On the TNA iMPACT! show from May 3, 2007 the TNA SACRIFICE WORLD TITLE MATCH WAS SET: CAGE VS. ANGLE VS. STING!
The World Title match for the May 13 “Sacrifice” Pay-Per-View event is set as it will be Christian Cage defending his gold against both Sting and Kurt Angle in a three-way match! On Thursday’s “iMPACT!”, Cage offered up a tag team match with Sting and Angle vs. he and AJ Styles. If Sting and Angle could beat them, he would give them the title shot, but only to the man who scores the winning pinfall. Also, if Cage's theme won, Christian promised his tag team partner AJ Styles that he will get his title shot. However, in a strange turn of events, both Sting and Angle forced Styles to tap out to the ankle lock submission! After the bout, TNA management director Jim Cornette declared that it would be a three-way at the Pay-Per-View for the championship!
Also on “iMPACT!”, as we found out Abyss' now former manager James Mitchell shared his final thoughts about the career of Abyss, saying he made the TNA star and has now destroyed him! According to Mitchell, Abyss is now gone from TNA Wrestling after the brutal attack two weeks ago by the members of Team Cage. During the eulogy, Mitchell stated he “had moved on to bigger things…and that Abyss has already been replaced.” (This seems interesting, I wonder who the 'replacement' is, maybe Big Show?)
Also, during a backstage interview with World Tag Team Champions Team 3D, they announced they would be defending the gold at “Sacrifice” in a three-way match against former champions The Latin American Xchange and the team of Scott Steiner and Tomko! During the broadcast, Team 3D battled Rhino and Samoa Joe, but the bout was thrown out after Christopher Daniels hit the ring and interfered with his now trademark baseball bat. However, ‘The Fallen Angel” paid dearly for his assault as Team 3D, Joe and Rhino all took turns brutalizing Daniels.
To spice it up even more, Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks attempted to fire Eric Young from TNA, but Jim Cornette stepped in to tell Roode that wasn’t going to happen! An enraged Roode put his hands on Cornette and pushed him down, leading to Young hitting the ring to help the TNA management director. Young attempted to nail Roode with Jeff Jarrett’s guitar, but Roode turned it around on Young and bashed his skull in while he was handcuffed to the ropes. Jarrett was unable to help Young as he had been ordered by Cornette not to attend “iMPACT!” after what happened last week. However, after the attack Cornette had a breaking news for Roode – he will face Jarrett at “Sacrifice” on May 13!
And for the first time ever on iMPACT!, to end their ongoing feud, it was Gail Kim getting the win over Jackie Moore on Thursday’s broadcast. During the bout, Gail knocked out two of Jackie’s front teeth with a shot from a kendo stick! After Gail got the win, James Storm hit the ring to help Jackie punish Gail, but “Wildcat” Chris Harris came to her defense! Harris took off his eye patch, revealing he was now fully healed, and went after Storm before their “Texas Death Match” at Sacrifice on May 13. The two former partners briefly brawled before Storm fled the ring. (Now this match is going to be great, and this should've taken place at the previous TNA PPV - Lockdown!)
And this past Friday (May 4, 2007) on Smackdown!, General Manager Theodore Long made an announcement that next Friday World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker and Batista would face off in a Steel Cage Match following the fact that their Last Man Standing match at Backlash ended in a draw. Both The Phenom and The Animal had very strong vocal messages for each other. When these two behemoths collide in Pittsburgh on Friday, Pittsburgh - the Steel City will never be the same – and neither will either competitor.
Following the announcement, a wounded Batista told the World Heavyweight Champion, “at Backlash, we pushed each other to the limit. Then we went past the limit. Nothing is resolved.” He continued, “is the World Heavyweight Championship worth all this destruction? Hell yes.” The Animal then had a promise for Undertaker, saying, “next week, in a 15-foot high cage, I will win back my title.”
The Deadman had a message of his own for his challenger, telling Batista, “I took your soul at Backlash. I took your health.” Undertaker then assured him, “next Friday when you step into the demon’s playground, you will rest in peace.”
Speaking of the World Heavyweight Championship, after announcing on Raw that he would cash in his championship opportunity at WrestleMania 24, Mr. Kennedy was on SmackDown in one-on-one action against Matt Hardy. Mr. Money in the Bank and Hardy are both looking to vault themselves into the upper echelon of SmackDown, and on this night, Hardy was able to get the victory over Kennedy in one of the highlight matches of the year for Friday Night SmackDown.
Despite the loss, Kennedy has 331 days until he claims he will take his opportunity at a world champion at WrestleMania 24, but Mr. Money in the Bank could always cash it in at any time.
And MVP, who came up just a little bit short of winning the US title at Backlash, went up against Kane in a No. 1 Contenders Match for the right to face United States Champion Chris Benoit.
The Big Red Monster was in full control and looked to become the man to face the Rabid Wolverine, but William Regal & Dave Taylor interfered. Regal & Taylor earlier in the night attacked Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman, but Kane made his way out, chasing off the dangerous duo of Regal & Taylor. The two would get their revenge when they cost Kane the match against MVP, as Regal nailed Kane with brass knuckles. MVP delivered his finishing maneuver the Playmaker for the victory and earned yet another opportunity at U.S. gold.
A former champion looking to regain his gold is Brian Kendrick. He took on one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions, Domino. Kendrick is still waiting for his partner Paul London to regain full health so the two can pursue the tag titles again, while Deuce & Domino are looking to “crack em’ in da mouth” before they have the chance. Last week, Kendrick lost to Domino’s partner, Deuce, and this week, the young high-flyer gutted out the victory.
Anticipating the need for some time off to spend with his girl Kristal, General Manager Theodore Long has begun the interview process for his assistant. On SmackDown, “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, Sgt. Slaughter, Brooklyn Brawler, and even Miz were lined up in hopes of landing the job.
Another video featuring Mark Henry aired, and The World’s Strongest Man has vowed to continue the path of destruction he was on before his injury. Henry then told our fans and all of SmackDown, “there is nothing you can do about it.”
The Miz took on Finlay, but became increasingly frustrated when Hornswoggle intervened on numerous occasions. Hornswoggle poked Miz in the eyes, teed off with the shillelagh, and then pulled Miz under the ring, much to the delight of Finlay.
Miz escaped from under the ring and left the arena in frustration, losing the match to the Irishman by count-out. Also, Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Gregory Helms in singles action. (This was one hell of a great Smackdown! and it really got me pumped for next week. And World championship match is very unpredictable due to the fact that The Undertaker got injured pretty seriously)
And here are some very important news from the world of professional wrestling.
TNA severs ties with ROH & other Indy promotions
On the heels of ROH announcing their PPV/VOD deal, TNA Wrestling has made the call to pull all talents from future ROH shows. The reason is that TNA talents under contract cannot appear on "competing PPV" or other DVD distributed through a national chain. This had not been a problem until yesterday's announcement from ROH. TNA made the call today and stated that they know ROH fans will be upset, but felt they had no choice after learning about ROH's PPV expansion yesterday via the Internet. Christopher Daniels recently finished up with the promotion and over the last months ROH had been phasing out the use of TNA talent in major storylines.
The PWG people sent out the following release today: Los Angeles, CA - Generally, the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla news releases have been light-hearted yet informative, however that will not be the case on this occasion. Since our humble beginnings in July 2003, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has booked employees of TNA Wrestling to appear on our shows, in what can only be considered a successful relationship for all parties involved. Both companies experienced tremendous growth during this time period, admittedly with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla aided infinitely more so by TNA Wrestling than the other way around, and the relationship between the two companies has been affable. On April 24, 2007, TNA Wrestling presented Pro Wrestling Guerrilla with a contract that would prevent TNA Wrestling employees from appearing on DVDs sold through or distributed by any third parties. Because this would include long-time partner Highspots.com, as of May 3, 2007, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has severed all ties with TNA Wrestling. Since February 2004, Highspots.com has been a major contributor to the success of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, by helping us to increase the popularity of our company through Highspots.com production and distribution of our DVDs. Since TNA Wrestling presented us with the contract on April 24, we have considered every possible solution, from opting out of our contract with Highspots.com, self distribution of events featuring TNA Wrestling employees (both of which, to their credit, Highspots.com was agreeable with), to releasing DVDs without the matches of TNA Wrestling employees through Highspots.com. Each solution, except one, was either financially irresponsible, meant higher costs for the fans, or would greatly compromise the quality of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as a whole. Therefore, we have been forced to end our business relationship indefinitely. Because of this situation, TNA Wrestling employees Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley will not be appearing at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's DDT4 Tag Team Title Tournament on May 19 & 20. We at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla would like to apologize to Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, who along with Frankie Kazarian, were not simply employees, but part of the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla family. We would also like to apologize to Samoa Joe, Low Ki, AJ Styles, and Christopher Daniels, whom we had booked for upcoming Pro Wrestling Guerrilla events. We would also like to thank Homicide, Austin Aries, Petey Williams, and all those previously mentioned for their hard work and professionalism as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla wrestlers. And most importantly, we would like to apologize to our fans, who have come to enjoy seeing TNA employees both at our live events and on our DVDs. Your appreciation and support gave the TNA employees a chance to wrestle at a level they often time are unable to. We hope you can understand that this was not an easy decision to make, but we did what we feel was best for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla now, and in the future.
Reports say that Mr. Kennedy suffers tricep injury
Wrestling Observer reported that Mr. Kennedy suffered a serious tricep tear over the weekend during a WWE House Show event in Poughkeepsie, New York, reportedly tearing it right off the bone. This is why WWE shot the angle on Monday Night Raw with Kennedy putting up his "Money in the Bank" briefcase and losing it against Edge.
According to Wrestling Observer, Kennedy is expected to undergo surgery shortly and is expected to be out of the ring around five to seven months. We will continue to follow this story as it develops.
(Bad news for Smackdown!, he has also been injured in 2005 and out for around 6 months, I just hope it doesn't mean he is extremely injury prone, because health is important to reach the greatest heights in professional wrestling)
Undertaker's injury and its severity
It has been reported that Undertaker was injured at Backlash and very severely. It's rumored that he will be out for 6 months, and that Batista will win this Friday Night on Smackdown!. (I don't believe that Batista will win the title, but we could get the winner out of nowhere - maybe Edge will cash in his newly won MITB briefcase. Yet, I still hope that Undertaker will be able to wrestle and keep his title).
Okay, that's it for now, I will be back with more news as soon as I get them and with my RAW reports. Thank you and see you.
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