Footage of the all of the main angles, which includes the issues between Mick Foley and Eric Bischoff, the Orlando Screwjob, and Jeff Jarrett stepping inside the squared circle for the first time in seven months airs to kick off Impact.
The Impact intro hits as we are welcomed to this week’s show that will feature two more matches of the 8 Card Stud Tournament, the first of which will be Brutus Magnus taking on Mr. Anderson, which is up right now.
Match 1: Brutus Magnus vs. Mr. Anderson (8 Card Stud Tournament Qualifier)
Prior to the match, Mr. Anderson gets on the microphone and said that Hulk Hogan stated that he is the future of the four sided ring, and if Hogan said it, then it must be true. The bell rings for the match and Anderson goes right on the attack and keeps up with the trash talking the entire time. Magnus, though, is able to get back into the match and gets a near fall after hitting a hangman’s neckbreaker. Anderson, though, is able to counter Magnus shortly after and picks up the pin fall after hitting the Mic Check.
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When Eric Young renamed the Legends Championship as the Global Championship, he promised never to defend the little used title on American soil. Well, he held his word on that promise and finally defended the title against Big Rob Terry during TNA’s Maximum UK tour stop in Terry’s hometown of Cardiff, Wales.
In a rare house show moment, Terry defeated Young in front of his hometown crowd with his family and friends in attendance. In a post-match interview with The Sun, Terry stated that he didn’t know it was going to be a title match until the last minute and that it was an honor to win the Global Championship in hometown.
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TNA Impact is reported to be going live on Monday night once again to go head-to-head with WWE Raw on Monday, March 1st. TNA impressed SpikeTV officials with their huge rating for their January 4th show, which scored a 1.5 rating, when it went up against WWE with a 3-hour spectacular.
On top of the reports of the live show, Impact may be moving to Monday nights on a permanent basis starting that same week with live shows being held every other week – a schedule that WWE once did with Raw in the late 90’s. Fans can only hope that this pushes both WWE and TNA to put out their best products with both shows airing the same nights.
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A recap of the tension between Mick Foley and Eric Bischoff is aired as well as the new relationship between AJ Styles and Ric Flair kicks off Impact. The recap ends with footage of the Orlando Screwjob that took place at the end of last week’s broadcast.
The Impact intro hits and we are welcomed to this week’s show that will update us on last week’s controversial incident, plus we will have qualifying matches for an upcoming tournament at Against All Odds.
Hulk Hogan’s music hits as he comes out to the ring with Eric Bischoff. Hogan gets on the microphone and immediately calls out Mick Foley to the ring. Foley comes out and Hogan wants to work out the issues between Bischoff and Foley. Hogan says he sees things in Foley that can make him an asset if some things are tweaked, but Bischoff says he already finished the job off by firing him last week.
Foley steps in and says that he didn’t lay a finger on Bischoff last week and says if he did touch him, they would have carried Bischoff out of the office. Hogan tries to calm the two down and tells Foley that he needs to work out his problems with Bischoff or walk out.
We head backstage where Bubba the Love Sponge is with Jeff Jarrett and Bubba is concerned about trusting Jarrett, who in return says that he won’t do him wrong and agrees to go talk to him.
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Footage of Genesis is aired, which saw the debuts of Ken Anderson and Bryan Kendrick and the four-sided ring. Ric Flair also assisted AJ Styles in defeating Kurt Angle to retain the TNA World Championship. A limo then arrives and three women get out and is followed by Flair and Styles. Styles is dressed to the nines with a custom suit as he walks into the Impact Zone.
A brand new Impact intro hits and the pyro goes off as we are welcomed to this week’s broadcast that will feature the fallout from Genesis. Ric Flair’s music hits as he walks out to the ring with a girl in each arm. Flair says there are three reasons he came to TNA – he hates Hulk Hogan and wants to finish their lifelong feud, to crown AJ Styles as the next Ric Flair, and he was wined and dined by Dixie Carter over a candlelight dinner.
Flair then introduces the champion, AJ Styles, who also comes down to the ring with a woman. Styles gets on the microphone and says that he has done it all in TNA for the past eight years but the company is still not known as the House that Styles Built. Styles runs down his list of accomplishments but people like Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle and Sting get to take all of the credit.
Kurt Angle’s music hits who is followed out by Hulk Hogan. Hogan says that Genesis was supposed to be Angle’s lost shot at the title in 2010, but he decided to change his mind after seeing how their match played out. Hogan says Angle will get another shot and if Flair gets involved, Styles will be disqualified and will lose the title. That match will take place tonight on Impact.
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