- I thought i'd posted this alas I had not so here it is. It's a solid card for what is essentially a filler PPV.
-September 9th, Orlando, Florida
- My picks - Joe, Bully, Tara, Zema, Magnus, Daniels/Kaz, Bully.
Bound For Glory Semi Final 1 - Jeff Hardy Vs. Samoa Joe
- Jeff made Samoa Joe submit on IMPACT! prior to the PPV.
Jeff headscissors Joe to the outside of the ring, looked mistimed as it seemed Joe threw himself out through the ropes. Jeff goes for poetry in motion but Joe moves so Jeff re-routes himself onto the apron then hits it. Joe gets a 2 following an atomic drop, big boot and back splash. Jeff starts a comeback but Joe cuts it off with a snap powerslam. Whisper In The Wind connects and hits mainly on Joes injured arm, Jeff tries to follow it with a stinger splash but Joe catches him and slams him down. Jeff locks in the armbar/headlock thing that he made Joe tap to on IMPACT! but Joe turns it into a pin attempt but Jeff counters that into his own pin for the win. **1/2
Wasn't great, wasn't bad. Did pick up near the end, Jeff could've worked Joes arm more and for me the wrong man went over.
Bound For Glory Semi Final 2 - Bully Ray Vs. James Storm
- Storm won the BFG qualifer league so got to choose his opponent, he picked Bully who cost Storm the BFG Series last year.
Bully stalls a lot, he bad mouths Storm who spits in his face, so Bully gets upset and smashes a fans sign at ringside. They lock up but then Bully stalls again. They lock up for a third time then Storm stomps on Bullys hand. Storm misses Last Call which enables Bully to gain control. Storm mounts a comeback but Bully puts the kaibosh on that via a big boot. Bully goes for the 10 corner punches but Storm nuts him in the nuts and powerbombs him.
Ref Bump Bully dodges a splash and the ref takes the hit. Bubba Bomb gets 2 when the new ref appears.
Ref Bump Storm accidentally KOs that ref too.
Ref Bump #2 for the original ref when Storm hits a codebreaker and Last Call but Bully hits the ref on the way down. Bobby Roode returns and hits Storm with the most casual beer bottle shot ever and Buly gets the W. (14 mins)
** Did we need 3 ref bumps? The start was dreadful with Bully stalling for about 5 mins. The cheap ending I dont mind as it furthers the Storm Vs. Roode feud. Middle part of the match was meh.
Knockouts Title - Miss Tessmacher (c) Vs. Tara
Tara does a cartwheel then applies a wristlock, she gets 2 by reversing a hiptoss into a backslide. She lets Tessmacher in the ring then rolls her up for 2. They botch something, Taz 'I'm not sure what was going on there', Superplex gets Tara 2. She goes for Widows Peak but it gets countered into a roll up by Tessmacher for the 3. (about 6 mins)
** I'd give it 2 stars as I wasnt expecting much but Tara made it watchable. Tara turned heel on the following IMPACT! so will hopefully win the title at BFG.
- Aries says he's the God Of War. Kratos and Mars may disagree mr. Aries
Austin Aries Vs. "Arm Breaker"
- Fight not an official match.
Aries hits a suicide dive. Aries dominates then goes for the mask but he gets low blowed and falls to the outside. Clothesline from hell by Arm Breaker who has been in control since the low blow. He goes for a powerbomb but Aries throws powder in his eyes and hits a nice dropkick in the corner. Arm Breaker goes for a chair but Aries dodges it and cracks him with a roll of coins then hits a BrainBustaaa!!! he goes for the mask again but now Aces & Eights appear and beat on Aries, until the locker room comes out to help but Jeff Hardy gets injured during the fracas.
As a kid i'd of loved this, was a good brawl but the ending we've seen on IMPACT! twice, I'd of had at least one of A&E get unmasked. Jeff getting hurt though does add fuel to the Bully behind A&E argument.
X-Division - Zema Ion (c) Vs. Sonjay Dutt
- This has had no build on TV.
They do some flipping and rolling. Sonjay does an impressive double spring armdrag. He then rolls on the apron and hurricanranas Ion on the outside, but he soon springboards into a gutbuster. Sick boot by Dutt to Ion in the corner which is followed by a standing moonsault for 2. Nice spot where Dutt springboards onto Ions shoulders to go for a hurricanrana but Ion powerbombs him and locks in an armbar to Dutts injured shoulder. They trade near falls but Ion gets the 3 off a gory bomb.
*** Solid match, due to no build on TV they had to get fans into it via the wrestling which by the end they had.
Magnus Vs. RVD
- I'm rooting for my fellow brit here.
They counter each others wristlocks. Drop toe hold followed by a kick to the face by RVD. RVD poses for the crowd then sets up Magnus for his signature guard rail leg drop but Magnus moves. Magnus catches one of RVDs kicks then sweeps him down, he tries to wear RVD down with a texas cloverleaf. Elbow drop gets Magnus 2, Ohh Yeahhh. RVD works over Magnus' knee then gets 2 off rolling thunder. Spin kick followed by 5 Star Frog Splash gets RVD the win.
** Finish was out of nowhere, I liked RVD missing some moves as it was different than just hitting the usual routine. Completly disagree wit hRVD going over as Magnus needed the win much, much more.
JB speaks with Daniels and Kaz who make up a new word Travashammockery. Daniels goes on a tirade near the end. Good heel promo and the appletini made an appearance.
TNA Tag Titles - Daniels/Kaz (c) Vs. AJ Styles/Angle
- Been looking foward to this one, it's about to kick up a gear homies.
Suplex by Angle then Daniels is used as a pinall bby AJ and Kurt. Kaz is thrown about 20 feet in the air by AJ/Angle. Kaz manages to counter a hip toss into a monkey flip. Kaz leapfrogs AJ and Daniels clotheslines him then hiptosses Kaz onto him. Nice floatover takedown by Kaz. AJ has been worked over for a while now to build up the hot tag. Angle in, germans to Kaz, then belly-to-belly to Daniels but Kaz stops Kurts momentum with a springboard DDT. Kaz goes up top but in a sickspot is AnglesSlammed off by Angle. Daniels goes for a moonsault but AJ moves and does a moonsault into a reverse DDT. Angle Slams to both champions but Daniels breaks the pin by grabbing the ropes. Really nice bit where Kaz monkeyflips AJ but he hurricanranas Daniels the npele kicks Kaz. A cracking nearfall when AJ gets 2 off a 450' splash to Kaz, I thought that was it. Kaz hits a twisting suplex off the top for 2, TNA chant. Styles goes for Styles Clash but Daniels throws an appletini into Styles' face which allows Kaz to get the pin. ****1/2
Great match even with a cheap ending. My two fave parts were Kazs monkey flip into a hurricanrana with AJ and the 450' splash by AJ. Best tag match i've seen since ........
Bound For Glory Series Final - Bully Ray Vs. Jeff Hardy
Hardy doesn't come out due to his shoulder injury, Hogan says lets have the match on IMPACT!, that would've really annoyed me, but Hardy ever the valiant babyface appears for the match. Bully dominates by targeting Jeffs shoulder. Jeff only hits a few moves - a couple Swantons, Twist Of Fates and Whisper In The Wind. He spent most of the match kicking out of Bullys big moves. The match lay out was big move, finisher, kick out then repeat for about 12 minutes until Jeff won via Swanton. I had Jeff as 4th fave to win the BFG series. **
- 17/35
- I didn't rate Aries Vs. Arm Breaker as it wasnt a match. The problem I have with this PPV isn't the wrestling it's the booking, Magnus should've won and Jeff shouldn't of. Daniels/Kaz Vs. AJ/ Angle was MOTN. Enjoyable PP if frustrating.
