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RESULTS
2xzone.com > Results > Impact 2008 > 03.27.2008
Match-by-match results and television rating of this edition of TNA iMPACT.
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Quick Results
X-Scape Qualifier: Johnny Devine def. Alex Shelley
L.A.X., Salinas def. Scott Steiner, Rhaka Khan, Petey Williams
First Blood Match: Booker T def. Robert Roode
Women's Championship Match: Awesome Kong [c] def. ODB
Rhino, Christian Cage, Sting , Kevin Nash def. A.J. Styles, Tomko, Team 3D
Detailed Results
TV Rating
1.0
Live from Orlando. Yes, that's right. Live, for the first time. As we begin, Robert Roode & Booker T are brawling down through the bleachers and headed for the ring. As the battle spills into the hexagonal ring, Traci Brooks & Payton Banks come down and a catfight starts between them. It's all TNA security can do to separate the combatants. Jim Cornette announces that Roode & Booker will meet later, and the fans will pick the stip: I Quit, Last Man Standing, or First Blood.

Jeremy Borash is with the tag champs, AJ Styles & Travis Tomko, who will be Kurt Angle's sparring partners later. Styles mentions that Kurt's "estranged" wife Karen has taken the kids and left Pittsburgh for parts unknown. Of course, the lovestruck Styles is worried. He mentions Sting, but Tomko isn't worried. Kurt Angle interrupts and wants to know what's going on. He brings up Tomko winning a shootfight recently in Japan, and Styles' All-American credentials. He promises not to hurt them, as long as they bring 100%. If they don't, he may just go ahead and hurt them. He also warns Borash that he may be next.

Match 1: Johnny Devine vs. Alex Shelley (X-scape qualifier) A year ago, they were partners in Paparazzi Productions. Today, they're bitter enemies because of Devine's association with Team 3D. Ray & Devon accompanied Devine to ringside, but were thrown out mere minutes into the match. As we went to break, Shelley hit a suicide dive on Devine, and the fans went nuts. However, when we come back, Devine has taken over, and scores a few near falls. He goes for his new finisher, Devine Intervention, when Shelley backdrops him over the top. Convienently, a camera tripod is on the floor, and Devine uses it, then hits the Intervention (double underhook into a piledriver) for the cheap pin. Winner: Johnny Devine.

Crystal is with Booker & Sharmell. Booker wants a first blood match, and claims that he had a plan to lure Roode into a match tonight.

The fans can also choose who Awesome Kong will face in a TNA Women's title match later. The candidates:

Christy Hemme
Angelina Love
Gail Kim
Velvet Sky
ODB
Roxxi Laveaux

I think we know the answer to that one, don't we?

"Earlier today", So Cal Val & Jay Lethal were at the gym. You just know bad things are going to happen. Val is helping Lethal lift weights when Sonjay Dutt just happens to show up and take Val away.

Devine is congratulated by Team 3D, who then cut a promo on Sting. However, Ray's rant is interrupted as the lights start flickering. While Ray is right in saying he & Devon have never met Sting in the ring, he may be stepping into something he might not be ready for....

Match 2: Scott Steiner, Rhaka Khan, & Petey Williams vs. LAX (Homicide, Salinas, & Hernandez) It is Khan's 1st official match since coming in, but she isn't much of a factor. In fact, neither she nor Salinas were officially tagged in. Maybe it's just as well. Steiner had an advantage on Homicide, but squandered it the second he tagged out to Williams, who couldn't keep Homicide from tagging out. Hernandez actually took himself out of the match by hitting a pescado on Steiner. Khan wanted to confront Hernandez, but Salinas was a willing sacrifice, and the women ended up on the floor as well. Williams blocked the Gringo Killa, and went for the Canadian Destroyer, but Homicide turned that into a exploder suplex and bridge. Winners: LAX.

Post-match, Steiner & Khan put the hood & handcuffs on Williams again for more "initiation". Will this nonsense never end?

Rough Cut, part 4: Brian "BG" James believes the "Feast or Fired" match was the turning point in his relationship with Kip, and claims Kip's ego prevents him from understanding how much it meant to Brian to have his father, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, be his tag team partner vs. Styles & Tomko.

Detroit Tigers ace reliever Joel Zumaya is in the house.

We're shown a video of Consequences Creed, who had a cup of coffee in TNA last year, but now is coming in full-time.

"Earlier today", Mike Tenay sat down with Karen Angle. She confirms that she has moved out of her house in Pittsburgh, taking her two children, Kieran & Kody, with her. She blames Kurt's 24/7 obsession with Samoa Joe for her decision to "separate", and it's mentioned that she's met another TNA wrestler who treats her like a lady, hinting that it may indeed be AJ Styles. The Angle Alliance sparring session is next!

Video is shown of Samoa Joe training, with comments from the challenger and MMA fighter Marcus Davis. Then, a live satellite interview is conducted with Joe, who is in Big Bear, California preparing for Lockdown. Bottom line, Joe tells Kurt that money doesn't buy heart & desire, and he intends to win the title by any means necessary.

MMA fighter Frank Trigg joins the announcers for the sparring session between Kurt Angle and Styles & Tomko. The tag champs rotate every minute. Tomko ends up getting lacerated around his right eye. Styles spends most of his time making Angle expend energy trying to take him down. After 4:00, Angle has it out with Styles. Tomko has to play peacemaker, but then Christian Cage, Kevin Nash, & Rhino appear and offer to take on the trio in what would amount to a more realistic sparring session. The fight is on, but Angle abandons his partners. Exit the champ, and enter Team 3D, flipping the numbers in the heels' favor. However, the lights go out again, and when they come on, Sting appears, clearing the ring of the garbage. Sting then issues a challenge for later, and it appears that Tomko, despite the blood, has accepted.

Borash is with Robert Roode. It will indeed be a 1st blood match vs. Booker, and it turns out Roode shared Booker's sentiments, but he's not satisfied. At Lockdown, he wants Sharmell, so he can finish the job he started.

Match 3: Robert Roode vs. Booker T (1st blood match) The women have been left in the locker room. It wasn't that long ago that we had a 1st blood match between Tomko & Samoa Joe, and it's never good to overuse a gimmick match in a short period of time, but then, the TNA creative staff isn't exactly made up of the sharpest tools in the drawer. Stipulation aside, it's a pretty even match. Roode begins using chair shots to try to draw blood, but it wasn't working, no matter how hard he tried. What it finally took was a catapault by Booker on the floor, sending Roode into the post. Roode was down seemingly forever, until Booker pulled him up by the hair. Ref Andrew Thomas saw the blood on the forehead, presumably from that posting, and called the end of the match. Winner: Booker T.

Crystal is with Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed. More propaganda from the masked valet, who declares that it doesn't matter whom the fans choose, because a vote is a vote for destruction & defeat.

Match 4: Awesome Kong (w/Raisha Saeed) vs. ODB (TNA Women's title) ODB won the fan vote by less than 500 over Gail Kim. However, the end result remains the same. This time, however, Saeed didn't get involved, which was just as well. ODB went for a bodyslam early, but couldn't hold the weight, and the champion scored the first near fall of the match. ODB would rally and hit the Thesz press off the top for 2. A running faceplant got 2 as well, but it would be the end of ODB's offense, as Kong came back with a backfist and the Awesome Bomb. Winner: Awesome Kong.

Match 5: AJ Styles, Tomko, & Team 3D vs. Rhino, Christian Cage, Sting, & Kevin Nash Our main event is a Lockdown preview. Rhino was the face in peril for a good chunk of the match, slowing down the pace after a frantic first few minutes. Cage went for the Unprettier early on Styles, but couldn't connect. Styles, Tomko, & Team 3D worked over Rhino for several minutes before the War Machine made the hot tag to Sting, who promptly cleaned house. He dropped Tomko with the Scorpion Death Drop, but each time he went for the fall, Team 3D broke it up. They went for 3D, but Rhino gored Ray halfway to Epcot Center, and Sting clamped on the Scorpion Deathlock (Sharpshooter). With Nash, Rhino, & Cage holding off Styles, Tomko, & Ray, Devon tapped out. Winners: Rhino, Christian Cage, Sting, & Kevin Nash.

The celebration came to an abrupt end as James Storm, mere weeks removed from his Elevation X loss to Rhino, KO'd Sting with a beer bottle, and Team Tomko stood tall with their new friend to end the show.


Location: Orlando, Florida
Commentary: Mike Tenay & Don West
Report by: 2xzone.com Staff Reporter J.C. Gilbert



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