TNA - From Genesis

[El Presidente]

OFFICIAL TNA "iMPACT!" RESULTS

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

iMPACT! started off with Mike Tenay standing in the middle of the ring with NWA Champion, Ric Flair, in an interview setting set up in the iMPACT! zone. Flair talked about defending the belt in a Sting vs. Flair: Part III match, which he was really looking forward to, as he finds Sting to be a great competitor with great sportsmanship. Just as he said that, Sting stormed the set from behind and attacked Ric Flair, nailing him over the back of the head with the infamous baseball bat. Tenay stormed out of the ring, calling for help, while Sting continued the beatdown on "The Nature Boy", leaving him motionless in the ring and walking off up the entrance ramp. (A)

NWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

TEAM 3D VS. THE DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH'S DAVID YOUNG AND 'PRIMETIME' ELIX SKIPPER

This was the first NWA Tag Team Title defense by Team 3D.

AMW didn't immediately show up, but Shane Douglas watched the entire match from the top of the entrance ramp, smiling. The distraction served by Douglas, and even by Diamond at ringside, allowed The Diamonds in the Rough to gain the upper hand early on, isolating Brother Devon and not allowing him to get a tag in to his partner. Skipper walked on the ropes before hitting a hurricanrana, and David Young even showed a nice maneuver with a springboard moonsault off the second rope, which got a close count on Devon.

They continued to fight it out for the next few minutes, until Brother Ray was tagged in. He took Skipper down with a couple of clothelines, then elbowed David Young off the apron, scoop slamming Skipper down and jumping to the second rope, hitting a nice Senton Splash. Douglas continued trying to distract Team 3D, who pointed to him and told him to "WATCH THIS" as they gave Elix Skipper a 3D, then waited for David Young to get in the ring to do the same to him, picking up the win, and taunting Douglas.

Winners: Team 3D (C+)

After the match was over, a huge brawl broke out all the way to the back between Ray, Devon and Runt, and Shane Douglas and AMW, which lead to Team 3D getting the best of the others after nailing them through a series of tables near the interview set. (C-)

Jeremy Borash interviewed Raven about his King of the Mountain qualifying match tonight. Raven said that he won the King of the Mountain last year, and he'd do exactly the same this year, taking out whoever his opponent might be tonight, then taking out each and every man that gets in his way to an NWA Championship shot, which he claimed he was robbed out of during his last reign. ( C )

SINGLES MATCH

CHRISTOPHER DANIELS VS. NIGEL MCGUINNESS

Before the match, a graphic for an international showcase at Slammiversary played on the screen, hyping Daniels and McGuinness as two of the competitors in it.

Just as expected, this match was great from the get-go, with both men using quick maneuvers to try and take advantage of the other, with nobody gaining a clear upper hand. Daniels was able to take McGuinness down with a spinning heel kick, which set up a BME, only to get a very close two count. This is where the match finally picked up, after a McGuinness backbreaker onto Daniels, followed by a moonsault reverse leg drop type maneuver. A few more high spots occured, including Daniels hopping from the second turnbuckle, onto the outside ropes, and hitting the BME to the outside, but the match slowed down a bit after all of the intensity.

The crowd started getting back into it after a few minutes, with Nigel McGuinness this time holding the advantage after a nice spinning reverse DDT from the second rope, which only got a two count. McGuinness tried to get Daniels in various submission holds, but The Fallen Angel found ways to avoid them all. A few quick finisher reversals, and a hard chop to the chest, allowed Daniels to grab a bruised McGuinness up, nailing the Angel's Wings, and picking up a three count in a fantastic bout.

Winners: Christopher Daniels (B)

Mike Tenay and Don West hyped the main event tonight, where Raven would take on an opponent still to be revealed in a King of the Mountain qualifying match. (C-)

SINGLES MATCH

PETEY WILLIAMS VS. SONJAY DUTT

This match definitely wasn't what the fans expected out of these two great performers.

The bout itself went rather slowly. Dutt tried to make the pace keep up, but Williams kept knocking him down, with the few slaps and mock punches from the outside from his Team Canada buddies. During the match, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong ran down to the ring, attacking every Team Canada member staying on the outside, and allowing to serve a good enough distraction for Petey Williams to hit the Canadian Destroyer on Dutt, picking up the win in a very quick bout.

Winners: Petey Williams ( C )

After the bout, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong continued trying to fight it out with Team Canada, but at this point, were beate ndown in the middle of the ring with nowhere to go. After laying them out completely, Rhino once again made his way down to the ring in a hurry, this time with a lead pipe. Team Canada fled the ring, and Rhino grabbed a microphone, challenging all five members of Team Canada to a match at Slammiversary, and not just any match - a hardcore match. (E)

Jim Cornette came out before the main event, hyping Slammiversary just a week and a half away. He ran down the card, and also added that after what happened on iMPACT! just a few weeks ago, Jeff Jarrett would be returning to the ring at Slammiversary to take on the man who put him out of action for a month, Lance Hoyt. (C-)

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN QUALIFYING MATCH

RAVEN VS. JEFF HARDY

Surprisingly, this turned out to be the best match on the card, and was also Hardy's in-ring return.

The fans got behind both men, as they began the bout exchanging right hands, with Hardy having his irish whip reversed, but still being able to hit Raven with a jumping side kick. Hardy took the opportunity to speed up the match, and quickly got Raven up off his feet, clothelining him to the outside, then catapulting himself over the top rope and landing right on top of the former NWA champion. Hardy threw Raven right back into the ring, getting a close fall, and setting Raven back up to his feet, trying his best to hit the Twist of Fate. Raven, however, countered it with a series of right hands to the gut, leading to a drop toe hold onto the second turnbuckle, followed by a complete head squash with his knee from the opposite corner.

Both men obviously wanted this badly, as they continued to fight it out for another two or three minutes, with nobody gaining any clear advantage. Raven, then, thought he had put an end to the bout, as he nailed Jeff Hardy with an Evenflow DDT, yet took a few seconds to recover from the beatings and slide over to Hardy to make the cover. The fans counted along with the referee, but at the bottom of the two count, Hardy's foot was on the bottom rope, breaking the pin and making Raven go completely ballistic, believing that referee Mark Johnson is purposely screwing him out of the King of the Mountain match. Hardy quickly rolled Raven up from behind innovatively, getting the three count and the shot to be the number one contender at King of the Mountain at Slammiversary! The fans cheered for Hardy, while Raven looked on in anger, kicking the bottom rope and screaming, as iMPACT! went off the air.

Winners: Jeff Hardy (B)

QUICK MATCH RESULTS:

• Team 3D defeated The Diamonds in the Rough to retain the NWA Tag Team Championships
• Christopher Daniels defeated Nigel McGuinness
• Petey Williams defeated Sonjay Dutt
• Jeff Hardy defeated Raven in a King of the Mountain qualifying match

Final Rating: B-

Attendance: 10,000 (sold out)

[JStarr]

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