iMPACT! *Spoilers* For The Next Five Weeks

Machismo Fan

February 6th

* Austin Aries came out for a promo. Aries stated his intention to cash in the X Division Title for a World Title shot. Zema Ion attacked Aries and cashed in his Feast or Fired briefcase.

* Austin Aries defeated Zema Ion to retain the X Division Title. Aries got the win with a brainbuster. The crowd loved Aries.

* Bully Ray defeated Curry Man in a quick match. Bully got the win with a piledriver and then tossed Curry Man into a casket that he brought to ringside.

* Abyss defeated Eric Young in a Monster's Ball Match. They used tables, chairs, thumbtacks and even "Janice". Abyss got the win with a Black Hole Slam, but EY pulled off the mask to reveal Joseph Park. After the match, Park looked in a mirror and appeared distraught.

* MVP came out for a promo. He said he's been enjoying life and keeps hearing about fans being tired of self-absorbed, egotistical owners. He said he loves wrestling and can't stand to watch it get run down. He's investing his money to make a change in TNA. He put over the TNA roster and the fans and then ripped on management.

Rockstar Spud interrupted. MVP called Spud "Dixie's lapdog" and said he's going to be a fair owner. Spud invited MVP backstage to meet Dixie on her throne. MVP reminded Spud that he hasn't forgotten how to use his fists and then booked Magnus vs. Kurt Angle for the show.

* Kurt Angle beat Magnus by DQ in a non-title match. Ethan Carter III interfered to prevent Magnus from tapping to the ankle lock. EC3 beat down Angle with several chair shots. The referee threw up the X sign and a stretcher was brought out for Kurt.

* Samoa Joe defeated Bobby Roode to become the #1 contender to the TNA World Title (again). Joe submitted Roode for the clean win.

* Dixie Carter came out with Rockstar Spud to major boos. She introduced MVP and welcomed him to TNA. She said they have a lot to talk about and commended him on the great idea for them to share their vision for the future. Dixie put over Magnus as the World Champion and said she will lead TNA to success. Dixie said she has dealt with good investors and bad investors.

MVP criticized Dixie's mismanagement of TNA and said her reign of terror is over. He said he plans on being a very hands-on investor. Dixie and MVP had a stare down to close the show. In what may have been a post-show moment, MVP hit a couple of his moves on Spud.

February 13th

* The show opened with Dixie Carter, Magnus, Rockstar Spud, and Ethan Carter III to major heat. Dixie cut a promo about how she's not scared of MVP. Magnus said he hates Manchester and then praised Dixie. MVP came out with Samoa Joe to a big pop and ran down Dixie from the stage. They hyped the World Title match at Lockdown.

Gunner came out and said Manchester was tired of a paper champion and he's going to cash in his World Title briefcase in seven days. Dixie said he forgot one thing and booked a match between Gunner and EC3 for the briefcase. MVP called Ethan "C3PO" which got a huge reaction. He changed it into a ladder match for both Gunner and EC3's briefcases on the line.

* Gunner fought Ethan Carter III to a no-contest in a ladder match for the Feast or Fired briefcases. Magnus and James Storm ended up getting involved so the match was thrown out. MVP came out and turned it into a tag match.

* Gunner and James Storm defeated Magnus and EC3 in a ladder match for both Feast or Fired briefcases. Magnus and EC3 nearly had the win but started bickering over who would climb the ladder. Storm clocked them both and cleared the ring while Gunner retrieved the two cases.

* The Wolves and Samoa Joe defeated the Bro Mans and Zema Ion in a six man tag team match. The Wolves looked quick and exciting. Joe was SUPER over and got the win with the rear naked choke.

* Abyss (without his mask but dressed in his attire) called out Eric Young, who came out to a big reaction. Abyss said he needed help and Young offered to help him. Abyss said he doesn't need his help, he needs someone who understands him and left.

* MVP defeated Rockstar Spud in a squash match. MVP got the win with a shining wizard. He looked like he was carrying a little bit of extra weight around the middle.

* Chris Sabin fought Velvet Sky to a no contest. Velvet kicked Sabin in the nuts after a lot of goading, but he removed a cup and called her stupid. She hit him with a low blow again and Velvet started beating on him. Alpha Female debuted and destroyed Velvet and then locked her in a full nelson, causing Velvet to go limp. Sabin celebrated and was carried out on Alpha's shoulders.

* Mr. Anderson defeated Bully Ray in a casket match. Bully wore a Liverpool football shirt to huge boos. Anderson dragged it off him and choked him with it. Anderson brought out a table. Bully hit a powerbomb through it and went to out Anderson in the casket, but Anderson escaped and hit Mic Check into the casket for the win.

* Gail Kim defeated Madison Rayne in a non-title street fight. Every time Madison got the upper hand, Tapa stepped in, eventually giving the distraction so Gail Kim could hit Madison with the title belt and get the win. This concluded the taping of the first show (though some of this may have been filmed out of sequence).

February 20th

* The show opened with Magnus and Dixie Carter. More heat for Magnus and "paper champion" chants. MVP came out and said Magnus is as popular as David Moyes which got a big reaction. MVP repeated his offer to make the Lethal Lockdown match to be for the presidency of TNA. Magnus apologized but he wouldn't be able to lead Team Dixie as he would be retaining the World Title. MVP said he was being disrespectful for ignoring a war hero like Gunner.

Magnus said tonight he would beat Gunner and if MVP stuck his nose in, Magnus would make him his bitch. MVP punched Magnus and they started brawling. EC3 came out and they started double teaming him. Gunner evened the odds and the heels retreated but ran into The Wolves. Magnus shoved EC3 to the Wolves and escaped. Wolves took out EC3. The Wolves, Gunner, and MVP celebrated in the ring.

* Backstage, Bobby Roode apologized to James Storm for the all the bad blood between them and teased that he may quit TNA. Storm told him to man up.

* Samoa Joe defeated the Bro Mans and Zema Ion in a handicap match. Joe got some early offense before the triple team wore him down. Eventually, he eliminated the Bro Mans and hit Zema with the muscle buster before making him submit with the rear naked choke hold.

* Bobby Roode came out and talked about his career to a huge face reaction. He said tonight would be his last night as a wrestler. Big "No" chants. He thanked the fans and went to leave when Dixie's music hit. She said he doesn't get to make that choice. She let AJ Styles, Sting, and Jeff Hardy leave because she didn't like them. There was a big AJ chant. She said she needs him and wants him to lead her team at Lockdown. Bobby said no. She said if he did lead the team, then she would give him ten percent of TNA, so he accepted.

* The Wolves defeated Bad Influence. A decent tag match but crowd started to lag. The Wolves got a nice reaction and Davey Richards got the pin.

* Magnus defeated Gunner to retain the TNA World Title. Excellent match. Early on Magnus called for help from the back but instead James Storm and the Wolves blocked the entrance ramp. The match continued back and forth. Eventually, the Bro Mans and EC3 came through the crowd to help Magnus and the guys on the outside fought up the ramp. The match continued and Gunner kicked out of Magnus' big elbow.

Gunner hit his slingshot suplex, but as he went for the pin Rockstar Spud ran out and put Magnus' foot on the rope. Storm came out and chased Spud around the ring a couple of times and then into the ring where he threw Spud out. Gunner hit some offense while Storm cheered him on in the ring. Gunner went for his diving headbutt, but on the way down got caught with Storm's Last Call superkick. Magnus got the pin to retain the title.

Last two shows are taped in Wembley tomorrow.

GTR63

Hope Bully didn't have Konoplyanka on the back of his shirt.

rovert

Glad that they are using Joe is so strongly. Hopefully he does the work his end and drops more weight.

Machismo Fan

rovert wrote: »

Glad that they are using Joe is so strongly. Hopefully he does the work his end and drops more weight.

It's the first time they've done something of substance with him since 2008 which is kind of scary. After this week I'm kind of disappointed that Storm turned on Gunner. Richards and Edwards will probably win the tag titles tomorrow.

Machismo Fan

February 27th

* The show opened with MVP, Samoa Joe and Magnus in the ring for a contract signing. MVP cut a promo about Team Dixie and Lockdown. Magnus and Joe hyped their title match at Lockdown and got into a brawl. Their match at Lockdown will be a Submission Match.

* The Bro Mans defeated Bad Influence and The Wolves in a three-way tag team match when Robbie E stole a pin from one of The Wolves. This was said to be a very good tag match. There was apparently a funny moment where Zema Ion broke some of his DJ equipment.

* Ethan Carter III defeated Doug Williams, who got a huge pop from the UK crowd. EC3 got the win the One Percenter and locked in a submission after the match.

* James Storm came out and talked about how he screwed Gunner last week. Storm called out Gunner and they argued for a few minutes.

* Magnus came out to huge heat from the UK crowd. Magnus called out Samoa Joe and has an opponent for him, German wrestler Bad Bones. Joe destroyed Bones in a match.

* Kurt Angle's Hall of Fame induction was next. They aired a video package and Jeremy Borash did the induction. Angle came out to a massive ovation and was presented with a Rolex watch. Angle gave an emotional speech. Ethan Carter III interrupted and they argued for a few minutes. Angle vs. EC3 was announced for Lockdown.

* Bobby Roode defeated MVP with Austin Aries as special referee. Aries is apparently wearing some really short shorts with his referee attire. Roode got the win after Aries turned on MVP and laid him out.

* Lei'D Tapa and Alpha Female defeated Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky. Alpha came out with Chris Sabin on her shoulder. Sabin and Gail Kim watched from ringside. It was noted that Alpha and Tapa looked massive standing next to each other in the ring. Tapa and Alpha got the win, and Gail joined in for a post-match beatdown until ODB made the save.

* Christy Hemme was in the ring when Samuel Shaw confronted her and began to creepily obsess over her. Mr. Anderson came out to interrupt. It was noted that Anderson and Shaw were dressed almost the same and looked just like each other. Anderson called Shaw a creepy bastard and got a "creepy bastard" chant going. Hemme ended up slapping Shaw.

March 6th

* The final Impact before Lockdown opened with Bobby Roode, Zema Ion and Bro Mans in the ring. Roode talked about Lockdown. Austin Aries came out and talked about helping Roode beat MVP last week. Aries wants half of the 10% stake in TNA that Dixie Carter gave Roode to captain her team at Lockdown. MVP came out with The Wolves and both sides had a face-off in the ring. Dixie came out and got between the two groups. MVP revealed that Jeff Hardy is returning at Lockdown to be part of Team MVP. It will now be MVP, Hardy and The Wolves vs. Roode, Aries and The Bro Mans. Both sides got into a brawl leading into a match.

* Bobby Roode, Austin Aries and Robbie E wrestled MVP and The Wolves to a no contest in a six man tag match. Robbie was pinned first. Roode pinned MVP, which will be twice in two weeks of TV. Apparently Aries and Edwards had a great exchange. The Wolves were said to be the stars of the match. It came down to Richards and Roode. The match suddenly ended as half the crowd seemed distracted by security breaking up a big fight between two drunk guys in the crowd. Even the wrestlers stopped to watch the fight.

* Ethan Carter III cut a promo on Kurt Angle and Lockdown. Ethan called himself The American Icon. Angle came out and they argued before Ethan escaped the ring. They finally brawled in and out of the ring and Ethan put a submission on Kurt's knees.

* Samuel Shaw beat Eric Young by DQ. Shaw came out to "creepy bastard" chants. Anderson accompanied EY to the ring. The match ended in a DQ when Anderson got involved.

* Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky and ODB defeated Gail Kim, Alpha Female and Lei'D Tapa in a six woman tag match. ODB was said to be over big time with the crowd. Chris Sabin was at ringside and taunted Velvet during the match. Velvet ended up getting the win for her team.

* Gunner came out for an in-ring promo but was interrupted by James Storm. They had words and the segment turned into a brawl.

* It's announced they will be re-filming the elimination match from earlier, probably because of the confusion and the fans watching the fight in the crowd. They taped around 5 minutes of Bobby Roode vs. Davey Richards, which was the ending of the elimination match. Roode got the pin for his team.

* Samoa Joe and Magnus came out for the final segment. More heel heat for Magnus. Bully Ray came out and got into a fight with Joe. The final Impact before Lockdown ended with Joe putting Bully through a table and leaving.

Pros: Seemingly less Dixie (though that could be undone in backstage segments), strong push of Joe and The Wolves and most of the matches across the tapings look rather good.

Cons: Turning Aries is silly, Bad Influence are still doing absolutely nothing and the X-Division still doesn't exist.

GTR63

Is Alpha Female a good wrestler?
Seen her on WrestleTalk & in FS Mag but haven't seen her wrestle.

gnfnrhead

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Bad Influence are still doing absolutely nothing

There contracts are up soon. I reckon they wont do much until that is sorted one way or the other.

rovert

GTR63 wrote: »

Is Alpha Female a good wrestler?
Seen her on WrestleTalk & in FS Mag but haven't seen her wrestle.

OBD on a good day level.