie & Jessie attack Park. Then they give EY some tag team finisher. Then they go after Park & ram him into the steel steps. Then they get back in the ring & beat on EY. Then Park gets back in the ring & he’s bleeding. Then he goes bonkers & lays out Robbie & Jessie. Then Park “snaps out of it” & EY hugs him. This was pointless. I’m tired of this bit where Park flips after he bleeds & then “going back to normal”. Time for a video package recapping last week’s Anderson-Ray angle/match. Backstage Hulk asks Dixie what’s going on with AJ. Hulk says Dixie doesn’t have to do this alone. Dixie says she’s got this. Aces & 8s come to the ring. Ray says it sounds like everyone’s happy to see him. Of course the fans boo. He gets that the fans are proud of their world champion. They boo again. Then Ray asks where Anderson is & then says Anderson couldn’t make it. Then he asks the fans if they know who he is. He is Bully Ray, the world champion, president of Aces & 8s & there’s nothing anybody can do about it. Ray does need to thank somebody though. He couldn’t have defended his title if weren’t for someone special, someone he can trust & someone who has always stood by him. He says this to his guys & they’re all smiles. Then he says that the reason he continues to be world champion is because of Tessmacher. Without her he’d be nothing. She’s the wind beneath his wings. The way she came in the ring & drilled Anderson in the nuts for him, that’s the reason why he’s world champion. The other guys don’t look too thrilled. Ray asks what the problem is. Wes says they’ve done everything he’s asked & how can be blow them off for her. Ray tells them not to refer to Brooke as “her” again. That’s Ray’s Brooke & he tells Wes not to look at her. Garrett says Ray’s forgotten who’s been with him since day 1 & had his back night after night. Ever since Brooke came in Ray’s priorities have been out of whack. Ray appreciates Garret’s spirit. Then he pushes Garrett in the corner & tells him not to talk to him like that. He made Wes & Garrett. If they get out of line again he will smack them both in the face. Knox asks if Ray will slap him too. Then Knox says he’s been in this club for 1 year & a half. They’ve always helped him out to make sure he holds on to the title. Knox then says that the club is falling apart & for the last year it’s been Bully Ray business & not club business. Ray forgot the club rule, “Bros before hos.” Ray tells Knox if he calls Brooke a ho again he will knock his head off. Ray & Tessmacher leave the ring as Knox, Wes & Garrett stand in the ring. This segment was decent. Ray was good on the mic as always & had a feeling the other guys would lean towards a baby face turn. Backstage Sting says Kurt’s gone & Rampage is training. That’s ok because they’re MEM. Sting tells Magnus & Joe not to forget who they are. Joe says they’re MEM & they’ll get revenge. Hernandez & Chavo Guerrero come to the ring. Then out come Gunner & Storm. Before the match starts Chavo gets a mic & says as much as he wants to wipe their faces all over the mat, he’s injured & the doc hasn’t cleared him for this fight. So he & Hernandez won’t be beating the champs tonight. Gunner says it sounds like they’re scared. He tells Chavo to shut his mouth. He came looking for a fight & he challenges Hernandez. Storm tells them to fight while he has some beers at ringside. TNA World Tag Team Champion Gunner vs. Hernandez. Gunner gets the pin. This was ok. Backstage we see AJ Styles on his cell phone. Sting, Samoa Joe & Magnus vs. Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Bobby Roode. Daniels, Kazarian & Roode win when Roode pins Magnus after hitting him with Sting’s baseball bat. This was a good match. Sting had Daniels in the scorpion death lock. Roode came in the ring with Sting’s baseball bat. He was gonna hit Sting but Magnus jumped in the way & Roode hit him. Then Roode covered Magnus for the pin. WINNERS – DANIELS, KAZARIAN & ROODE AJ Styles comes to the ring. He’s been in TNA since day 1 busting his butt trying to make this an alternative for the fans. Then Dixie’s dad bought her a wrasslin company. No blood, sweat or experience in wrestling. Dixie broke up the chemistry that made TNA what it was. What happened to Jerry Lynn & Low KI? Dixie trade them in for big names to get a big pay day & not to anything. And for what? So Alex Shelly, Jay Lethal & Petey Williams couldn’t be there. That pisses AJ off. He’s not the only 1 as the fans cheer. AJ says Dixie’s biggest mistake is staring her right in the face. She gave him a chance to win the world title but hasn’t got a contract. But no contracted wrestler respects her anyway. AJ will win the world title for him, his band of brothers & the fans. He will make Dixie get on her knees & beg & then he will make her pay. Out comes Dixie. He tells her to say something. He expected a tweet. Dixie’s known AJ a long time & she knows for him to come out here & say everything he’s saying takes guts. Dixie’s accountable to the staff, the performers & the fans. She’s also accountable to AJ & she apologizes to him. She’s sorry for letting him think that he meant anything in the company. The phenomenal one stuff is an illusion that she created for all those 5 star matches he used to have. AJ’s nothing like he used be. The fans boo. Dixie says she’s thankful for them. She thanks them for letting her come to her ring & respond to all the crap she’s been getting. Without her dad’s paycheck AJ would still be in the trailer. Dixie built the house that AJ is in & she owns it. He’s lucky she let him be there. AJ tells Dixie to shove that mic where it belongs. Dixie has the lights in the arena turned off & this ends the show. This was awesome! Both AJ & Dixie were great on the mic here. I loved everything that AJ had to say about the X Division guys no longer being there to make room for “the big names.” Dixie’s heel promo was well done too. I’m not sure how this Dixie heel turn will be but her first heel promo was good. Great way to end this week’s show. I thought this was a decent to solid show overall. The opening MEM-EGO segment was good. Magnus cut a good promo & I liked the brawl. The 6 man tag they had later was great & I liked the finish. The AJ-Dixie promo was really well done. Both AJ & Dixie were great on the mic. Gunner-Hernandez was ok. Chavo’s promo was annoying though. ODB-Mickie was also decent but I wasn’t a fan of the Eric Young & Joseph Park-Robbie E & Jessie part. I have no idea why they turned Chris Sabin heel. That came out of the blue. Then bit with Him & TJ Perkins backstage was lame & Sabin’s promo later saying that TJ disrespected him made no sense. I did like the Jeff Hardy-Manik match though. The Aces & 8s in ring bit was decent. Ray was great on the mic as always & it looks like (I hope) we’re seeing the end of Aces & 8s. Overall I thought this was a decent to solid show with a great 6 man tag & a really awesome promo at the end.