Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) hosted a live event at the Louis J. Tullio Arena on March 12.
The show had seven matches and was action-packed throughout.
Opening Match - It was a triple threat match for the X-Division Championship, featuring Kaz, Amazing Red and the X Division Champion Doug Williams.
It was arguably the best match of the night due to the high flying moves. Kaz hit a springboard leg drop on Williams but failed to get the victory, and Amazing Red executed a cross-body dive onto the floor on both opponents.
Williams would bounce back however and would retain his title, after hitting his finishing move entitled the Chaos Theory, on Kaz. The Chaos Theory includes punches to the mid-section followed by a bridge German Suplex.
Second Match - This was a battle of two ECW originals as Rhino faced off against Dr. Stevie (a.k.a. Stevie Richards). The fans chanted “ECW” throughout the match, as it was an absolute slugfest. Rhino gave the fans what they wanted, as he defeated Richards.
Third Match - This was the first tag team match of the evening as the Knockouts Tag Team Championship was up for grabs.
The Beautiful People (Velvet Skye and Madison Rayne) put their titles up against the team of Taylor Wilde and Sarita. Unlike the “divas” in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the female talent in TNA can actually wrestle and not just pull hair. The match went back and forth, with many attempted pinfalls.
The Beautiful People stole the match, however, as Rayne put her feet on the bottom rope to hold down Wilde for the victory, and thus retained the titles.
Fourth Match (Main Event No. 1) - The TNA World Heavyweight Championship was at stake as Abyss challenged A.J. Styles. Styles pulled off a lot of “Phenomenal” moves but due to his size Abyss was merely dazed.
Just as Abyss was picking up momentum, Styles used a tactic taught to him by his mentor, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, and hit Abyss over the head with the title.
Abyss won the match via disqualification but was not satisfied, as he “hulked up” and hit Styles with the Black Hole Slam (180 degree spinning side slam) after the bell.
Fifth Match - This was a clash of former British Invasion stable mates as Brutus Magnus faced off against Global Champion Rob Terry in a Championship match. This was the quickest match of the night, and Terry retained his title.
Sixth Match - This was a very intriguing match as Desmond Wolfe squared off against D’Angelo Dinero. This was not a scientific match to say the least, as Wolfe held a decisive power advantage and took control early in the match.
“The Pope” rallied around the crowd however and was able to break free of Wolfe’s attempted submission holds.
Dinero used his speed to counteract the power displayed by Wolfe and hit the D’Angelo Dinero Express (a double high knee to the chest of the opponent) and pinned him for the hard fought victory.
Seventh Match (Main Event No. 2) - The final match of the night was a tag team match that saw Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett take on Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm, Robert Roode).
Beer Money never got on track, turning against the crowd of 2,000 plus people at the start.
When the bell rang, Storm got on the offensive but was cut off quickly by Jarrett. As Beer Money tried to leave the ring and go back to the locker room Angle and Jarrett were in hot pursuit and did not let their opponents get away.
Storm then faced off against Angle and mounted some impressive offense. In the end however, Jarrett and Roode were fighting outside the ring, which left Angle alone to focus on Storm.
Storm was no match for the 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist and received an Angle Slam for his troubles.
Angle and Jarrett were victorious, after the match Angle spoke to the crowd about his memories wrestling against Gannon in the early 1990s when he attended Clarion University.
TNA is currently the second largest wrestling promotion in the U.S. behind WWE.
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