TNA 2006 -X Marks the Spot

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The Opening iMPACT! video plays and the camera shows the arena with pyro going off above the ring

Tenay: Welcome everyone to TNA iMPACT! on SpikeTV and tonight we have a great match for you fans out there when Jeff Jarrett teams up with America's Most Wanted to square off against Christian Cage & Team 3D but DW also tonight Chris Jericho is going to make his first in-ring appearance here on iMPACT! and what a task he has tonight when he steps into the ring with the 6'8" 350 pound monster Abyss.

West: Well Mike, that is certainly going to be a match that all of these fans are going to want to see because they have seen Jericho wrestle up north against guys like Kane and Big Show but now tonight they are going to get to see him wrestle against a true monster and that is Abyss. Mike let's not forget rhat we also have "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles in action tonight as he takes on "The Canadian Destroyer" Petey Williams.

Tenay: Well DW, this certainly going to be another great night of TNA Action and let's send it down to JB because fans, your 60 Minute Adrenaline Rush has just begun

JB: The opening Tag Team Contest tonight on Total Nonstop Action on SpikeTV is set for one-fall

Aries & Strong's music plays throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Austin Aries and Roderick Strong come walking down the ramp

JB: Introducing First: The team of Austin Aries & "The Messiah of the Backbreaker" Roderick Strong

Alex Shelley's music plays throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Alex Shelley, Matt Bentley & Traci come walking down the ramp

JB: Introducing First: Alex Shelley & Being accompanied by Traci, Matt Bentley

Bentley and Aries start the match off with a collar-and-elbow tie-up and Aries grabs a side headlock but Bentley counters with a hammerlock and torques on the arm but Aries counters with a elbow to the head causing Bentley to release the hold. Aries turns around and nails Bentley with a dropkick and follows up with elbow drop and makes the lateral press but only gets a 1 count. Aries picks Bentley up and goes for a Brainbuster but Bentley slides down the back and counters with a neckbreaker and follows up by bouncing off the ropes and dropping a elevated legdrop across the throat and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Bentley gets up and waits for Aries to get up and goes for a Superkick but Aries catches his foot and spins him around and Bentley catches him with a enziguri. Bentley gets over to the corner and tags in Shelley. Shelley comes into the ring and waits for Aries to get up and nails Aries with a clothesline and follows up with a elbow drop across the sternum and makes the lateral press but only gets a 2 count. Shelley picks Aries up and boots him in the gut and goes for the Shellshock but Aries counters and hits a release Northern Lights Suplex and makes his way over to the corner and tags in Roderick Strong. Strong gets in the ring and waits for Shelley to get up and nails him with a clothesline sending Shelley into a 360. Strong picks Shelley up and Shelley nails him with a elbow to the gut and goes for a clothesline but Strong catches the arm and hits a Half-Nelson backbreaker and makes the cover but Bentley comes into the ring and breaks up the 3 count causing Aries to come in. Aries nails Bentley with a standing enziguri knocking him out of the ring. Strong picks Shelley up another Half-Nelson Backbreaker and Aries gets out of the ring and climbs to the top turnbuckle and hits the 450 Splash and Strong makes the cover and gets the 3 count

Winners: "The Messiah of the Backbreaker" Roderick Strong & Austin Aries

Match Quality: 85%

Crowd Reaction : 51%

Overall Rating: 68%

Tenay: Well DW, that was a great opening contest here to kick off the 60-Minute Adrenaline Rush and tonight do we have a great main-event lined up when Jeff Jarrett teams up with AMW to face Christian Cage & Team 3D but also tonight Chris Jericho steps into the ring with "The Monster" Abyss

DW: Well Mike, the fans will finally get to see Chris Jericho back in a ring on TV and he is certainly going to have a major challenge in Abyss and we will see how well he can fare against Abyss but now let's send it down to JB for the next match

JB: The following X Division Contest is set for one-fall

Team Canada's music plays throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Petey Williams & Coach Scott D'Amore come walking out of the entrance tunnel and taunt the crowd before walking down the ramp

JB: Intrducing First: Being accompanied by Coach Scott D'Amore, "The Canadian Destroyer" Petey Williams

"I Am" plays throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Pryo falls from the entrance tunnel as AJ Styles steps through and poses and walks down the ramp and gets in the ring and takes the hood off and poses

JB: Introducing The Opponent: He is "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles

Styles and Williams lock-up and Styles grabs a side headlock but Williams sends him into the ropes and drops to the mat and Styles hops over and bounces off the ropes and nails Williams with a dropkick and goes for a elevated legdrop but Williams moves out of the way and Styles crashes to the mat. Styles gets up and Williams goes for a dropkick but Styles moves out of the way and Williams crashes to the mat and Styles waits for Williams to get back up and boots him in the gut and signals for the Styles Clash but Williams counters with a backdrop that Styles rolls through and runs at the ropes and springs off with a backflip DDT and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Styles gets out of the ring and climbs to the top turnbuckle and waits for Williams to get up and goes for a spinning wheel kick but Williams moves out fo the way and Styles crashes to the mat. Williams picks Styles up in a vertical suplex and drops him down into a Brainbuster and follows up by bouncing off the ropes and dropping a elevated knee drop across the forehead and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Williams waits for Styles to get up and boots him in the gut and goes for the Canadian Destroyer but Styles counters with a bridging Northern Lights Suplex but only gets a 2 count. Styles gets up and picks Williams up and sends him into the corner and goes for a avalance splash but Williams moves out of the way and Styles hops to the second turnbuckle. Williams comes up from underneath and goes for a Powerbomb but Styles counters with a hurracanrana and rolls through and picks Williams up and hits the Styles Clash and makes the cover and gets the 3 count

Winner: "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles

Match Quality: 95%

Crowd Reaction: 77%

Overall Rating: 86%

After the match Samoa Joe hits the ring with the X Division Title Belt in hand and waits for Williams to get up and nails him with the title belt busting him open. Styles goes after Joe but Joe nails Styles with the X Division Belt also and leaves the ring with Styles and Williams layed out on the mat

Tenay: What the hell was Samoa Joe doing? He had no reason to get involved in the aftermath of this great contest between two of the top X Division Stars here in TNA

West: Well Mike the way that Joe looks at it is that both of these men are potential threats to his X Division Championship and he is going to do whatever it takes to protect his X Divison Title. Now let's send it down to JB for the next contest here on Total Nonstop Action on SpikeTV

JB: The following tag team contest is set for one-fall

The Naturals music plays throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas come walking out of the entrance tunnel and down the ramp

JB: Introducing First: Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas, The Naturals

Team Canada's music plays throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Boby Roode & Eric Young come walking out of the entrance tunnel and down the ramp

JB: Introducing The Opponents: "The Canadian Enforcer" Bobby Roode & "Showtime" Eric Young, Team Canada

Douglas and Roode start the match off by trading rights and lefts and Roode takes control by nailing him with a knee to the gut and follows up with a stiff clothesline and follows up by dropping a elbow across the sternum and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Roode picks Douglas up and sends him into the ropes and catches him with a powerslam and follows up by bouncing off the ropes and dropping a knee across the forehead and makes the lateral press but only gets a 2 count. Roode picks Douglas up and hits a stalling vertical suplex and follows up by locking on a rear chinlock and torques on the neck. Douglas starts to rally and nails Roode with a elbow to the gut causing Roode to break the hold and Douglas goes for the tag but Roode grabs him and hits a devastating powerslam. Roode gets up and tags in Young who waits for Douglas to get up and nails him with a superkick and goes for the cover but Stevens makes the save before the 3 count. Roode comes into the ring and nails Stevens with a stiff clothesline knocking him out of the ring. Roode waits for Douglas to get up and goes behind him and nails him with a Northern Lariat knocking Douglas into a Superkick by Young who makes the cover and gets the 3 count

Winners: "The Canadian Enforcer" Bobby Roode & "Showtime" Eric Young, Team Canada

Match Quality: 80%

Crowd Reaction: 55%

Overall Rating: 67%

Tenay: That damn Team Canada, they just stole another victory and it looks like they are willing to do whatever it takes to get the win here in TNA

West: Well Mike in a world that is filled with the top competition like TNA is you have to do whatever it takes to get the win. Now let's get ready for a real treat, Chris Jericho's in-ring iMPACT! Debut and does he have a tough challenge ahead of him when he goes one-on-one with "The Monster" Abyss.

Tenay: This is certainly going to be a major test for the "King of the World" and let's see if he has what it takes to get the job done

JB: The following contest is set for one-fall

Abyss' music blares throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Father James Mithcell leads Abyss out of the entrance tunnel and down the ramp

JB: Introducing First: Being accompanied by "Father" James Mitchell, he is "The Monster" Abyss

The video screen shows it counting down from 5 to 0 as the word JERICHO flashes across the screen and some rock music filters through the iMPACT! Zone as the lights go out and a spotlight hits Chris Jericho as he turns around and taunts and goes walking down the ramp

JB: Introducing The Opponent: "Y2J" Chris Jericho

Jericho steps into the ring and Abyss attacks him and nails him with a barrage of rights and lefts and follows up by whipping Jericho into the ropes and goes for the Black Hole Slam but Jericho nails him with a flying forearm and goes for the Lionsault but Abyss moves out of the way and Jericho lands on his feet and when Abyss gets up he nails him with a dropkick and follows up by dropping a legdrop across the throat and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Jericho waits for Abyss to get up and nails him with a boot to the gut and goes for a bulldog but Abyss catches him with a sidewalk slam and follows up by dropping 3 elbows across the sternum and follows up with a legdrop and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Abyss picks Jericho up and goes for the Shock Treatment but Jericho slides down the back and hits a reverse neckbreaker. Jericho gets out of the ring and climbs to the top turnbuckle and waits for Abyss to get up and nails a reverse elbow and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Jericho waits for Abyss to get up and nails a running enziguri and follows up by springing off the ropes and goes for the lionsault but Abyss gets the knees up and Jericho is rolling around on the mat in pain. Abyss stands up and looks at Mitchell who signals for doomsday and Abyss picks Jericho up and sends him into the ropes and goes for the Black Hole Slam but Jericho spins around him and takes him down with a rollup and gets the 3 count

Winner: "Y2J" Chris Jericho

Match Quality: 77%

Crowd Reaction: 78%

Overall Rating: 77%

Tenay: Well DW, Chris Jericho with the big victory here tonight in his first match on TNA iMPACT! on SpikeTV, and it looks like Jericho is poised to go straight to the top here in TNA and now he has to focus on Sacrifice and the War Games Match

West: Well Mike, I knew Jericho had what it takes to get the win here tonight but it was really going to be a challenge for him and as far as War Games goes I think he is ready. Now let's send it backstage to Shane Douglas who is standing by with "The War Machine" Rhino

Douglas: Hello everyone, it's "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and I am standing by with Rhino, and Rhino what is going through your mind with what Steve Corino has said about you in the past couple of weeks?

Rhino: You know something Shane, I have sat back and listened to everything that Steve Corino has said and amidst all of the other BS that he had to say I found one thing in all of that to be the truth and that is that the Beast within me is no more and the man that dominated the ECW Roster from 1999 to 2001 has all but disappeared and you know something Steve Corino, I want to thank you because you he awaken the inner beast and at Sacrifice I am going to unleash that on you and you will wish you never started all of this because after Sacrifice there is going to be no more Steve Corino

Segment Rating: 67%

Tenay: Well those were some strong words there from Rhino who is certainly looking to take out Steve Corino at Sacrifice

West: Well Rhino certainly seems determined but let's not forget that Corino is one of the greatest wrestlers in the world and is going to do whatever it takes to get the win. Now let's send it down to JB for the Main-Event

JB: The following contest is your Total Nonstop Action on SpikeTV Main-Event of the evening and is a 6-Man Tag Team Match

Team 3D's music blares throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Brother Ray & Brother Devon come walking out of the entrance tunnel and down the ramp

JB: Introducing First: They are the current NWA World Tag Team Champions, Brother Ray & Brother Devon, Team 3D

The video screens shows it counting down from 10 to 0 and then back up to 10 and Christian Cage's music blares throughout the iMPACT! Zone as the lights go off and a spotlight hits Christian Cage who turns around with the NWA World Title Belt strapped around his waist

JB: Introducing There Tag Team Parther: He is the current NWA Heavyweight Champion of World, he is "Captain Charisma" Christian Cage

'My World" blares throughout the iMPACT! Zone as Jeff Jarrett & AMW come walking out of the entrance tunnel and down the ramp

JB: Their Opponents: First, he is "The King of the Mountain" Jeff Jarrett, and his tag team partners "Wildcat" Chris Harris & "Cowboy" James, America's Most Wanted

Jarrett and Cage start the match off by trading rights and lefts and Jarrett gets the advantage by hitting him with a knee to the gut and follows up by going for a DDT but Cage counters with a elbow to the gut and nails a DDT of his own and follows up by dropping a legdrop across the throat and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Cage picks Jarrett up and whips him into the ropes and catches him with a hiptoss and follows up by bouncing off the ropes and hitting a back splash across Jarrett's sternum and makes the cover but only gets a 1 count. Cage picks Jarrett up and whips him into the ropes and lowers his head for a backdrop but Jarrett nails him with a boot to the face and goes for a clothesline but Cage ducks behind and catches him with a reverse DDT and makes the cover but only gets a 2 count. Cage picks Jarrett up and goes for a vertical suplex but Jarrett gets Cage with a thumb to the eye causing Cage to put Jarrett down and Jarrett nails Cage with a clothesline and follows up by dropping a legdrop across the throat and goes over to the corner and tags in Chris Harris. Harris gets in the corner and waits for Cage to get up and goes for a spear but Cage moves out of the way and Harris bounces off the ropes and Cage catches him with a field goal kick to the head. Cage gets over to the corner and tags in Brother Ray who nails Harris with a barrage of rights and lefts and follows up with a discuss clothesline and drops a series of 3 elbows across the sternum and makes the lateral press but only gets a 1 count. Ray waits for Harris to get up and Harris goes for a clothesline but Ray catches him and hits the Brother Bomb and follows up by bouncing off the ropes and dropping a legdrop across the throat and makes the cover but James Storm makes the save before the 3 count and Jarrett, Devon and Cage all come into the ring. All 6 men start brawling and James Storm and Jeff Jarrett start double teaming Cage and all three men brawl out of the ring and leave Chris Harris in the ring with Team 3D. Devon waits for Harris to turn around and picks him up and Ray comes running and they hit the 3D. Cage gets back up on the arpon and Ray tags him in. Ray and Devon pick Harris up and Cage ducks behind him and does the underhook and hits the Unprettier and makes the cover and gets the 3 count

Winners: "Captain Charisma" Christian Cage & Team 3D

Match Quality: 76%

Crowd Reaction: 75%

Overall Rating: 75%

Tenay: Well DW, these 6 men certainly seem ready for Sacrifice and certainly seem ready to step into that cage along with Chris Jericho and Monty Brown and it certainly seems like this is going to be a great match with 8 of the top wrestlers here in TNA

West: Well Mike, all of these men are true competitors and are going to do whatever it takes to get the win come Sacrifice and the fans are certainly going to be in for a treat when these 8 men step into the confines of that steel cage. Now fans we have run out of time, so for Mike Tenay, I'm Don West and we will see you next week right here on SpikeTV

Overall Show Rating: 73%

Edited April 7, 2006 by OrtonFan24

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