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TNA Turning Point Results (12/2): Scott Hall Screws Us All!
TNA Turning Point Opener:
We are Backstage, where AJ Styles asks Kurt Angle why he doesn't want Christian Cage to be a part of the alliance. Kurt says Christian never listens to what ayone says and that he is the leader so it would never work. AJ pleads with Kurt to reconsider and he finally gives in. Karen asks Kurt if he wants her to go talk to Cage and he says no that it's time for Kurt Angle to man up.
The usual well produced opening video is shown. This time with a Christmas theme.
Mike Tenay introduced the show by hyping the 10,000 tacks match first, then Gail Kim's title defense, and the Feast of Fire match. Pryo shot off as Don West hyped the Booker T tag match and the six-man main event.
Table Match
Team 3D & Johnny Devine vs. Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin & Jay Lethal
Devine starts off with Shelley. The bell rings and suddenly Brother Ray has a mic outside and tells everyone to sit down and shut up because Team 3D is the best tag team of all time.
Devine and Shelley exchange slaps until Devine takes Shelley down and then rolls through holding onto the arms and stomps him a few times. We break, Shelley goes to the ropes and hits a flying headscissors. Devine sends Shelley to the ropes and charges. Shelley catches him with the boot. Blind tag to Sabin who leaps in and hits a legdrop.
D-Von in now and a drop toe hold on him by Sabin. D-Von fights back and takes Sabin into the corner, ramming him repeatedly. Whips Sabin to the opposite corner. Sabin floats over avoiding contact. D-Von goes for a clothesline but Sabin hits a standing hurricanrada as a counter. Tag to Lethal who throws some jabs at D-Von. D-Von whips Lethal to the ropes and hits a snap powerslam.
Ray tagged in and chops Lethal. Lethal tries to battle back with jabs but to no avail. Ray applies an arm wringer submission to slow the pace.
Lethal reverses into an arm wringer of his own and then hits an arm drag, and another. Lethal still with steam bounces off the ropes but gets caught by Brother Ray in a Rock Bottom. Ray sends Lethal to the corner but here comes The Machine Guns in illegally and they hit a High-Low on Ray. D-Von and Devine in now and get taken care off easily. Only the Machine Guns and Lethal area left in the ring now and they simultaneously hit planchas to the outside on different sides of the ring onto the opponents. The fight ensues outside the ring.
Team 3D grabs a table and sees Lethal on his feet across the ring on the outside so Team 3D winds up and actually slides the table across the mat and it connects with LethalÕs chest on the other side of the ring. Devine and the Machine Guns inside now and hit a double team Sunset Flip maneuver on Devine. Team 3D quickly hits the ring to break up the momentum.
Team 3D hits a double team back suplex on Sabin and then goes to set up the table in the corner. They do so successfully. D-Von boot choking Shelley in the opposite corner to hold him off. Lethal now on the apron throwing punches at Ray. Team 3D whips Shelley toward the table but Sabin intercepts with a Spear of Shelley to keep him from hitting the table. Ray then charges Lethal who is now standing in front of the table, but Lethal sidesteps and Ray goes through himself. That does not count however since nobody put Ray through it.
Shelley sets up Devine on the apron about to powerbomb him through a table on the outside, but it is broken up. They droop down to the table and one leg breaks accidentally but that does not count either. Team 3d sets up a table in the ring now. They are about to 3D Shelley through but Lethal makes the save. Shelley then goes coast to coast and connects with Ray on the outside of the ring. Lethal and Devine inside now. Lethal clocks him with a kendo stick and props him on the table. Lethal climbs the ropes and connects with an Elbow Drop through the table. The referee is down though and does not see it. Team 3D comes in and clocks Lethal with the belt and puts Devine on top of Lethal. Referee back to his feet and sees it as a Team 3D victory.
Winner: Team 3D and Johnny Devine
Backstage:
Cyrstal interviewed Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe backstage. No sign of Scott Hall. Nash said, "He'll be here. Don't worry about it. We pace ourselves." Nash talked about flirting with Karen Angle. Joe grabbed the mic and said everything critics say about he and Nash is true. He said when they're serious about going to war and get serious and his partner shows up, come find him in his locker room. Nash called him a super serious Samoan and said he and Hall would be ready when it counted.
Angelina Love & Velvet Sky vs. ODB & Roxxi Laveaux
Angelina and Roxxi start off and lock up. Quick takedown by Love. Sky tagged in and she and Love do a GoDaddy dance and then a double elbow drop. ODB tagged in and Sky hits a dropkick on her then rides her like a horse. Sky now puts a wedgie on ODB. ODB then turns to the referee and gives him a wedgie. Sky sent to the opposing corner and Roxxi kicks her in the back. ODB pins her but only gets two.
Roxxi tagged in now and chops Sky then applies a blatant boot choke in the corner. Sky shot off into the corner, gets the boot up and charges back out but Roxxi hits a spine buster and gets a two count.
Sky set up in a tree of woe and ODB tagged in. She climbs right in and stomps on the crotch and bounces. Two count for ODB. Laveaux tagged in and she drives Sky’s head into the turnbuckle that ODB is sitting on. Sky then drop toe holds Roxxi head-first into the crotch of a seated ODB. Desperation tag made to Angelina Love. She hits a hurricanrada on Roxxi, then hits a Jawjacker on ODB followed quickly by a spinning jawbreaker. Two count only for Angelina.
Angelina sets up Roxxi in a Russian Legsweep, Sky bounces off of the ropes and dropkicks Roxxi to initiate the Russian Legsweep. Angelina gets the pinfall and the victory.
Winners: Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Backstage:
Jeremy Borash caught up with Kurt Angle backstage. Angle said he was about to talk to Christian Cage. He was worked up. Borash told him to calm down. Borash said he's been deep breathing with his wife lately. He said, "We have a thing." Angle didn't know what to make of it, but told him to stay away from his wife. Angle barbed in and told Christian he wants to talk. He asked to be heard out. Angle said they don't have to like each other, just co-exist. He proposed that he be the leader of the group. Christian said all but the last part sounds interesting.
Backstage:
Crystal trys to interview Storm but he wants some beer. Jackie says no beer until after the match. Storm goes nuts and Jackie slaps him in the face.
James Storm vs. Eric Young
Storm introduced first, then Young enters the ring through the crowd and jumps Storm. He goes right to work delivering blow after blow. They battles out of the ring, up the ramp. Young hits a dropkick on the ramp sending Storm rolling back down. Young is feverishly chasing and battering Storm. They race around the ring. Storm slides in. Jackie catches Young and holds him allowing Storm to hit a baseball slide but accidentally hits Jackie.
Battles ensues outside now. Storm sends Young into the guardrail and then works on the arm, driving it into the ringpost. Back inside the ring we go. Storm raking the eyes now.
Storm snap mares Young and applies a rear choke to slow the pace.
Storm hits a kick to the head of Young, then climbs the roles and connects on a Flying Cross Body. Young rolls through and gets a near fall two count. Reverse Russian Legsweep by Storm.
Storm hits the Eye of the Storm and goes to taunt the crowd, lying across the corner ropes a-la Shawn Michaels. He then goes for a nonchalant pin and gets only two. Arm bar applied by Storm.
Young battles back to a vertical base and reverses with a desperation scoop slam.
Young now favoring his left arm. He climbs the ropes and hits a Flying Elbow drop. Two count for Young. Storm now seated on the top turnbuckle. Young reverses it into a Northern Lights Suplex with a bridge and gets a two count. Young holding onto the injured left arm. Storm out of nowhere hits a snap insiguri kick followed by a back cracker, and a two count. Storm is visibly upset.
Storm calls for the Superkick. Young ducks, and then hits a scoop slam and only gets a two count. Outside Jackie has some beer in her mouth and jumps on the apron. She goes to sit it in Young’s face, he ducks and she spits in Storm’s face. Storm takes the bottle and downs it then winds up to clock Young. The referee takes the bottle away mid-swing. Young rolls up Storm for the pinfall and the quick three count.
Winner: Eric Young
Backstage:
Crystal interviewed LAX backstage. Homicide says it's BS that they haven't been given any title shots as of late. Crystal talked about the member of the latino nation who beat up Christy and said there is no man on women violence allowed in TNA. Hernandez spoke and said no one tells LAX what they can and can't do.
Feast or Fired Match
In order to take possession of a case you have to have the case in hand and both feet on the floor. Bell rings and we have all out mayhem. Petey Williams hits a plancha to the inside onto Shark Boy. Dutt does the same onto Senshi. Hoyt with a pancake on Homicide but is answered with a double clothesline on both Hoyt and Rave.
Shark Boy climbs a corner. Skipper climbs as well and hits a dopkick but slips and falls to the outside. Petey then leaps over the top and hits a hurricanrada to the outside. Dutt climbing a corner. Senshi climbs over him and then applies a hanging Dragon Sleeper. Petey quickly runs up and takes down case number four and makes it to the floor.
Chris Harris remains outside the ring not taking part in the match. The training staff has come down to the aid of BG James. It seems he is injured. He gets back up once Kip James takes down a case. Everyone surrounds Kip James. Kip then tosses the case to the outside to B.G. James and B.G. is the owner of the case. He now realizes that he may have the case that has the pink slip in it and says he does not want it.
Senshi charges Hernandez and gets propelled to the top rope. Senshi then takes down the third case and quickly hops down to the floor away from Scott Steiner. One case remains.
Inside the ring Homicide hits a Senton on Jimmy Rave, then tries a Gringo Killa but Christie Hemme hits the ring and rakes the eyes. The new member of the Latino Nation hits the ring and clocks Christie. Inside the ring Elix Skipper hits an overhead toss on Homicide. Shark boy kicks Skipper. Daniels sets up an Angel’s Wings on Shark Boy. Harris charges inside the ring and clotheslines Daniels. Harris tells Shark Boy to go get the case and he will watch his back .Shark Boy climbs. Harris then hits a back body drop on Shark Boy. Harris starts to climb and then decides he does not want the case. Harris goes for a Catatonic on Shark Boy who slips out. Shark Boy delivers a Shark Bite. Dutt in now and he hits a legscissors on Shark Boy. Dutt then charges Hernandez who Krackerjacks him from the inside of the ring to the outside onto a crowd of people. Hernandez sets up for a big Dive, but Kip James back in and starts to climb for the case. Hernandez pulls him down and hits a big dropkick on Hernandez and a crotch chop.
Steiner in now and he belly to belly’s Kip. Daniels in and he climbs and takes the case down but only gets to the mat. Hernandez interrupts and sets up a border toss. Daniels gets free and regains control of the case. He clocks Hernandez with it. James then attacks him from behind and hits a Rocker Dropper on Daniels on the Case. Steiner hits the ring and Belly-to-Bellys Kip out of the ring. Scott quickly takes the case and makes his way outside. Kip tries one last desperation dive, but misses. Scott gets to the mat and wins the case.
Winners: Petey Williams, B.G. James, Senshi, and Scott Steiner - The contents of the cases will be revealed this Thursday on impact.
Backstage:
Crystal interviewed Gail Kim. Gail said she takes pride in being the champion but all Kong carrs about is hurting people. She said Kong can break her bones and make her bleed but she's going to have to kill her in order to take her title.
TNA Knockouts Championship
Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong
As Kim steps up to the apron Kong charges her and knocks her to the floor. Fight ensues outside the ring and Kong is in charge early. Gail tries to fight back with right hands but Kong answers with one big chop.
Kong charges Kim in the corner, and Kim moves. Kong meets the ring post face first. Kim works on the arm now. We are in the ring and finally have a bell. Kim working on the left arm and hits an arm breaker. Then an arm wringer and another arm breaker.
Kim tries again but this time Kong catches Kim and applies a rear choke, then swings Kim around in the choke and releases. Kong tosses Kim by the hair now and goes for a blatant boot choke. Kong applies a Camel Clutch. Now a big standing Choke Bomb by Kong.
Kong sends Kim to the corner and charges with a big splash. Kim has mounted hardly any offense so far. Kong hoists up Kim in a fireman’s carry but Kim grabs the top rope somehow to get the break called. Kim sits on the top rope. Kong charges, and Kim catches an arm then drops that into an arm bar. Kim now sets up a hammerlock submission, but Kong powers her way out and then charges Kim and chest bumps her down.
Kong sets up a Powerbomb. Kim floats over and tries a sunset flip. Kong catches her and grabs her by the throat. Picks her up to her feet and Kim hits a dropkick. Then another. Then to the top rope and as Kong is dazed she hits a big missile dropkick to the head. Kong is finally on her back. Kim quickly gets to the ropes and hits a top rope Senton splash and then a two count.
Kim riding a wave of momentum now, but Kong turns it around with a big clothesline. Crowd reacts with deafening “Boos.” Kong with a blatant boot choke. The referee tries to break it up. Kong pushes him off and then pie faces the referee. He throws out the match. Kong goes back to boot choking Kim. The bell starts to ring and suddenly Kong stops and realizes she’s been disqualified. She kicks referee Andrew Thomas in the gut and delivers a powerbomb. Kong goes back to work on Kim when Velvet Sky hits the ring and tries to help out, but Kong makes short work of her and chokeslams her. Back to Kim and here comes Angelina Love with a chair. Love swings, Kong ducks and punches the chair into the face of Angelina.
Winner by DQ: Gail Kim
Backstage:
Kurt Angle tells AJ Styles that his meeting with Christian didn't work. AJ says he can't function without Cage and tells Kurt he's done with him. Karen says she has an idea. She says Joe isn't happy with Hall and Nash and that maybe they can turn Joe against them. Kurt says it might work so he will go and talk to him.
Backstage:
Crystal interviewed Black Reign. He called Misty his artic fox. Crystal said it's a rat and Reign said the only rat he sees is her. He said the pain and punishment they are going to dish out on them will make the Movie Saw look like a stroll through Candy Land.
Match of 10,000 Tacks
Abyss & Rhino vs Black Reign & Relik
All four brawled in the ring. Raven hit a running clothesline followed by a bulldog out of the corner. Abyss destroyed Reign. Rellik snapped Raven's neck across the top rope. Reign and Abyss brawled on the floor. Rellik joined in, Raven slingshot himself over the ropes onto "all three", although he really only crashed into Abyss.
Abyss tossed Reign into the crowd. Raven hits a side Russian legsweep into the railing on Rellik. Abyss and Reign battled into the bleachers. Raven and Rellik battled on the other side of the building. Reign whipped Abyss into the wall of the Impact Zone. Raven ducked a spinkick by Rellik, sending him into the front row.
Reign and Abyss battled back into the ringside area. Abyss went under the ring for a table. He set it up and put a plank of tacks atop of it. He and Reign battled around it. Reign knocked Abyss into the ringpost and returned to the ring. Rellik picked up Raven and crotched him on the guard rail outside.
Abyss grabbed Reign's weapon and spiked him. Reign bladed. Rellik tried to stalk Abyss from behind with a chair but Abyss just elbowed it. Reign was busted open. Well, they promised a ton of blood. Abyss went for an over the shoulder powerslam but was kicked low by Reign. Reign and Rellik worked over Abyss, who was also bleeding badly.
Rellik put one of the planks of tacks on the ring apron, then grabbed a handful. He tried to feed them to Raven, then began nailing him with crossfaces. He nailed Raven with a kick to the gut, taking him down. Outside the ring, Abyss and Reign continued to brawl. Rellik continued to work over Raven in the corner. He went to a bag of tacks that were hanging above one of the corner, allowing Raven to take him down. Raven was bleeding from the mouth.
Raven made a comeback, hitting a DDT on Reign for a two count. Reign and Rellik whipped Raven into the corner but turned into a double clothesline by Abyss, who was bleeding to a ridiculous degree. Raven and Abyss got kendo sticks and destroyed Reign and Rellik. Abyss got nailed low. Reign dragged Raven outside the ring on the apron and teased cutting him with his weapon. Raven pulled him forward, sending him through the table with the bed of tacks.
Raven catches Rellik and places him atop of an (empty) bed of tacks. He came off the apron with an elbow, but Rellik moved and Raven smashed the wooden bed. Rellik and Abyss battled in the ring. Rellik got the better and went for the bag of tacks. He sprayed the tacks on the mat. Abyss grabbed him for a chokeslam but Rellik spewed mist in his face, blinding Abyss. Rellik charged Abyss but was still caught with a Black Hole Slam in the tacks. Abyss scored the pin. They showed lots of closeups of the tacks embedded in his back and of Abyss' bloody face.
Winners: Abyss & Rhino
Backstage:
Borash followed Angle into Samoa Joe's locker room. Joe said Angle is in the wrong locker room. Angle said they're on the same wavelength, as the whole locker room is talking about Hall and Nash using Joe to get themselves over since they can't go anymore. Angle said they're similar in that they both want to compete and win. He told Joe to do the right thing in the main event tonight. Joe stood back on his heels in thought.
Tenay and West talked about Booker T.'s speech on Impact, then they aired a video package on Booker & Kaz vs. Christian & Roode.
Backstage:
Crystal interviewed Booker T. She welcomed him to TNA but said he has a big bullseye on his face. Booker said Christian is the one guy in TNA that he has faced many times and they know each other well. Booker said Bobby Roode has a great future but tonigh he's gonna slip on a bannana peel. Sharmell interrupted him and said it's Robert Roode. Booker said whatever. He finished up with the usual Can You Dig it Sucka and walked off.
Cage & Roode vs. Kaz & Booker T
Kaz and Cage started after a long period of stalling. Cage nailed several chops with Kaz returning the favor. Cage hit a corkscrew elbow off the ropes. Cage worked over Kaz and tagged Roode. Kaz caught him with an armdrag, then tagged in Booker. Booker worked over Roode with kicks and punches. Roode worked over Booker with chops but was caught with a hiptoss and clothesline.
Booker suplexed Roode for a two count. They showed Robert Roode's fan watching from the last row. The spotlight was even on her. Cage tagged in and continued working over Booker. Booker avoided a charge in the corner and backdropped Cage. He tagged Kaz and nailed a double team shoulderblock. Kaz got a two count.
Kaz nailed Cage in the corner with a forearm. Roode tried to interfere but was drilled, landing in front of Cage. Kaz dropkicked Roode, sending him into Cage. They go to the floor. Kaz nailed a forward flip dive over the top on both. Back in, Cage nailed a swinging inverted DDT out of the corner on Kaz for a two count. The crowd did dueling chants.
Cage stepped over Kaz's back, choking him across the middle rope. Kaz fired back with elbows but was cut off. Roode chokes Kaz in the corner as Cage antagonizes Booker. Roode fake tagged in (Midnight Express would be proud). Roode cinches down Kaz with a rear chinlock. Kaz came back and they fired back and forth. They went back and forth with pinfall combinations. Roode finally stopped Kaz with a kick to the gut. He tossed Kaz over the top to the apron. Kaz caught him with a shoulderblock. He springboarded into the ring but Roode caught him with a uranage. Booker T broke up the pinfall.
Cage and Roode worked over Kaz. Kaz sent Cage crashing into Roode and rolled him up for a two count. Kaz nailed the Wave of the Future but was too tired to capitalize on it. Kaz finally made it to Booker for a tag but before they could, Booker was pulled off the apron by Roode. By the time Booker recovered, Cage had pulled Kaz away. Kaz finally nailed Cage with a neckbreaker at the same time he drilled Roode with a DDT. He crawled to the corner and finally made the hot tag to Booker T.
Booker unloaded on Roode and Cage. He ducked a Cage clothesline and nailed a flying forearm. He misses an Axe Kick but is caught with a spinebuster for a two count. Booker goes to the top rope, but Roode grabs him. Cage grabs Booker and goes for a superplex. Booker shoves him off and nails a missile dropkick. Booker did the sign for the Spinaroonie but Roode attacked him with a kick to the back. Booker kicks him off but Cage thumbs him in the eye.
Cage chops Booker and whips him into the corner. Booker nailed a sunset flip but Cage got up at the last second. They crotched Booker on the top but Kaz nailed a springboard missile dropkick on both. Kaz unloaded on Roode and Cage. He was backdropped over the top to the floor by Roode. Cage and Roode went for a double clothesline but Booker ducked and hit a leg lariat on both.
Booker did the Spinaroonie and rebounded off the ropes for the Scissors kick but Roode nailed him as he hit the ropes. Roode brought a chair into the ring but Booker ducked and Cage ate the chair. Kaz dropkicked Roode out of the ring to the floor. Booker hit the Ax Kick and scored the pin.
Winners: Kaz & Booker T
Backstage:
Back in Joe's locker room, Joe screamed about Hall not showing up. He said maybe Hall couldn't pass the breathalyzer test to start his car. Joe screamed about them playing games and doing business wrong. Nash screamed back that maybe he's more concerned about Hall's health than their match. Joe took exception to that and said maybe Nash needs to be worried about their match. Nash said he would be out there by himself if he has to. Joe said he'll be out there and he won't be alone. Joe stormed off while Nash stood speechless.
A.J. Styles and Tomko walked out first for the six-man tag main event.
Kurt Angle, AJ Styles & Tomko vs Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash and...
Samoa Joe didn't come to the ring at first and finally came to the ring. Joe took the mic and said that backstage, he was told that the fans love him, so they want him to tell the fans something that will satisfy him. Joe said, "Scott Hall no showed this event tonight." He said he would love to tell the fans that Hall would be coming down later but he punked out on Joe and every fan that came out tonight. He said he started thinking and they could go two on three with Kevin and make the best of it.
He said he then realized TNA gave him a live mic on PPV, so he'd like to say a few things. He said there are two types of wrestlers here. TNA diehards that bust their ass every night of the week for TNA fans. He said then they have Superstars who feel that they can do whatever they want whenever they feel like, screwing the TNA wrestlers and every fan that paid to see them "no matter how old they are."
Joe said that TNA is the Motor City Machineguns are busting their ass to make their name in the business. He said it's Black Machismo doing his best to entertain every fan in the Impact Zone. He said TNA is Samoa Joe being the best damn wrestler in the world. Joe said that TNA are hard working athletes trying to change the wrestling world,. not people trying to hold down the business while they profit from it.
Joe said that TNA is about wrestlers who risk their lives on wires while others pad their pension. He said that Scott Hall can kiss his ass because he's a punk. Joe asked someone off camera, "Are you mad? Go ahead and fire me. I don't care." Joe said TNA told him they were making calls to try and get him a new partner tonight. He said that he told TNA he didn't need a new partner. He went to the locker room and asked who wants to be in a fight tonight and every single one of the X-Division wrestlers stood up. He said every young wrestler who'd first TV contract was in TNA said me. He said one bloody, beaten, battered wrestler begged for the shot and Joe introduced his partner... Eric Young.
Joe started things off, then Young tagged in while Nash slowly returned to the ring apron. Nash then took a tag with Angle in the ring, and Angle scurried to his corner. Tomko took a tag and locked up with Nash, who dropped him with a big boot. Young took a tag and nailed an innovative wheelbarrow hold into a reverse neckbreaker. Angle and Nash eventually met up in the ring at 7:00 and Nash cleared Angle. The action broke down, then Young and Joe landed a combo dive on Styles and Tomko on the floor. Back in the ring, Angle slapped on the anklelock on Nash. Joe entered the ring to break up the hold, but paused. He then turned his back to Nash and Angle before dropping Angle right in the mouth with a superkick. Joe took an official hot tag and cleaned house. The action broke down and Nash landed the Jacknife powerbomb on Angle. Joe then worked with Young to take out Tomko before nailing the musclebuster on Tomko for the win.
Afterward, Joe, Nash, and Young circled around the ring. Nash left the ring while Joe stood with Young in center ring. Hebner wanted to get his big TV moment holding all three arms up in the air for the winners, but Joe told him to forget about Nash. Hebner left the ring while Joe and Young stood tall. On the outside, Karen helped Kurt to his feet and they slipped out from ringside. Joe pounded his chest toward the audience as they signed off.
Winners: Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash & Eric Young
Well, they obviously cut this one short due to Joe's promo. There was no energy for the match, as everyone in the building was thrown off. A rather interesting way to close TNA's 2007 PPV year.
Wrestling Attitude
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