Going to see TNA

[mrrotten]

I'm going to see TNA (or do I call it Impact Wrestling?) tonight. The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame is having their annual induction weekend, and since it's the 10th year induction weekend, they are having TNA come in for the event (the Hall of Fame has a show the Friday of the weekend, and previously it's always been some independent group putting on the show.).

[Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen]

I will be there as well. FAN Represent!

[Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen]

Back from the TNA show. It was a fun time. Crowd about 450-500 or so, not bad for a high school gym, but totally not what TNA should be running. But that's another topic. On to the results:

Kazarian d. Robbie D. (w/ Cookie)
- Fun opener
- Kaz won with the Macho Man elbow drop
- Cookie is f***ing hot

Knockouts Championship: Mickie James (c) d. Madison Rayne
- Decent enough match
- They did a spot where Madison fell into the arms of Earl Hebner and he kissed her
- Mickie won with her modified DDT-thingy
- Mickie & Madison are both f***ing hot (sensing a trend here?)

Matt Morgan d. D'Angelo Dinero
- Was what you would expect from these two
- Morgan won with the Carbon Footprint
- No hot broads in this match

AJ Styles d. Tommy Dreamer
- Both guys got good face pops. Dreamer cut a heel promo, as some in the crowd chanted "you sold out." He said that it was us who sold out, when he bled buckets for years for us. He said some other stuff, but I was too busy marking out for one of my all time favorites to listen. Besides, he is a very unconvincing heel.
- AJ won with the Pele kick

After this we had an intermission while Don West shilled merch.

After intermission, JB announced that, since this is Hall of Fame Weekend in Amsterdam, many legends are in attendance. They brought out many Hall of Famers, a lot of whom, frankly, I had no idea who they were. Some of the highlights that I did know: Animal and Paul Ellering (who both got the biggest pop of the night), JJ Dillon, Doink the Clown, Danny Hodge, the Destroyer, Dominick DeNucci, Nick Bockwinkel, and Mark Lewin. Very, very cool to see.

Samoa Joe d. Jeff Jarrett
- Joe was very over. Probably third behind RVD and Animal/Ellering.
- Funny stuff early on, with the crowd chanting "Joe's gonna kill you," to which JB announced that "Jeff Jarrett has asked me to remind you that Joe is not going to kill him, as murder is illegal in New York State."
- Joe won with the Rear Naked Choke.

Rob Van Dam d. Mr. Anderson
- Both men got face pops. Anderson cut a heel-ish promo on all the "beautiful heads" in Amsterdam. He then said Foley was supposed to be here but he doesn't know how to read a road map.
- RVD won with the Five-Star Frog Splash
- After the match, Foley hit the ring to a good pop. Foley raised RVD's hand, to which Anderson took exception. Anderson went to attack Foley, but instead ate Socko.

After the show, they had photo ops in the ring with Foley and RVD for 20 bucks for as many people as you could cram in. My friend and I couldn't pass it up, as we're both huge RVD and Foley fans. It was great to meet RVD and Foley (again, for me), and I'll post the pic as soon as I get a chance to scan it.

[mrrotten]

You beat me to Ishmeal, I was going to list the results too, but I'll admit, you did a better job then I would've done. It was a good time, and my buddies and I had our pictures taken too.