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By Larry Csonka This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it TNA Impact Begins…NOW! -I am still in Charlotte, working from the laptop, so this recap may be a bit more limited than usual. -We see highlights of last week’s show. -We get a wacky promo for the Turkey Bowl! -Angle and Karen, dressed in pilgrim garb and the Alliance have Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey has a gold medal, and so does the one they are eating. They applaud Karen and have a moment of prayer. Angle asks Tomko to pray, but Kurt then does. JB is there, Kurt calls his daughter a brat who is there, they make fun of Pacman Jones, the writers strike, fat Joe and the Over the Hillers. There is a place set for Christian, who is not there. Tenay and West welcome us to the show. $25,000 Turkey Bowl QUALIFIER: Chris Sabin vs. Brother Devon vs. Abyss Devon has the X-Title with him. Sabin and Devon brawl to begin as Abyss makes his way out. He and Devon brawl, Abyss takes him down and I see Slick Johnson is back to wearing shorts. Missile dropkick by Sabin, tries another but Devon levels him. Devon takes Abyss down, corner splash to Sabin and another clothesline. Rights by Devon, Sabin then manages a face jam. 3D and Devine will face the MCMG’s and Machismo in a tables match at Turning Point. Abyss in, chokeslam to Devon. Sabin escapes a slam, but eats a shock treatment. Black Reign is out, so is Rellik and they take Abyss away to brawl, Rhino is out now and there are no rules apparently. The four men will have a 10,000 tacks match at Turning Point. Sabin gets a tornado DDT for 2. Corner mount and rights to Devon, Ray is in and an Enziguri by Sabin lands. Sabin rolls up Devon for the win. Winner: Chris Sabin @ 6:00 via pin Rating: ** -Nash and Hall arrive to crash the Angle family dinner. -To the dinner and Roode and Brooks arrive for the meal. Then Storm and Jackie with beer! Chris Harris arrives and complains. Eric now arrives. He is sent to the kiddie table with Angle’s kid. $25,000 Turkey Bowl QUALIFIER: Samoa Joe vs. Johnny Devine vs. Kip James w/Roxxi and BG Havok is no more and Devine is alive again. Kip gets leveled and Joe then abuses Devine. Knee drop connects, Kip is up and jabs away at Joe. Off the ropes and an atomic drop by Joe, and BG trips up Joe. Knee drops by Devine, he and Kip double team Joe and then BG slaps the shit out of Joe. Kip holds Joe as Devine works him over. Clothesline by Devine for 2, and then Kip stops that. They argue, Joe battles back and rights for all. Snap slam on Devine. Knee of doom to Kip, set up top and BG grabs Joe’s leg. Joe tosses Devine into Kip, and then the muscle buster to Devine ends it. Winner: Samoa Joe @ 3:00 via pin
Rating: * -Angle dinner time and Sharky, Petey and Dutt arrive. Devine brought takeout and Angle spits food into the offering plate. Storm and Eric have a drinking contest in the middle of dinner and AJ leaves to prepare for his match. $25,000 Turkey Bowl QUALIFIER: “Black Machismo: Jay Lethal vs. Christian Cage vs. AJ Styles Cage doesn’t come out to his music, so they begin one on one. AJ takes early control, but a head scissors by Machismo stops that. Machismo up top and a double sledge to AJ gets 2. Rights by AJ, off the ropes and a hip toss and dropkick by Machismo for 2. Off the ropes and a back elbow by Machismo and a cover for 2. Shoulder blocks by AJ, Irish whip and AJ misses a corner splash. A headlock by Machismo, escape and chops by AJ and then the sweet dropkick combo by AJ. Cage now makes his way to the ring and chases AJ as we head to a commercial @ 5:00. Back from commercial @ 8:22 as Machismo gets a roll up on Cage for 2. Cage takes over and lays the boots to Machismo. He rakes the eyes of Machismo and follows with a neck breaker. AJ is on the ramp watching for his time to come back. Cage chases him away, back in and a small package by Machismo for 2. Cage chokes him out, slaps him and talks shit. Irish whip and Machismo battles back with jabs, Irish whip and a moonsault press by Machismo for 2. Elbows by Machismo, Macho stun gun, Machismo up top and gets a springboard missile dropkick for 2. Cage battles back, tosses Machismo, but he comes back in, and eats a gut buster for 2. LETHAL COMBO out of nowhere! Machismo up top…AJ crotches him, Unprettier by Cage! AJ flies in with a frog splash and pins Machismo! Winner: AJ Styles @ 13:00 via pin
Rating: **½ -Back to dinner with the Angle’s, and Black Reign and Rellik arrive. Reign tosses the rat on the table and freaks people out. -More dinner with the Angle family as Machismo and Miss So Cal arrive. Machismo is a gentleman to be sure. Velvet Sky vs. Angelina Love vs. ODB Sky is Talia Madison and Love is Angel Williams, trademark stuff for the name changes, read the Tuesday news column. I approve of the stripper names myself. ODB slams Love to the floor to make it one on one. ODB is annoying, but has a wacky charisma. Cross body off the top by Love, gets a gets scissors but Sky lights her up with chops. Off the ropes and kicks by Sky, a DDT gets 2. ODB broke it up and gets the sack of shit on Sky, kips up and the crowd loves her wackiness. Knees to Love, a slam countered and bicycle kick by Love gets 2. Dropkick by Sky sends Love to the floor, and ODB gets a jawbreaker on her. ODB up top, crotch slam to Sky, 12-times dubbed the dirty dozen and the Thesz press from the 2nd rope finishes it for ODB. Winner: ODB @ 3:15 via pin Rating: ** -More Angle dinner wackiness. Sharky eats through his mask and KONG arrives! She eats the fake fruit. -Daniels, with Elix and Senshi at his side cuts an awesome promo about doing his will and that we aren’t worthy. Wacky lighting, but Daniels is awesome. -Dinner wackiness as 3D arrives. Machismo throws food at them as does Sharky. Angle says they weren’t invited and everyone leaves them with the Angle’s. Ray eats all of the leftovers as they sit with Angle’s kid. The kid says they SUCK. BWAHAHAHAHA! $25,000 Turkey Bowl FINALS: Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin vs. AJ Styles The winner gets $25,000, the loser gets to wear a turkey suit and the guy not pinned or winning gets to be bi-polar. Wow they even have JB doing the super special ring announcing. AJ looks to be the target. Kind of odd here as usually you’d get two heels in there, but a nice change. Sabin tossed AJ, he and Joe have some good exchanges, and stand off. RESPECT~! AJ runs in, they move and he flies to the floor. Poor bastard. SUICIDE DIVE by Sabin to AJ, which sends us to commercial @ 2:00. Back from commercial @ 6:00 with Sabin and AJ battling. Stun gun on Sabin, Joe back in with jabs to AJ, sweeps the leg of AJ and then an Enziguri to Sabin. Elbow Suicida cut off by AJ, kicks by AJ to both and then he battles with Joe. AJ gets the dropkick, Sabin flies in with a swank arm drag into a lucha roll up for 2. Sabin gets an octopus hold into a roll up on Joe for 2. AJ stops that, grabs Joe and tries a suplex and gets it. Side back breaker to Sabin, rights to Joe, snap mare and a headlock by AJ. Sabin grabs a sleeper on AJ now, Joe gets a jawbreaker which has the ripple effect, and we head to a commercial @ 9:30. Back from commercial @ 13:45 with Joe starting to run wild. He picks op AJ, slams him into Sabin and then powerslams AJ, that was cool. Joe covered for 2 there. Atomic drop, running yakuza to AJ and then tosses Sabin onto AJ, senton to AJ by Joe and a cover for 2. Clothesline by Sabin to Joe, another and he is able to lock Joe’s leg and land the kick. AJ pulls Sabin to the floor, slams him to the railing and there is a table out there, Joe flies and they move and Joe CRASHES through the table! Jesus, we head to a commercial @ 16:34. Back from commercial @ 20:12 with AJ working over Sabin, Joe is down on the floor. BRAIN BUSTA by AJ gets a close 2. AJ argues with the ref, Joe is alive but still down. Forearms by AJ, but Sabin gets a cutter and then the yakuza! Up top he goes, springboard clothesline gets a SUPER close 2! Enziguri by Sabin, Cradle shock reversed and the CLASH connects! 1…2…JOE SAVES IT! Joe catches the Asai DDT and gets the ISLAND DRIVER for 2 as Sabin makes the save. We head to a commercial, again, @ 24:00. Back from commercial @ 27:13 with Sabin getting a tornado DDT for 2. Sabin up top, Joe stops that and they battle, Joe tossed off and then AJ nails Joe, Enziguri to Sabin , who falls to the floor. PELE by AJ~! AJ charges…STJOE! MUSCLE BUSTA~! 1…2…3! Winner: Samoa Joe @ 29:34 via pin Rating: ***½ -Angle dinner time, Angle is mad and he and Tomko go to the ring. -In the ring the refs tell AJ that he has to out on the turkey suit. -Back from commercial with a great video package, showing all of the major names that have come to TNA, highlighting the recent signing of Booker, who will have his “official” in ring debut on Impact next week and explain why he came to TNA. -Hall and Nash crash dessert at the Angle dinner. They toss pies in Karen’s face, although I doubt that this is the first time she has had pie in her face. They degenerate into the predictable food fight. Kong catches a fucking turkey leg in the air and scarf’s it down. Tremendous. -Cornette is out to tell AJ that he has to put the turkey suit on. AJ is about to cry. AJ gets dressed up, and Cornette says if he doesn’t get the whole suit on, he will fire AJ. The crowd owns, chanting “GOBBLE GOBBLE~!” He gets the suit on and Angle now comes to the ring, in his pilgrim outfit. Angle says he has never been so ashamed in his life. He is a gold medalist standing next to a turkey. They argue and JOE makes his way to the ring with the Outsiders. Joe says they look like jackasses. Angle would rather be an ass than a Samoan. Joe then says they should go kick ass, and they surround the Angle Alliance and we BRAWL~! Tomko bumps great for Hall as does AJ. Eric Young is out eating a turkey leg, and stuffs the turkey in Angle’s mouth as we end the show. -Closing wrap up video runs.
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