AKI Man
Legend
We kick off with a video package recapping Robert Roode's recent heelishness, then we're off to the arena as the World Champion, fresh off a tainted win over AJ Styles at Turning Point, comes to the ring to address his fans. He says he was the star of Fortune and was always the leader and future of this company, and he always let the rest of them ride his coattails, but there was always going to be a time when he would go out on his own and scrape them off his shoe like the pieces of crap they are. It's time for Fortune to become men and grow a set, because Bobby Roode will not let them stand in his shadow any longer. James Storm's music hits and he comes out to the top of the ramp to have a word with his former partner. He's not the kind of redneck to stand in the shadow of a dumbass, and he wants an excuse for why Roode jumped him, and if he doesn't get it in three seconds, he's going to put his beer down, come to the ring, and kick his ass. Roode doesn't respond, so Storm starts walking and THEN Roode says to wait and has security hold him back while Roode says he didn't jump Storm. He wouldn't have to stoop so low to beat him, and he was in the locker room the entire time and there were a bunch of guys there to vouch for him. Storm says he's going to find out tonight who jumped him, and Roode's guilty by association so he's going to kick his ass for the hell of it. Storm is again restrained by security, and AJ comes out of the crowd and attacks Roode from behind as security leaves Storm and runs into the ring to pull AJ off of Roode. AJ gets a microphone, and we'll hear from him...NEXT!
AJ tells Roode that he turns his back on Fortune and screws them in the process and that makes him a piece of trash. AJ thought putting his foot down Roode's throat would satisfy him, but it didn't because Roode can take a hit, but what would make AJ feel a lot better would be beating him for the World Title. Roode says he already beat him fair and square in the middle of the ring and it's time for AJ to go back to the trailer park and work his way back up because he could have beaten AJ all night long. Security is going nuts trying to pull them apart as Sting comes out of the back and says he's feeling extra crazy tonight, and he's going to let Storm recover tonight, and since Roode thinks he can beat AJ all night long, we'll test that theory at Final Resolution when he defends the title against AJ in a 30 minute Ironman match. Oh, and by the way, did he mention that AJ is a former Grand Slam Champion?
We go to Taz and Mike Tenay to intro tonight's show, but quickly cut back to ringside as an irate Bobby Roode goes after Dixie Carter in the front row. AJ comes to make the save, but Roode throws Dixie at AJ and sends them both tumbling to the floor and repeatedly punches AJ in the head while Dixie is pinned underneath him until Sting and security come out and pull him off.
We go backstage where Samoa Joe comes up to James Storm and says he should listen to his buddies because he saw Roode backstage the whole time. Storm asks Joe if he had something to do with it, and Joe says he didn't because if he came after Storm, he wouldn't get back up. He shoves Storm in the head, and Storm responds by going after Joe until security (who is having a very busy night so far) again has to come forcibly separate them.
Now Bobby Roode is walking around backstage and Sting comes up to him and shoves him into the wall. Attacking Dixie Carter is like attacking him, and tonight, we're doing things his way. Roode says if Sting puts his hands on him like that again, he's going to get his lawyers to sue him for everything he's got.
To the ring for our opening match...
TV Title Match: Robbie E vs Devon
Devon just tears into Robbie right from the opening bell, taking him out with clotheslines and then beating him down in the corner. Devon hits a running clothesline into the corner and a flying shoulderblock followed by a side suplex for 2. Robbie T jumps on the apron to try and distract Devon, but Devon sees Robbie E coming and dumps him over the top rope. The Pope comes down to ringside and gets into it with Robbie E as Devon tosses Robbie E back into the ring and Robbie T lays out the Pope. Devon gets a neckbreaker as Robbie T goes after Devon's kids, and Eric Youngcomes out and nails Rob Terry with a chair. Devon's kids jump the rail as Devon hits a spinebuster on Robbie, but Devon forgoes the cover to go yell at his kids. Robbie takes the opportunity to roll Devon up for 3.
Winner: Robbie E
Devon grabs his kids by the neck, but they shove him off and go to check on the Pope as Devon just looks speechless.
We go backstage where Sting asks Garret Bischoff how he pulled off what he did last week with Gunner, and Garret says he might not be as green as his dad thought. He asks Sting for an opportunity, and Sting says he'd think about it. Garret walks off as Matt Morgan and Crimson walkby laughing about kicking each other's asses at Turning Point. Sting says since there's no good teams in the company right now, how about the two of them team up and challenge Mexican America for the title tonight? Crimson says he's in, but Morgan is noncommittal. Sting says to say so if he's scared, but Morgan thinks a moment longer and says he's in.
Ric Flair is backstage complaining to Eric Bischoff about something when Sting comes in to tell Bischoff he rewrote his contract. Bischoff says he's a man of his word and he let Sting rewrite it, but that's as far as it got because he never said he'd sign it. Sting says he can't get rid of him, though he could just drop him on his head on the concrete and he wouldn't get up for a month. But instead, he says that Garett wanted to get back in the ring with Gunner, and eventually he'll have his hands around Eric's neck because unlike Eric, Garett can wrestle. Eric can be in Gunner's corner, but he'll be in Garett's corner.
Kid Kash & Austin Aries vs Jesse Sorensen & Brian Kendrick
Sorensen was a house of fire right from the start, going after Kash and wiping him out with a pair of high knees. Kash tried to pop Sorensen into the air, but Sorensen came down with a Rocker Dropper and came off the top with a flying bodypress for a VERY close 2. Kendrick tags in and gets Kash in a camel clutch so Sorensen can come off the ropes with a baseball slide to the face for 2. Kendrick with a dropkick to Kash and a flying forearm, but Kash dodged a dive off the second rope and Kendrick hit the mat hard. Kash went to tag Aries, but Aries refused to tag out and Kendrick small packages Kash for 2. Kendrick dropkicks Kash out to the floor and wipes him out with a slingshot dive over the ropes as Aries lures Sorensen into the ring so he can hit a heat seeking missile through the ropes onto Kendrick. Kendrick kicks Aries off and tries an enziguiri, but Aries ducks and fires Kendrick head first into the middle turnbuckle. He tags in Kash and they have words long enough for Kendrick to crawl over and tag in Sorensen, who takes Kash out with dropkicks and a Northern Lights suplex for 2. Kash catches Sorensen with a right hand and goes to tag Aries again, and tags him with a slap to the face. Aries gets into the ring and immediately tags right back out and drops off the apron to head for the back. Kash is by himself now and misses a top rope moonsault, and Sorensen finishes with a rolling neckbreaker.
Winners: Brian Kendrick & Jesse Sorensen
Karen Jarrett walks into her crew's locker room and congratulates Gail Kim on her win, giving her the night off, then sends Madison to the ring while telling Traci to pour wine for everyone except herself.
James Storm is backstage and walks in on Ken Anderson playing XBox360 and says he suspects Anderson of jumping him since he's an asshole. Anderson does some usual goofiness at first, then gets serious and says that if he was going to jump Storm, he'd see it coming. He asks Storm if he wants to play, and Storm is all like "Yeah, that'd be awesome!" and then yanks out the power cord and walks off.
10-Woman Knockouts Gauntlet
Velvet Sky and Rosita start us out and Rosita is getting up in Velvet's face, so she starts off by kicking Rosita and hitting a Pedigree for 3.
Rosita is eliminated.
Brooke Tessmacher is next and takes Velvet out with a clothesline and dropkick, then puts the boots to Velvet in the corner. Brooke stinkfaces Velvet and then tears her shirt off, but wastes too much time being proud of herself and Velvet bulldogs and eliminates her.
Brooke Tessmacher is eliminated.
Angelina Love is next as the former Beautiful People go at it. Angelina boots Velvet and clotheslines her, then hits a series of slams and a World's Skinniest Slam for 2. Velvet gets her boot up as Angelina charges her, hits a series of kneesmashes to the face, but Angelina blocks another Pedigree and rolls her up with a handful of tights for 3.
Velvet Sky is eliminated.
Mickie James is out next and Angelina goes to the outside and lays her out with the Botox Injection as we go to commercial.
Okay, we're back and Angelina is beating Mickie up in the ring and hits a side suplex for 2. Mickie comes back with clotheslines and goes for the DDT, Angelina escapes and Mickie knocks her out with a spinkick for 3.
Angelina Love is eliminated.
Sarita is our next contestant and is a better worker than 100% of the other girls in this match, which means she'll probably be eliminated in less than 90 seconds. Sarita with a nice spinning kick and a weird spinning move that Mickie counters to a crucifix for 2. Sarita with a near side cradle for 2, then unloads on Mickie with an open hand chop and she tries a springboard move, but Mickie ducks and hits the leaping DDT for 3.
Sarita is eliminated.
Tara is next and she immediately takes Mickie down with a waistlock and gets the Last Chancery, but Mickie reverses to a hammerlock with a bridge. Tara armdrags her way out and goes for the Widow's Peak, Mickie tries to sunset flip out, but Tara locks Mickie in a heel hook. Mickie escapes, and Tara hits the standing, gyrating moonsault for 2 and then hangs Mickie upside down in the corner. Mickie sits up to dodge a charge and hits another leaping DDT to eliminate Tara.
Tara is eliminated.
Winter is out next and Mickie looks beat. Winter ramms Mickie hard into the corner and hits a Northern Lights suplex for 2, then immediately cradles Mickie right onto her shoulders for another 2. Winter with a spinning side backbreaker and stretches Mickie over her knee, but Mickie kneestrikes her way out of the hold. Winter Tullys Mickie onto the second rope and goes for a firewoman's carry, but Mickieslips out and spinkicks Winter for another 3.
Winter is eliminated.
ODB is out next and Mickie is in trouble. ODB bowls right over Mickie and hits a fallaway slam, splashes her in the corner, and gives her the Bronco Buster. ODB with a folding cradle for 2 and then sits Mickie up top, but Mickie shoves her offand hits a top rope Thesz Press for 3.
ODB is eliminated.
Madison Rayne is next, but ODB destroys Mickie and gives her a TKO as Madison slowly strides down the ramp while waving at the crowd. Madison takes forever to get in, and Mickie just rolls her up and gets the win.
Winner: Mickie James
So Mickie James singlehandedly went through six girls by herself. Right.
Bully Ray is backstage shooting down some poor girl with orange hair and telling her how busted she is, but James Storm comes in and accuses Bubba of jumping him. Bubba says he'd love to have laid Storm out, but Bubba says his hands are a little full with Abyss and didn't want to bother with him. He will tell Storm, however, that he knows who jumped him and he's here tonight. Storm goes to walk off, but Bubba calls him back and offers to let him join Immortal, but Storm says his chances of joining Immortal are about Bubba's chances of getting laid. Okay then!
Jeff Hardy is backstage, and he's...WALKING!
Garret Bischoff is backstage saying he's happy he got what he wanted, and tonight he's going to finish the job against Gunner.
Jeff Hardy comes to the ring and says it's great to be back here on Impact, and he promises that he'll always be here for us. With that said, it's time to set his sights on that World Title. Before he gets too far down that road, Karen Jarrett's music hits and she comes storming out to ask him if he seriously is looking for another shot at the World Title. Karen watched Hardy walk out here and thought that somebody with some balls needs to put her in her place, and we all know she's got the biggest set here. If Hardy thinks he's going to walk in here with his puppy dog eyes and beg for forgiveness, that's not what a man is. She slaps Hardy in the face and says to look at her when she's talking to him. She's not here to fight Jeff's battles because he can do that on his own since he wears the pants in their family, but if Hardy thinks being a man is showing up at Turning Point and using his...tactics to win matches, then he needs to step upand be a man before trying to be any kind of role model. Karen says Jeff was the one man in the business with the set to start a company and give people like Jeff another place to work, and he's forgetting that his wife Beth and her were friends...or at least Karen played the game and got Beth to tell her everything, including how Hardy couldn't quite deliver the goods and complete the deal. Okay, so Karen's basically saying Jeff is sexually dysfunctional so we'll just cut to the chase and skip to Karen daring Hardy to hit her, andHardy says she's more than a man and more than human because Karen and Jeff are two angry bitches. Karen goes to slap him, but Hardy grabs her arm and says they're the creatures of the night. Jeff comes out of the crowd to try and jump Hardy, but Hardy sees him coming and Karen tries to lowblow Hardy from behind, hecatches her arm, but Jeff nails him. Hardy fights Jarrett off and Karen hits the trail with him.
Mexican America is backstage saying it doesn't matter who they're facing, because...well, Sarita says stuff in Spanish I don't understand. They defend the title next.
Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff are backstage telling Gunner that he has to go out there tonight and destroy Garett Bischoff, don't worry about anything, just go out there and hurt him.
World Tag Team Title Match: Mexican America vs Crimson & Matt Morgan
Crimson and Anarquia start us off and Crimson dominates with a back elbow and vertical suplex for 2. Crimson with a three quarter nelson with kneestrikes to the skull and a rolling neckbreaker for 2. Hernandez lays Crimson out with a clothesline from the floor and Anarquia pounces, firing off right hands and then tagging Hernandez in to hit a hard bodyslam and cover for 2. Mexican America with the Beverly Drop for 2, then Anarquia getsa chinlock. Hernandez gets in and gets a head vice, then flattens Crimson with a Pounce for 2 and goes back to the neck vice. Hernandez tags in and Crimson spears him out of his shoes and makes the hot tag to Morgan, who comes in and plows through both Anarquia and Hernandez. Morgan with a fallaway slam to Hernandez, thena corner clothesline on Anarquia, one for Hernandez, and a chokeslam for Anarquia for 2. Hernandez goes after Morgan and beats him down in the corner, but Morgan lays both members of Mexican America out with a double clothesline. Crimson comes in to neutralize Hernandez and clothesline him to the outside, then hits an exploder suplex on Anarquia. Morgan with the Carbon Footprint and we have new champions!
Winners and NEW World Tag Team Champions: Matt Morgan & Crimson
James Storm is backstage and says he knows who jumped him backstage, and he's going to out him after this next match. Speaking of the next match, Sting and Garret Bischoff are backstage, and they're...CHATTING!
It's main event time...I guess...
Gunner vs Garret Bischoff
As promised, Sting, Eric Bischoff, and Ric Flair are all at ringside. Garret ducks a shot and comes off the ropes with a flying forearm. Gunner backs off and circles Garret, then Garrett ducks again and fires off kicks and punches before Gunner just picks Garrett up and dumps him. Garret misses an elbowdrop, and Gunner rips his head off with a clothesline. Gunner with back elbows in the corner and then tries to twist Garret's head off right in his father's face as Eric tears into his son from ringside. Garret dodges a corner charge, but Gunner picks him up and tosses him across the ring. Gunner's shoulder seems to be hurt, but Eric grabs his son's foot from ringside as Gunner hits a charging clothesline in the corner and a HARD back suplex. Gunner with shoulderblocks to the midsection in the corner as I notice that Garret is wearing F'n Converse All Stars as he either spears or belly-to-belly suplexes Gunner (I turned my head for a second and missed which) and gets the win.
Winner: Garret Bischoff
Sting raises Garret's hand, and then we go to James Storm as he's backstage, and he's...WALKING!
James Storm comes out to the ring and says it doesn't matter where he goes or what he accomplishes, just because he talks with a twang in his slang and wears cowboy boots and jeans, people look down on him and pass him over for someone who's more "correct". This is professional wrestling and he's been doing it for 15 years, he is the Cowboy James Storm, and he's as tough as they come. He doesn't come out here and pretend to be tough because he's been in bar fights, he's been to jail, and he's been in it every day of his life, and right now he's going to blame everyone in the back for what happened to him, and right now, he wants AJ Styles to come out to the ring. AJ comes out and asks Storm if he's kidding him, and Storm says he called him out here to tell him exactly what he thinks. AJ says that after everything with Roode tonight, he thinks AJ jumped him? He checked on Storm at the hospital, he called him at home, and he's so paranoid that he doesn't know what's going on? Storm says he's so paranoid that AJ weaseled his way into not one, but two title shots against Robert Roode. AJ says Sting made the matches, not him,and he didn't jump Storm and he's done talking about it. They get into a shoving match, but Frankie Kazarian comes out and shoves them both off and tells AJ to get lost because this is over. Kazarian leaves with AJ as Storm's music hits and he stands in the ring looking really paranoid.
Storm goes to leave when Kurt Angle comes out of nowhere and attacks Storm from behind, then rams his already concussed head into the ring steps. Angle throws Storm into the ring and hits the Angle Slam, then takes a microphone and tells Storm that he found him: guilty as charged. When Storm wakes up, he wants him to go tell his daughter that he was the one who gave daddy a concussion.
AJ tells Roode that he turns his back on Fortune and screws them in the process and that makes him a piece of trash. AJ thought putting his foot down Roode's throat would satisfy him, but it didn't because Roode can take a hit, but what would make AJ feel a lot better would be beating him for the World Title. Roode says he already beat him fair and square in the middle of the ring and it's time for AJ to go back to the trailer park and work his way back up because he could have beaten AJ all night long. Security is going nuts trying to pull them apart as Sting comes out of the back and says he's feeling extra crazy tonight, and he's going to let Storm recover tonight, and since Roode thinks he can beat AJ all night long, we'll test that theory at Final Resolution when he defends the title against AJ in a 30 minute Ironman match. Oh, and by the way, did he mention that AJ is a former Grand Slam Champion?
We go to Taz and Mike Tenay to intro tonight's show, but quickly cut back to ringside as an irate Bobby Roode goes after Dixie Carter in the front row. AJ comes to make the save, but Roode throws Dixie at AJ and sends them both tumbling to the floor and repeatedly punches AJ in the head while Dixie is pinned underneath him until Sting and security come out and pull him off.
We go backstage where Samoa Joe comes up to James Storm and says he should listen to his buddies because he saw Roode backstage the whole time. Storm asks Joe if he had something to do with it, and Joe says he didn't because if he came after Storm, he wouldn't get back up. He shoves Storm in the head, and Storm responds by going after Joe until security (who is having a very busy night so far) again has to come forcibly separate them.
Now Bobby Roode is walking around backstage and Sting comes up to him and shoves him into the wall. Attacking Dixie Carter is like attacking him, and tonight, we're doing things his way. Roode says if Sting puts his hands on him like that again, he's going to get his lawyers to sue him for everything he's got.
To the ring for our opening match...
TV Title Match: Robbie E vs Devon
Devon just tears into Robbie right from the opening bell, taking him out with clotheslines and then beating him down in the corner. Devon hits a running clothesline into the corner and a flying shoulderblock followed by a side suplex for 2. Robbie T jumps on the apron to try and distract Devon, but Devon sees Robbie E coming and dumps him over the top rope. The Pope comes down to ringside and gets into it with Robbie E as Devon tosses Robbie E back into the ring and Robbie T lays out the Pope. Devon gets a neckbreaker as Robbie T goes after Devon's kids, and Eric Youngcomes out and nails Rob Terry with a chair. Devon's kids jump the rail as Devon hits a spinebuster on Robbie, but Devon forgoes the cover to go yell at his kids. Robbie takes the opportunity to roll Devon up for 3.
Winner: Robbie E
Devon grabs his kids by the neck, but they shove him off and go to check on the Pope as Devon just looks speechless.
We go backstage where Sting asks Garret Bischoff how he pulled off what he did last week with Gunner, and Garret says he might not be as green as his dad thought. He asks Sting for an opportunity, and Sting says he'd think about it. Garret walks off as Matt Morgan and Crimson walkby laughing about kicking each other's asses at Turning Point. Sting says since there's no good teams in the company right now, how about the two of them team up and challenge Mexican America for the title tonight? Crimson says he's in, but Morgan is noncommittal. Sting says to say so if he's scared, but Morgan thinks a moment longer and says he's in.
Ric Flair is backstage complaining to Eric Bischoff about something when Sting comes in to tell Bischoff he rewrote his contract. Bischoff says he's a man of his word and he let Sting rewrite it, but that's as far as it got because he never said he'd sign it. Sting says he can't get rid of him, though he could just drop him on his head on the concrete and he wouldn't get up for a month. But instead, he says that Garett wanted to get back in the ring with Gunner, and eventually he'll have his hands around Eric's neck because unlike Eric, Garett can wrestle. Eric can be in Gunner's corner, but he'll be in Garett's corner.
Kid Kash & Austin Aries vs Jesse Sorensen & Brian Kendrick
Sorensen was a house of fire right from the start, going after Kash and wiping him out with a pair of high knees. Kash tried to pop Sorensen into the air, but Sorensen came down with a Rocker Dropper and came off the top with a flying bodypress for a VERY close 2. Kendrick tags in and gets Kash in a camel clutch so Sorensen can come off the ropes with a baseball slide to the face for 2. Kendrick with a dropkick to Kash and a flying forearm, but Kash dodged a dive off the second rope and Kendrick hit the mat hard. Kash went to tag Aries, but Aries refused to tag out and Kendrick small packages Kash for 2. Kendrick dropkicks Kash out to the floor and wipes him out with a slingshot dive over the ropes as Aries lures Sorensen into the ring so he can hit a heat seeking missile through the ropes onto Kendrick. Kendrick kicks Aries off and tries an enziguiri, but Aries ducks and fires Kendrick head first into the middle turnbuckle. He tags in Kash and they have words long enough for Kendrick to crawl over and tag in Sorensen, who takes Kash out with dropkicks and a Northern Lights suplex for 2. Kash catches Sorensen with a right hand and goes to tag Aries again, and tags him with a slap to the face. Aries gets into the ring and immediately tags right back out and drops off the apron to head for the back. Kash is by himself now and misses a top rope moonsault, and Sorensen finishes with a rolling neckbreaker.
Winners: Brian Kendrick & Jesse Sorensen
Karen Jarrett walks into her crew's locker room and congratulates Gail Kim on her win, giving her the night off, then sends Madison to the ring while telling Traci to pour wine for everyone except herself.
James Storm is backstage and walks in on Ken Anderson playing XBox360 and says he suspects Anderson of jumping him since he's an asshole. Anderson does some usual goofiness at first, then gets serious and says that if he was going to jump Storm, he'd see it coming. He asks Storm if he wants to play, and Storm is all like "Yeah, that'd be awesome!" and then yanks out the power cord and walks off.
10-Woman Knockouts Gauntlet
Velvet Sky and Rosita start us out and Rosita is getting up in Velvet's face, so she starts off by kicking Rosita and hitting a Pedigree for 3.
Rosita is eliminated.
Brooke Tessmacher is next and takes Velvet out with a clothesline and dropkick, then puts the boots to Velvet in the corner. Brooke stinkfaces Velvet and then tears her shirt off, but wastes too much time being proud of herself and Velvet bulldogs and eliminates her.
Brooke Tessmacher is eliminated.
Angelina Love is next as the former Beautiful People go at it. Angelina boots Velvet and clotheslines her, then hits a series of slams and a World's Skinniest Slam for 2. Velvet gets her boot up as Angelina charges her, hits a series of kneesmashes to the face, but Angelina blocks another Pedigree and rolls her up with a handful of tights for 3.
Velvet Sky is eliminated.
Mickie James is out next and Angelina goes to the outside and lays her out with the Botox Injection as we go to commercial.
Okay, we're back and Angelina is beating Mickie up in the ring and hits a side suplex for 2. Mickie comes back with clotheslines and goes for the DDT, Angelina escapes and Mickie knocks her out with a spinkick for 3.
Angelina Love is eliminated.
Sarita is our next contestant and is a better worker than 100% of the other girls in this match, which means she'll probably be eliminated in less than 90 seconds. Sarita with a nice spinning kick and a weird spinning move that Mickie counters to a crucifix for 2. Sarita with a near side cradle for 2, then unloads on Mickie with an open hand chop and she tries a springboard move, but Mickie ducks and hits the leaping DDT for 3.
Sarita is eliminated.
Tara is next and she immediately takes Mickie down with a waistlock and gets the Last Chancery, but Mickie reverses to a hammerlock with a bridge. Tara armdrags her way out and goes for the Widow's Peak, Mickie tries to sunset flip out, but Tara locks Mickie in a heel hook. Mickie escapes, and Tara hits the standing, gyrating moonsault for 2 and then hangs Mickie upside down in the corner. Mickie sits up to dodge a charge and hits another leaping DDT to eliminate Tara.
Tara is eliminated.
Winter is out next and Mickie looks beat. Winter ramms Mickie hard into the corner and hits a Northern Lights suplex for 2, then immediately cradles Mickie right onto her shoulders for another 2. Winter with a spinning side backbreaker and stretches Mickie over her knee, but Mickie kneestrikes her way out of the hold. Winter Tullys Mickie onto the second rope and goes for a firewoman's carry, but Mickieslips out and spinkicks Winter for another 3.
Winter is eliminated.
ODB is out next and Mickie is in trouble. ODB bowls right over Mickie and hits a fallaway slam, splashes her in the corner, and gives her the Bronco Buster. ODB with a folding cradle for 2 and then sits Mickie up top, but Mickie shoves her offand hits a top rope Thesz Press for 3.
ODB is eliminated.
Madison Rayne is next, but ODB destroys Mickie and gives her a TKO as Madison slowly strides down the ramp while waving at the crowd. Madison takes forever to get in, and Mickie just rolls her up and gets the win.
Winner: Mickie James
So Mickie James singlehandedly went through six girls by herself. Right.
Bully Ray is backstage shooting down some poor girl with orange hair and telling her how busted she is, but James Storm comes in and accuses Bubba of jumping him. Bubba says he'd love to have laid Storm out, but Bubba says his hands are a little full with Abyss and didn't want to bother with him. He will tell Storm, however, that he knows who jumped him and he's here tonight. Storm goes to walk off, but Bubba calls him back and offers to let him join Immortal, but Storm says his chances of joining Immortal are about Bubba's chances of getting laid. Okay then!
Jeff Hardy is backstage, and he's...WALKING!
Garret Bischoff is backstage saying he's happy he got what he wanted, and tonight he's going to finish the job against Gunner.
Jeff Hardy comes to the ring and says it's great to be back here on Impact, and he promises that he'll always be here for us. With that said, it's time to set his sights on that World Title. Before he gets too far down that road, Karen Jarrett's music hits and she comes storming out to ask him if he seriously is looking for another shot at the World Title. Karen watched Hardy walk out here and thought that somebody with some balls needs to put her in her place, and we all know she's got the biggest set here. If Hardy thinks he's going to walk in here with his puppy dog eyes and beg for forgiveness, that's not what a man is. She slaps Hardy in the face and says to look at her when she's talking to him. She's not here to fight Jeff's battles because he can do that on his own since he wears the pants in their family, but if Hardy thinks being a man is showing up at Turning Point and using his...tactics to win matches, then he needs to step upand be a man before trying to be any kind of role model. Karen says Jeff was the one man in the business with the set to start a company and give people like Jeff another place to work, and he's forgetting that his wife Beth and her were friends...or at least Karen played the game and got Beth to tell her everything, including how Hardy couldn't quite deliver the goods and complete the deal. Okay, so Karen's basically saying Jeff is sexually dysfunctional so we'll just cut to the chase and skip to Karen daring Hardy to hit her, andHardy says she's more than a man and more than human because Karen and Jeff are two angry bitches. Karen goes to slap him, but Hardy grabs her arm and says they're the creatures of the night. Jeff comes out of the crowd to try and jump Hardy, but Hardy sees him coming and Karen tries to lowblow Hardy from behind, hecatches her arm, but Jeff nails him. Hardy fights Jarrett off and Karen hits the trail with him.
Mexican America is backstage saying it doesn't matter who they're facing, because...well, Sarita says stuff in Spanish I don't understand. They defend the title next.
Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff are backstage telling Gunner that he has to go out there tonight and destroy Garett Bischoff, don't worry about anything, just go out there and hurt him.
World Tag Team Title Match: Mexican America vs Crimson & Matt Morgan
Crimson and Anarquia start us off and Crimson dominates with a back elbow and vertical suplex for 2. Crimson with a three quarter nelson with kneestrikes to the skull and a rolling neckbreaker for 2. Hernandez lays Crimson out with a clothesline from the floor and Anarquia pounces, firing off right hands and then tagging Hernandez in to hit a hard bodyslam and cover for 2. Mexican America with the Beverly Drop for 2, then Anarquia getsa chinlock. Hernandez gets in and gets a head vice, then flattens Crimson with a Pounce for 2 and goes back to the neck vice. Hernandez tags in and Crimson spears him out of his shoes and makes the hot tag to Morgan, who comes in and plows through both Anarquia and Hernandez. Morgan with a fallaway slam to Hernandez, thena corner clothesline on Anarquia, one for Hernandez, and a chokeslam for Anarquia for 2. Hernandez goes after Morgan and beats him down in the corner, but Morgan lays both members of Mexican America out with a double clothesline. Crimson comes in to neutralize Hernandez and clothesline him to the outside, then hits an exploder suplex on Anarquia. Morgan with the Carbon Footprint and we have new champions!
Winners and NEW World Tag Team Champions: Matt Morgan & Crimson
James Storm is backstage and says he knows who jumped him backstage, and he's going to out him after this next match. Speaking of the next match, Sting and Garret Bischoff are backstage, and they're...CHATTING!
It's main event time...I guess...
Gunner vs Garret Bischoff
As promised, Sting, Eric Bischoff, and Ric Flair are all at ringside. Garret ducks a shot and comes off the ropes with a flying forearm. Gunner backs off and circles Garret, then Garrett ducks again and fires off kicks and punches before Gunner just picks Garrett up and dumps him. Garret misses an elbowdrop, and Gunner rips his head off with a clothesline. Gunner with back elbows in the corner and then tries to twist Garret's head off right in his father's face as Eric tears into his son from ringside. Garret dodges a corner charge, but Gunner picks him up and tosses him across the ring. Gunner's shoulder seems to be hurt, but Eric grabs his son's foot from ringside as Gunner hits a charging clothesline in the corner and a HARD back suplex. Gunner with shoulderblocks to the midsection in the corner as I notice that Garret is wearing F'n Converse All Stars as he either spears or belly-to-belly suplexes Gunner (I turned my head for a second and missed which) and gets the win.
Winner: Garret Bischoff
Sting raises Garret's hand, and then we go to James Storm as he's backstage, and he's...WALKING!
James Storm comes out to the ring and says it doesn't matter where he goes or what he accomplishes, just because he talks with a twang in his slang and wears cowboy boots and jeans, people look down on him and pass him over for someone who's more "correct". This is professional wrestling and he's been doing it for 15 years, he is the Cowboy James Storm, and he's as tough as they come. He doesn't come out here and pretend to be tough because he's been in bar fights, he's been to jail, and he's been in it every day of his life, and right now he's going to blame everyone in the back for what happened to him, and right now, he wants AJ Styles to come out to the ring. AJ comes out and asks Storm if he's kidding him, and Storm says he called him out here to tell him exactly what he thinks. AJ says that after everything with Roode tonight, he thinks AJ jumped him? He checked on Storm at the hospital, he called him at home, and he's so paranoid that he doesn't know what's going on? Storm says he's so paranoid that AJ weaseled his way into not one, but two title shots against Robert Roode. AJ says Sting made the matches, not him,and he didn't jump Storm and he's done talking about it. They get into a shoving match, but Frankie Kazarian comes out and shoves them both off and tells AJ to get lost because this is over. Kazarian leaves with AJ as Storm's music hits and he stands in the ring looking really paranoid.
Storm goes to leave when Kurt Angle comes out of nowhere and attacks Storm from behind, then rams his already concussed head into the ring steps. Angle throws Storm into the ring and hits the Angle Slam, then takes a microphone and tells Storm that he found him: guilty as charged. When Storm wakes up, he wants him to go tell his daughter that he was the one who gave daddy a concussion.