TNA opens with AJ Styles taking on Rob Terry for the TNA Global Championship. Kazarian accompanies AJ to the ring and it appears that they have settled their differences. AJ punches Terry, but it hurts his taped up fingers. AJ looks to show up Terry with speed, but Terry drops him with a big punch. Terry hits a shoulder block in the corner and drives his shoulder into AJ. He tosses AJ across the ring and Kaz looks to help AJ, but gets pulled into the ring. Terry tosses AJ face first into the corner, but AJ fights back as he charges in. AJ goes out to the apron and goes for a springboard attack, but Terry catches him in a military press and tosses him across the ring again. Terry looks for the Freakbuster, but AJ fights out and hits an enzuigiri. AJ gloats, but Terry remains standing and catches AJ with his spin kick as AJ turns around. Terry goes to cover, but Kaz distracts the referee. Terry goes after Kaz and knocks him off the apron, but AJ rolls up Terry for 2. Terry tries to bring AJ back into the ring with a suplex, but Kaz trips him and AJ lands on top of Terry. Kaz holds Terry’s ankle and AJ gets the 3 count.
Move of the Match: I think I’m going to give this to Terry’s spin kick.
Sarita and Madison Rayne are talking in the back. Velvet and Lacey come in. Velvet accuses Sarita of being the woman on the motorcycle. Lacey tries to play peacemaker as Velvet and Madison argue.
Dixie Carter is in the back talking to the members of management who fought along side the ECW guys last week. She tells them that they’re management and they’re supposed to break up fights, not join them.
Taylor Wilde and Angelina Love vs. Madison Rayne and Sarita is next. Referee Earl Hebner announces that since there is no proof it was one of the Beautiful People who interfered on Madison’s behalf at Victory Road, Angelina must surrender the Knockout’s Championship. Angelina gives the title to Hebner and attacks Madison. Taylor goes after Sarita. Sarita gets hold of Taylor and Madison looks to sends Angelina into Taylor, but Taylor moves and Angelina spears Sarita. Taylor and Angelina hit Madison with a double suplex and Angelina hits a flying forearm. Taylor goes out to the apron and Madison goes to her corner and tags in Sarita. Angelina kicks Sarita and hits her with another spear. She brings Sarita to her corner and tags in Taylor, but Taylor runs into a big clothesline. Taylor and Sarita trade blows and Taylor hits a big chop, but Sarita catches her and hits a unique back suplex variation. Madison and Angelina are tagged in and Angelina hits Madison with a series of shots. Angelina hits a front slam and Sarita comes in, but Taylor goes after her and the 2 roll out of the ring. Madison goes for her neckbreaker, but Angelina counters and hits the Lights Out for the 3 count and the win.
Move of the Match: I think I have to give this to Angelina’s Lights Out because I don’t think it’s ever looked quite as great as it did tonight.
After the match, the woman on the motorcycle rides in. Velvet and Lacey come out on the ramp. Madison and Sarita attack Taylor and Angelina and the motorcycle woman joins in. Madison gets on the motorcycle and tells Velvet and Lacey to join her. Velvet won’t go, but Lacey follows and joins Madison as she leaves.
The former ECW guys are shown entering the arena from earlier in the night.
Kurt Angle vs. #7 Contender Hernandez. Hernandez overpowers Angle to start. Angle comes back with his technical style, but Hernandez backs him into the corner. Angle hits a series of European uppercuts, but Hernandez answers with a big forearm. Hernandez charges after Angle in the corner, and Angle sends him to the outside, but Hernandez hits Angle with a shoulder block and follows up with his slingshot shoulder block. Angle fights back with strikes, but runs into Hernandez and goes down. Hernandez picks Angle up on his shoulder and holds him in a backbreaker rack. Hernandez drops for the backbreaker and covers for 2. Angle fights back and hits a big clothesline in the corner. Hernandez fights back and goes up top. Angle goes for his belly to belly throw, but is pushed off. Angle is able to hit the belly to belly throw on his second try and covers for 2. Angle hits 4 German Suplexes on Hernandez for another 2 count. Angle goes for the Angle Slam, but Hernandez fights out and hits his inverted powerslam for 2. Hernandez sets up for the Border Toss, but Angle fights out and hits the Angle Slam. Angle covers, but only gets 2. Angle goes up top, but Hernandez dodges the moonsault. Hernandez hits a huge shoulder block and looks for a delayed vertical suplex, but Angle fights out and locks in the Ankle Lock on Hernandez. Hernandez taps and Angle picks up the win.
Move of the Match: There were a number of impressive moves in this match. I think I have to give this to Hernandez’s inverted powerslam as it’s very impressive and would’ve scored the win against most competitors.
After the match, Kevin Nash comes out and he and Angle shake hands in a sign of respect as Nash enters the ring and Angle leaves. Nash calls out Jeff Jarrett. Nash says the more he thought about things, the more he began to think that Jarrett was the problem. Jarrett says it was Nash who screwed Hogan and Bischoff by tricking them into giving Hall and Syxx-Pac jobs. Nash calls Jarrett a selfish prick and leaves.
Dixie Carter is in the back and she greets Angle. She congratulates him on his match and asks him to half faith in her. He says the ECW guys have a reputation, but he trusts her.
Samoa Joe taking on Jeff Hardy is up next. As the match starts, Hardy rolls to the outside. Hardy gets back in the ring and Joe starts with a kick and follows with a series of strikes in the corner. He tosses Hardy out of the ring and slams him into the apron. Joe sends Hardy head first into the steel steps, but Hardy fights back and sends Joe into the steps. He slams Joe’s head on the apron and brings him back into the ring. Hardy hits punches in the corner and takes Joe down with a snapmare. Hardy locks in a reverse chin lock on Joe. Joe fights out with a jawbreaker and hits a snapmare and a pair of strikes on Hardy. Joe hits a big knee drop on Hardy. He picks Hardy up, but Hardy fights back. Hardy floats over in the corner, but gets caught with a thrust kick. Joe hits elbow shots to the top of Hardy’s head and follows up with chops in the corner. Joe hits the hip splash in the corner and follows up with his high roundhouse for a 2 count. Hardy starts to pick up speed, but gets caught with a snap scoop slam for another 2 count. Joe hits punches and a chop to Joe. Hardy fights back and hits a series of strikes. He hits his mule kick and a clothesline in the corner. Hardy hits his corner dropkick and covers for 2. Hardy takes Joe down again and gets another 2 count. Joe fights back and trades blows with Hardy. Hardy looks to come off top, but gets caught with an inverted atomic drop. Joe follows up with a big boot and a back splash, but still only gets 2. Joe hits a powerbomb and holds it for another 2 count. He rolls Hardy over and locks in the STF. Joe transitions to a Crossface, but Hardy slides back to the ropes. Joe signals for the Muscle Buster, but Hardy fights back. Hardy goes for the Twist of Fate, but Joe goes for the Rear Naked Choke. Hardy fights out and hits Whisper in the Wind on Joe. JB announces that 30 seconds remain in the time limit. Joe and Hardy trade blows until the bell rings and the referee separates them as the match is a time limit draw.
Move of the Match: There were a number of great moves, but I think I have to give this to the Powerbomb transitioned into the STF transitioned into the crossface.
After the match, Hardy and Joe continue to fight and referees separate them.
In the back, Jarrett is talking to Dixie about how Nash has his own personal issues with Hogan and Bischoff and it’s getting in the way of things. Dixie says they’ll talk about that later. She says that she wants Jarrett to trust her and tell the others that the ECW guys coming to TNA is a good thing.
Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson is next. Anderson goes for a series of roll ups to start, but doesn’t get more than 2. He locks in a side headlock, but Morgan backs him into the corner. Morgan hits a back elbow and kicks Anderson. He continues the attack on Anderson and hits his repeated back elbows. Morgan hits a running splash in the corner and drops Anderson with a side slam for 2. Anderson starts to fight back with a series of shots, but gets taken down with a knee. Morgan blocks a crossbody and hits a fall away slam for 2. Morgan taunts Anderson and hits a short arm clothesline. He picks up Anderson again and hits another short arm clothesline. Morgan picks up Anderson again and this time goes for a discus clothesline, but Anderson counters and hits the Mic Check out of nowhere. He covers and picks up the 3 count.
Move of the Match: I think I have to give this to the Mic Check from Anderson.
After the match, Morgan grabs Anderson’s mic and nails him with it.
Beer Money vs. the Motor City Machine Guns in the second match of their best of 5 series is up next. This match is under street fight rules. The Guns go right after Beer Money to start the match. Sabin goes after Storm on the outside and Shelley takes Roode onto the ramp. Roode fights back on the ramp and Storm slams Sabin into the ramp. Beer Money goes for the double suplex off the ramp, but Sabin pulls Storm out which allows Shelley to fight back against Roode. Shelley and Sabin hit strikes on Roode and Sabin takes a shot at Storm. Sabin runs all the way down the ramp to hit the hesitation dropkick on Roode. Shelley hits a double stomp on Roode off the ramp and covers for 2. Roode starts to fight back and tries to hit Shelley with a chair, but Shelley ducks and the chair hits the ring post. Shelley comes off the ring apron with a kick to Roode. On the other side of the ring, Storm gets weapons out from under the ring. Shelley gets set up and Sabin springs off his back to hit Storm with the dropkick. Sabin goes for the suicide dive on Roode through Shelley’s legs, but Roode nails him with a chair. Roode nails Shelley with the chair as well and brings the chair into the ring. Roode brings shelley into the ring and they begin to double team him. Shelley dodges a steel chair in the corner and sends Roode into it with the complete shot, but Shelley turns around and gets caught with a double knee facebuster from Storm. Storm covers, but only gets a 2 count. Beer Money looks to send Shelley into Sabin, but the Guns turn it around into offense and Sabin hits a springboard dropkick sending a chair into Roode’s face. Shelley springs out of the ring, but Storm moves. Sabin goes for the Cradle Shock, but Storm spits Beer in Sabin’s face and Roode hits him with the Double R Spinebuster. Roode covers, but only gets 2. Beer Money looks to set up the DWI, but Shelley comes in and hits Storm with a Kendo Stick. He catches Roode with a jawbreaker and hits him with the Kendo Stick as well. Sabin goes after Roode with the trash can and Roode avoids the attack, but ends up clotheslining the referee. On the outside, Storm takes down Shelley and when Sabin goes for a dropkick on Roode on the outside, Roode pulls the second referee into the way. Roode nails Sabin with a big clothesline while Roode nails Shelley with a trash can lid. Beer Money goes for a double superplex, but Sabin knocks Storm to the outside and the Guns hit Made in Detroit. They cover, but both referees are down. Storm comes in and hits Shelley with the beer bottle. He drapes Roode over Shelley and nails Sabin with the Last Call Superkick. The referee makes the 3 count and Beer Money wins the match.
Move of the Match: There were a number of great moves in this match. I’m going to give this to Made in Detroit.
In the back Brother Devon confronts Brother Ray. Devon says he went down to the ring last week to show the guys that he had their back. He says it’s important they know if Ray has their back. Ray says that they’ve done more than those guys and he doesn’t need to have their back.
Rob Van Dam is with Christy Hemme and he says that last week it felt awesome to be back in the ring with the ECW guys. He says he doesn’t know what Dixie’s announcement is, but he’ll be watching. He also says he can’t forget that he has the belt and Abyss wants it.
Dixie Carter comes out to the ring and asks the ECW guys to join her. Tommy Dreamer, Mick Foley, Stevie Richards, Rhino and Raven come out. Dixie says she wanted the ECW guys to get a chance to tell the fans how important the fans are to them. Dixie says that ECW was about more than just hardcore wrestling. She says it was about a love for the business, each other and the fans. She says she has a history with four of them and they’ve meant a lot to TNA. Foley says the last time he was in the Impact Zone, he was fired and he appreciates Dixie giving him another chance to make a last impression. Foley calls Dreamer as good an ambassador to ECW as there’s ever been and gives him the mic. Dreamer says he’s watched TNA since the beginning. He says he was scared to leave WWE because he had financial security. He says he’s seen many similarities between the original ECW and TNA. He says that before Samoa Joe was dumping people on their head and choking them out, Tazz was doing it everywhere. He says that what Ric Flair did for Jay Lethal, Terry Funk did for him and Mick Foley. He says that before the Beautiful People, there was Francine and Beulah McGillicutty. Dreamer says that in 2005 at ECW One Night Stand, he had his closure, but then they brought it back. He says he witnessed his friends get fired and destroyed. Dreamer said that it got to a point where it bothered him so much he had to quit. Dreamer asks Dixie to give ECW one last night to get the closure they truly deserve so their legacy is not destroyed. Dixie tells Dreamer that he and the other 4 will get to plan it and they get to do it their way. Dreamer says they’re going extreme as Impact ends.
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