IMPACT 4/26/10

Impact opens with Hogan coming out to the ring. Hogan talks about RVD’s victory over AJ Styles last week. Hogan invites out RVD. RVD says from now on they can call him Mr. TNA and that he intends to be the greatest TNA World Heavyweight Champion. AJ Styles and Ric Flair come out. AJ calls RVD a hippie freak from Southern California. AJ claims that he slipped on the top rope last week and that’s the only reason RVD won the title. AJ says he’ll get his rematch when he wants it. Flair gets the microphone and says he’s going to take out the scars from Lockdown on Abyss. He says he’s going to beat Abyss tonight and take the Hall of Fame ring.

Backstage the Beautiful People are talking about Madison having to defend her title tonight against Tara and Angelina Love. Madison says she’s not that worried because of the way Tara and Angelina have been fighting over the title.

Up next is the Triple Threat Match for the TNA Knockout’s Championship. The referee sends the Beautiful People to the back and when the match starts, Madison tries to escape Angelina and runs into a clothesline from Tara. Angelina attacks Tara and when she moves away, Madison goes for a quick cover. Angelina sends Madison into the corner. Tara grabs Angelina and performs a hanging hair pull attack. Tara covers Angelina for 2, and Madison comes in and rolls up Tara for 2. Madison hits a running kick to Tara’s head. Back from break, Angelina slams Madison into the corner. Madison comes after her, but is taken down with a forearm strike and Angelina gets a 2 count. Angelina nails Madison with a front slam, but Madison kicks out. Madison rolls to the outside, and Angelina gets onto the apron, but Tara comes back in and slams Angelina into the turnbuckle. Madison comes back in and tries to roll up Tara again, but only gets a 2 count. Tara nails Madison with a snap suplex and floats over into a Guillotine Choke. Madison fights back and Tara releases the hold. Madison manages to catch Tara with a running facebuster. Angelina comes back in and drops both with a double clothesline. Shoulder Jawbreaker on Tara and Angelina is able to hit the bicycle kick on Madison. Tara gets back up and nails Angelina with the Spider’s Web Side Slam. Madison shoves Angelina into Tara and rolls up Angelina for the 3 count.

Move of the Match: This has to go to the Spider’s Web Side Slam. It was the move that allowed Madison to play opportunist and win the match.

After the match, Tara and Angelina brawl in the ring. Tara says she’s sorry, but when Angelina turns to leave, Tara nails her from behind.

The next match is Shannon Moore vs. Kazarian for the X-Division Championship. Kaz gets control early with an arm drag and a scoop slam. Kaz misses an elbow drop and Moore answers with a pair of arm drags and a scoop slam of his own. Moore misses a leg drop and they go to a standstill. Series of counters results in Moore hitting a huracanrana. He follows up with an inverted atomic drop and a leg drop, and covers for a 2 count. Moore crashes into the corner and Kaz hits a slingshot arm drag. Kaz follows up with a spinning neckbreaker and covers for a 2 count. Moore goes for a sunset flip from the apron, but Kaz counters and almost hits his reverse piledriver, but Moore escapes. Moore goes for a cross armed neckbreaker on Kaz, but Kaz pushes Moore off and Moore runs into the referee. Moore goes up top, but Kaz catches him with a kick to the head. Kaz goes for a Frankensteiner, but Moore pushes him off. Moore sets up for a diving move, but Morgan comes out of the back and pushes Moore off the ropes to the floor. As Morgan leaves, he says, “Nobody turns us down!” Kaz picks up Moore and hits him with the piledriver. Kaz covers and picks up the 3 count.

Move of the Match: This has to go to the sick piledriver Kaz is using as his new finisher.

Post Match, Samoa Joe comes out to the ring. Joe nails Kaz with a thrust kick and a series of kicks in the corner. He sets up Kaz and hits the Muscle Buster.

Abyss is backstage talking about the ring Hulk Hogan gave him giving him confidence and helping him to realize that Hulk believes in him and because of that he can believe in himself. Abyss says even if he loses the ring, he will never lose what it has given him.

Backstage, Morgan asks Jesse Neal to be his new partner. Neal points out what Morgan did to Red 2 weeks ago. Morgan reminds Neal that Neal promised his friend who died on the USS Cole that Neal would one day be a World Champion.

Up next, AJ Styles and Sting take on Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy in a falls count anywhere tag team match. Jarrett and Hardy go right after AJ and Sting. Jarrett mounts Sting in the corner and hits a series of punches, but Sting fights back and drops Jarrett with and inverted atomic drop. Jarrett fights back and hits an enzuigiri. Meanwhile, AJ and Hardy are fighting on the ramp. Jarrett takes Sting out into the crowd and goes after him with a chair. Hardy counters a suplex from AJ and drops AJ with a suplex on the ramp for a 2 count. Sting counters an Irish Whip and sends Jarrett over the guardrail. Hardy sends AJ back into the ring. Hardy goes for the Twist of Fate, but AJ pushes him off, but Hardy catches AJ with a running forearm shot. AJ fights back and sends Hardy over the ropes and nails Jarrett with a dropkick. Sting is on the apron at this point. Jarrett gets AJ in the sleeper, but AJ accidentally hits the referee while he tries to fight out, and then nails Jarrett with a low blow. Apparently traditional tag team rules will be in play in this match as Hardy tags in, but the referee doesn’t see the tag and sends Hardy back to the apron. Sting comes in and Styles goes out causing the referee to recognize the tag. Snap suplex and Sting goes after Jarrett. A series of reversals results in a double shoulder block and both men are down. Jarrett tags Hardy, but AJ distracts the ref. Hardy pushes past the ref and pulls AJ into the ring. He nails AJ with a gourdbuster and follows up with the dropkick in the corner. Sting starts to walk out to the back. Hardy goes up top, but AJ gets up and clips Hardy’s leg. Jarrett wants to know where Sting went and points to the rafters. Jarrett heads out to look for Sting as Hardy sends AJ into the guard rail and follows up with a diving clothesline off the ramp onto the floor. Hardy sets AJ up on a table. Hardy sets up a ladder on top of the ramp. Sting nails Jarrett with a baseball bat. Just as Hardy is about to come off the ladder, Sting pins Jarrett.

Move of the Match: This would have to go either to the gourdbuster, or the diving clothesline to the floor.

Backstage, Neal tells Team 3D that Morgan asked him to be his tag team partner tonight. Neal asks Team 3D if he can have their blessing. Team 3D says they’ll bring it, and they tell him to bring it too.

The Pope D’Angelo Dinero comes out to the ring. Pope talks about AJ stabbing him in the eye with a pen at Lockdown. Pope admits that AJ won saying that in the Gospel according to Pope, “there are no excuses.” He also says that in the Gospel according to Pope, “There is a tooth for a tooth, and an eye for an eye.” Pope says that when he falls down, he gets back up. He tells AJ that he tripped over him, but Pope is back up. Mr. Anderson comes out to the ring. Anderson calls the audience gullible. He mocks Pope’s injuries. Anderson talks about Angle not being here saying that Angle is at home licking his wounds. Pope tells Anderson to get to his point or shut up. Anderson challenges Pope to a match at Sacrifice. Pope tells Anderson that the “Pimp hand” is still strong and back hands him. Anderson goes after Pope and pulls off his eye patch, and attacks Pope’s eye.

Up next is team 3D challenging for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Before 3D comes out, we see them in the back with Syxx-Pac through a table and bleeding from the head. 3D’s opponents are Jesse Neal and Matt Morgan. Jesse starts out with Devon in the ring. Devon tags in Ray and Ray nails Neal with a big slap. Ray gets Neal in a bear hug, but Nash and Hall come out. 3D goes after Hall and Nash, and Neal goes out to help them. Morgan comes out and attacks Neal. Morgan chokeslams Neal in the ring and gets his title belts.

I’m not giving this a move of the match because the disqualification came before much had happened.

Back from break, Jesse Neal is in the ring and he calls out Morgan. In the back Morgan tells Christy that he’s off the clock. Hogan tells Morgan he can either deal with Jesse Neal or stay in the back and deal with Hogan. 3D tells Neal if he wants this, this is up to him. Neal takes the fight straight to Morgan. Neal goes after Morgan with one of the championship belt, but Morgan nails Neal with a low blow and then hits him with the tag title belt. Shannon Moore comes out and nails Morgan with a missile dropkick and chases him out of the ring. Moore helps Neal to his feet and the 2 shake hands.

Bischoff announces his new ranking system. Bischoff announces that the fans can vote for who they think should get the title shot. Lethal comes in and starts listing off his top 10 picks for a title shot.

Orlando Jordan is in the back wearing some strange colorful outfit. Jordan calls Rob Terry a piece of art and announces that next week will be the introduction of his new show, “The O Zone” and Terry will be his guest.

Flair talks about how he’s insulted by Abyss wearing Hogan’s Hall of Fame ring and how he wants to put an end to that.

The Band are asked about Syxx-Pac’s injury and what’s next. Nash gets mad and Hall tells the person questioning them to leave Kevin alone. Nash says they’ll be 3 next time.

Abyss vs. Flair for the Hall of Fame rings is up next. Flair backs Abyss into the corner, but Abyss shoves him off. Flair goes after Abyss in the corner again and hits him with a series of chops. Abyss fights back. He shoots Flair off and catches Flair with a back body drop. Flair rolls out of the ring. Abyss and Flair trade chops and blows on the outside. Flair catches Abyss with a poke to the eyes and goes up to the top, but Abyss grabs him and tosses him to the mat. Flair gets up, but runs into a big boot from Abyss. Abyss drops Flair with a side slam. Abyss sets Flair up in the corner and nails him with a splash. Flair performs the Flair Flop, and then pulls himself up in the corner. Abyss goes after Flair and Flair performs a back kick low blow and catches the referee too. Flair pull out a pair of brass knuckles and hits Abyss with them, but Abyss remains standing. Flair follows up with a low blow using the brass knuckles and covers for the 3 count. After the match, Flair drops the brass knuckles and Earl Hebner restarts the match. Abyss does his version of “Hulking Up.” He shoots Flair off and catches him with the Black Hole Slam. Abyss covers for the pin.

Move of the Match: This has to go to the Black Hole Slam after the match was restarted.

Hogan comes out and they take Flair’s Hall of Fame ring. Hogan gets the mic and says he knows exactly who he’s going to give the ring to next week. Impact ends with Hogan and Abyss celebrating in the ring.