 We open with a recap from last week. Backstage, Kevin Nash accepts an apology from Kurt Angle over the blow-up between them at No Surrender. However, "Big Sexy" has a warning for the Angles about Sting, believing that they may have awakened "a sleeping dog". Angle's hug was SO 2001, it's ridiculous, and so is he.
Match 1: Judas Mesias vs. Eric Young Total squash. Young juiced, but got no offense in. Mesias hit a variation on the Downward Spiral, the same move he used on Abyss last week, to get the win. Post-match, he continued to beat up on Young until Shark Boy came down, attempting to make a save, but Mesias beat him down, too. Rhino finally chased off the newbie with a chair. Winner: Judas Mesias.Crystal is with the Christian Coalition, and speaking as we were before about goofy heels, that brings us to AJ Styles, who's decorated the locker room island-style, to get Christian Cage in the mood for his main event match vs. Junior Fatu. However, Tomko is not digging, and reminds Styles to find his focus for his match vs. Ron Killings, coming up next. They leave, and Cage cuts a promo on Fatu & Samoa Joe. Steiners/Team 3D video plays.
Match 2: AJ Styles (w/Tomko) vs. Ron Killings (w/Adam "Pacman" Jones) I'm not sure if the crowd has any particular favorites in this match. And how many times have Styles & Killings met over the last 5 years, anyway? By all rights, this should be the best match on the card, but with the extra players on the outside, it isn't. Pacman got involved as much as possible. He hopped onto the apron early and spit in the face of Styles, leading him on a merry chase until Killings hit a spin kick on Styles. Tomko got his shots in, but near the end of the match, he draws the attention of ref Andrew Thomas at the wrong time, costing his man the match, as Pacman gets in and sprays Styles in the eyes with spray paint. One axe kick later, and it's over. Winner: Ron Killings. Jeremy Borash interviews Karen Angle, who invites Sting to join her in the ring, as she wants to apologize for what happened last week. Riiiiiiight.
Earlier tonight, a courier delivered a letter to Karen Angle, but she paid it no mind and stuck it in her pocket. Now, she's in the ring, and gives Sting an insincere apology. Mike Tenay doesn't buy it, and neither does the Stinger, who coaxes Karen to read the document, which turns out to be one of the oldest reams in modern wrestling, a restraining order that will keep Mrs. Angle away from Sting within a range of 50 feet. Sting advances, and Karen can't back away fast enough, allowing the "police" to arrest her and cart her off to jail, with Kurt trailing behind. Now, I don't dig this kind of ream, but it's usually the heel using it on the babyface, not the other way around. Turnabout, it seems, is fair play, according to Sting.
Match 3: Christian Cage vs. Junior Fatu Tenay says Junior weighs in at over 400 pounds, which might be a bit generous. Cage & Fatu have met many times in the WWE over the years, but if the last match was any indication, it'll end on a down note as well. Fatu has "Bootylicious" imprinted on the front of his trunks. Teases the stinkface early, which has Cage backpedaling. A uranage gets only a 2 because of a nonchalant cover by Fatu, who should know better. Cage goes outside, but a charging Fatu sends him crashing to the barrier at the break. Back from commercial, and Cage has gained control after a hotshot on the rope and a missile dropkick. However, Fatu fights back and again teases the stinkface, but Cage escapes. A forward belly-to-back suplex gets 2. Styles returns, having gotten the paint out of his eyes, and distracts Fatu long enough for Cage to schoolboy him with a handful of tights. Winner: Christian Cage. Post-match, Styles & Cage both get stinkfaced, but the tide turns when Tomko returns, and they triple on Fatu until Samoa Joe makes the save. Backstage, Judas Mesias is choking Sting with a noose, "on orders from James Mitchell", perhaps as a message to Abyss. Mitchell, oh by the way, wasn't there tonight.
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