Impact opens with Jeff Hardy coming out to the ring. Hardy says he wants to know what’s going on with Mr. Anderson and calls Anderson out to the ring. Anderson says that maybe he did it to confuse Hardy because he’s an @$$hole. Anderson encourages Jeff to embrace his inner @$$holeness. Anderson is interrupted as AJ comes out accompanied by Flair, Beer Money and Wolfe. AJ says he arrived to find out he has a match tonight. He says his opponent doesn’t deserve to be in the same ring as AJ Styles and that his opponent requested the match against him. Hardy says he didn’t request anything and AJ says he wasn’t talking to Hardy, he was talking to Anderson. Anderson cuts AJ off and says, “Allow me to tell you who I am.” Anderson calls for the mic from above and says, “Mr. Anderson! Wait for it… ANDERSON!!!!”
They replay the problems between Brother Ray and Jesse Neal.
Ink Inc. vs. Team 3D vs. The Band. Shannon Moore starts out with Eric Young. EY takes down Moore early, but Moore fights back and hits EY with a pair of arm drags and his inverted atomic drop. He follows up with his leg drop and covers for 2. EY sends Moore into the corner, but Moore fights back with a back elbow and hits his wheelbarrow bulldog. Moore tags in Neal. They hit a double hip toss and then Moore hip tosses Neal onto Young for a 2 count. Young fights back sending Neal into the corner, but Neal comes out with a springboard crossbody for a 2 count. Young rakes Neal’s arms and hits a series of shots in the corner. He hits a scoop slam and backs into the corner, but Brother Ray tags himself in. Ray goes for an elbow, but Neal moves. Neal hits a series of shots, but gets caught with a clothesline from Ray. Ray picks up Neal by his Mohawk and hits another punch. He follows up with more blows and kicks Neal in the head. Ray hits a series of blows to Neal. Devon makes the blind tag and tosses Neal into his corner. Moore tags himself in and he and Devon trade blows. Moore hits the sunset flip for a 2 count and follows up with a spinning kick. Moore tags in Neal and they go to shoot Devon off, but Ray makes the blind tag and nails both members of Ink Inc with a double clothesline from behind. Ray hits a series of shots to Neal in the corner. He hits a big slap and gets a chair from ringside. Devon takes the chari from Ray and Neal hits Ray with the spear. Neal gets the 3 count and the win.
Move of the Match: The Spear is somewhat worth mentioning, but I really think this should go to Moore hip tossing Neal onto Young because it was a great and unique tag team maneuver.
After the match, Ray gets the microphone and challenges Neal to a Teacher vs. Student match at Slammiversary. Neal accepts the match while Devon and Ray argue.
Kazarian is in the back and he says he’s more confident right now than in his entire career because of Ric Flair. AJ comes in and says he needs to talk to Flair. Flair says AJ will be fine tonight and continues talking to Kazarian.
Rob Van Dam says he’s going to call Sting out tonight.
Up next is Kazarian taking on Jay Lethal. Kaz and Lethal lock up and Kaz gets control early. Lethal fights back with a kick and hits a dropkick. Kaz sends Lethal out to the apron, but Lethal hits a shoulder block and slingshots in into a huracanrana. Kaz rolls to the outside and Lethal flies out onto him. Lethal covers for 2. Lethal sends Kaz into the corner and follows up with a dropkick. Ric Flair comes out to the ramp. Lethal is distracted and Kaz attacks him from behind. Kaz hits a scoop slam and a springboard leg drop on Lethal. Kaz continues the attack on Lethal. Lethal fights back and hits Kaz with a powerful chop. He hits a forearm shot and a clothesline, and follows up with a moonsault takedown for a 2 count. Kaz catches Lethal with a jawbreaker, but Lethal comes back with an enzuigiri. Lethal teases Flair and locks in the Figure Four on Kaz. Flair encourages Kaz to either fight to the ropes or roll over. Kaz finally reaches the ropes. Lethal and Flair have an encounter and Kaz rolls up Lethal and uses the tights to get the 3 count.
Move of the Match: I’m giving this to the Figure Four because it was used as a shot at Flair.
After the match, Flair goes after Lethal and hits him with a big chop. Flair hits a series of chops to Lethal. Lethal fights back and hits some chops to Flair. Lethal shoots Flair off and hits a back body drop. He clotheslines Flair out of the ring. Styles comes out and attacks Lethal. Kaz gets back up and he and Styles fight over who gets to go after Lethal. Lethal gets up and dropkicks them both out of the ring.
We see Shannon Moore laid out in the back.
Orlando Jordan vs. Abyss is next. Jordan has Abyss pasties. Jordan targets Abyss’ injured arm. Abyss overpowers Jordan and hits a series of shots, then rips the pasties off. Jordan avoids an attack in the corner and rips Abyss’ bandages. Jordan continues the attack on Abyss’ arm. Jordan goes up top and hits an elbow drop to Abyss’ arm. Jordan covers, but Abyss fights out at 2. Jordan misses an elbow drop and gets caught with a big boot from Abyss. Abyss hits a splash in the corner and looks for the chokeslam, but Jordan takes another shot to the arm. Jordan goes for the float over, but Abyss catches him and drops him with a wheelbarrow facebuster for a 2 count. Abyss clotheslines Jordan out of the ring. Jordan pushes Abyss and Abyss collides with Chelsea. Abyss tosses Jordan into the ring post and goes to check on Chelsea. Wolfe jumps Abyss from behind with a pipe resulting in a DQ.
Move of the Match: I’m going to give this to Abyss’ wheelbarrow facebuster.
After the match, Wolfe and Jordan double team Abyss. Rob Terry comes out and nails Jordan with a big clothesline. He goes for the Freakbuster, but Wolfe escapes and rolls out of the ring. Terry catches Jordan and drops him with the Freakbuster. Abyss rolls back to the outside where he picks up Chelsea and carries her to the back.
RVD comes out. He calls Sting out to the ring. Stings music plays followed by video of Sting attacking RVD. Sting is up in the rafters and he says that what he did to RVD in the video is just a small taste of what’s going to happen at Slammiversary.
They show Hogan and Anderson in the back. Hogan tells Anderson that at this point everybody hates him. Hogan tells Anderson he needs to figure out what he wants if he wants to stick around. Anderson says that when he extended the hand to Jeff, he meant it. Anderson says his actions will prove his motives tonight.
TNA Alumnus, Puppet the Psycho Dwarf has joined the announce team to promote his upcoming show “Half Pint Brawlers.”
Christy Hemme is in the back with Roxxi. Roxxi says that she’s excited to be back. She says she’s ready to go and Christy tells her that she’s going to get a title shot at Slammiversary. Roxxi is excited and she tells Madison she’ll see her at Slammiversary.
Taylor Wilde and Sarita vs. Velvet Sky and Lacey Von Erich is next. Sarita and Velvet start out. Velvet hits Sarita with a takedown, but Sarita kips up. She catches Velvet with a back elbow and tags in Taylor. Sarita hits a leaping splash and Taylor hits a handspring senton for a 2 count. Sarita makes the blind tag. Both hit elbow drops on Velvet and Sarita gets a rolling pin hold for a 2 count. Sarita tags Taylor back in and they hit a drop toe hold followed by a dropkick. Velvet fights back and while the referee is distracted, Lacey takes down Taylor. Velvet tags in Lacey and they slam her into the corner twice and hit a double clothesline. Lacey gets Taylor in the Claw and then slams her to the mat and covers for the 3 count.
Move of the Match: Although Lacey using the Von Erich Claw is pretty cool; I’m going to give this to the Splash/Handspring Senton form Sarita and Taylor.
Puppet goes out to celebrate with the Beautiful People. He slaps Velvet on the butt. Velvet slaps him and Madison DDTs him. They both stomp on Puppet. Velvet and Madison leave, but Lacey helps Puppet up. Puppet kisses Lacey and Lacey kisses him back.
Hardy is in the back and talks about wrestling Desmond Wolfe. He says they’re both unique so it should be and interesting match.
Angle joins the announce table as Jeff Hardy vs. Desmond Wolfe is next. Wolfe and Hardy trade blows. Wolfe catches Hardy with a shoulder block. They hit a series of reversals and Hardy gets a unique cover for a 2 count. Wolfe fights back and hits a European Uppercut in the corner. Wolfe slams Hardy down to the mat. Wolfe covers for 2. He picks Hardy up and goes for his clothesline out of the corner, but gets caught with a mule kick from Hardy. Hardy follows up with the dropkick in the corner. Wolfe rolls out of the ring, but Hardy catches him with a dropkick and slingshots out on top of him. Wolfe fights back and slams Hardy into the barrier. He rolls Hardy back into the ring. Wolfe covers for 2. Hardy fights back and catches him with a sleeper slam. Hardy looks for the Twist of Fate, but Wolfe fights out and slams him to the mat. Wolfe sets Hardy up for the Tower of London, but Hardy fights out. Wolfe hits his clothesline out of one corner into the other and looks for the pendulum lariat, but Hardy stops him. Hardy looks for the Twist of Fate again, but Wolfe counters with his hammerlock DDT and gets a 2 count. Hardy fights out of the corner with a head scissors and hits a clothesline. Hardy goes for Whisper in the Wind, but Wolfe moves and Hardy hits the referee. Hardy hits the Twist of Fate, but the referee is down. Hardy looks to get the referee up and Wolfe pulls a foreign object out of his tights. He nails Hardy with it and the referee counts 3 while Wolfe covers.
Move of the Match: I’m going to give this to Whisper in the Wind (even though it hit the ref instead of his opponent.)
Matt Morgan is in the ring. He complains about being jumped by Joe and losing the tag titles to Hall and Nash. He also complains about having to find another partner for Slammiversary. Morgan calls Angle out to the ring and offers him the role as Morgan’s new partner. Angle points out that the last time he and Morgan were in the ring, he pinned Morgan. Morgan and Angle start to fight, and Samoa Joe’s music hits. Morgan runs from the ring. Joe and Angle come face to face in the ring and have a stare down. Angle gives Joe a nod and leaves the ring.
AJ Styles vs. Mr. Anderson is next. AJ takes control of Anderson. The two repeatedly trade side headlocks. AJ fights out of a headlock and locks in a head scissors, but Anderson fights out and goes back to the headlock. AJ gets the head scissors locked in again and this time, after Anderson fights out, drops him with a head lock takedown. AJ and Anderson rock each other with blows. AJ and Anderson trade chops and punches. AJ drops Anderson with a dropkick and covers for 2. Anderson fights back and hits a series of shots to AJ. AJ gets caught and Anderson hits the standing Plunge. AJ hits Anderson with a poke to the eyes and follows up with an enzuigiri. AJ chokes Anderson on the ropes. The referee backs him up. AJ hits a snapmare and locks in a crossface. Anderson fights back and hits a crossbody, but AJ rolls through and wraps his legs around the ropes to get the 3 count.
Move of the Match: The Plunge was nice and so were some other moves, but I’m going to give this to AJ’s vicious enzuigiri.
Anderson calls for the mic. He says AJ got him at his own game. Anderson asks the fans if AJ cheated and they say he did. Anderson attacks AJ. Beer Money comes out and double teams Anderson. AJ gets up and they triple team him, but Hardy comes running down the ramp with a chair and chases the 3 of them out of the ring. Hardy and Anderson back into each other and after seeing that Anderson is up, Hardy tosses the chair aside and offers Anderson the handshake. Anderson accepts and Impact ends with them together in the ring.
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