Impact opens with highlights of last week’s broadcast and we then see footage of Kurt Angle’s arrival to the Impact Zone earlier in the day. Jeremy Borash meets up with him and Angle says he is here for two things – to get his gold medal back and to confront the S.O.B. who stuck his nose in his business. Angle says that it is no secret as to who it is and says that it is no longer two years ago, it is Planet Angle now.
A video game Impact intro hits and we are welcomed to show which will feature an X Division title match between Petey Williams and Consequences Creed, Gail Kim and Awesome Kong in a street fight and a Four Ways to Glory qualifying match between Rhino and Booker T.
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The Sun wrote an article last Wednesday about Mick Foley jumping over to TNA once his contract is up with the WWE. The article doesn’t name the source where this information is coming from, aside from it being from a close friend of his, but the article states that Foley would be willing to step back into the ring for TNA. Closer to home, the Long Island Press reported that Foley stated that there is a good chance that his contract with the WWE won’t be renewed when it expires on September 1st.
In my mind, the reports of Foley going to TNA are purely speculation. Even if Foley decides not to renew his WWE contract, Foley and TNA would first have to come to terms on an agreement, which may or may not be a deal breaker for one or both parties. Not to mention the fact that I feel the WWE would do everything in their power to keep him from going to TNA. In simple terms, I will believe that Mick Foley has jumped ship when I see him at a TNA event or read about in a press release from TNA.
With all of that out of the way, that doesn’t mean that I won’t take a moment to entertain the thought of Foley actually ending up in TNA in the near future.
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For those of you who were paying close attention, you may have caught TNA’s subliminal advertising message on this past Thursday’s episode of Impact. In case you did miss it, a web site URL flashed on the screen during the knockout match between Taylor Wilde and Christy Hemme. The URL shown was whoissuicide.com.
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Hard Justice pay-per-view highlights kick off tonight’s Impact broadcast. The clips focus on Sting’s attack on AJ Styles and the end of the main event with a guitar shot. Footage of Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash arriving earlier in the day is then aired and Lauren meets up with him and asks about the guitar shot. Joe says that it is getting interesting around here where everyone wants to get in on the action.
A video game version of the Impact intro hits and we are welcomed to tonight’s show that will feature Hernandez vs. James Storm, Taylor Wilde vs. Christy Hemme and Team 3D vs. Joe & Nash. Don West also wonders if we will hear Sting’s explanation for his actions at Hard Justice.
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Hard Justice comes to us live this Sunday from the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. TNA has been promoting this as their hardcore pay-per-view as four of the seven matches feature a hardcore type gimmick. On top of the seven matches scheduled, there will be a musical performance from hip hop artists F.I.L.T.H.E.E., Grandmaster Caz and Ice-T. Here is the complete rundown of the card.
- Samoa Joe vs. Booker T (Six Sides of Steel Weapons Match for the TNA World Championship)
- AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle (Last Man Standing Match)
- The LAX vs. Beer Money, Inc. (TNA Tag Team Championship)
- Christian Cage & Rhino vs. Team 3D (Jersey Street Fight)
- Petey Williams vs. Consequences Creed (X Division Title)
- Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt (Black Tie Brawl n’ Chain Match)
- Taylor Wilde/Gail Kim/ODB vs. The Beautiful People & Awesome Kong
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