TNA Victory Road 09 Review

I haven't watched TNA in weeks, so I knew going into this, it'd be an interesting review. Really, I just wanted to see the crazy stuff that TNA would come up with.

TNA World Knockout's Championship
Tara (C) vs. Angelina Love

We kick off the pay per view with the Knockout's title on the line. I'm not quite sure about this match, it was just kind of there. Nothing impressive, but nothing bad. The ending was quite weird, as Love gets the pinfall while Tara had her foot on the rope to win the Knockout's title. Tara complains to referee Slick Johnson, but ends up kicking him and putting the tarantula on him.

We head backstage with JB and the Main Event Mafia. HOLY DOUCHEY ROSE KURT ANGLE. Yeah, had to comment on that shirt. Angle wants the MEM to dominate tonight and is expecting a win from every member, or they're fired.

"The Blueprint" Matt Morgan vs. Christopher Daniels

I still don't like them randomly dropping Chris Daniels' first name. It just seems dumb. Anywho, Matt Morgan is in this match. He's still getting a big push from TNA. I really don't understand why, I know Cornette was huge on this guy in OVW, but I personally don't see anything outstanding about him. Morgan picks up the victory with the Carbon Foot Print after a lacklastre match.

Dr. Stevie is back stage hyping up his No DQ match with Abyss next. That sounds like I'm reporting in EWR. Richards says that he's gonna win, yadda, yadda, yadda. Oh and Daffney was there as well.

Abyss vs. Dr. Stevie

Dr. Stevie's scrubs says that he's a professional therapist. I gotta get me a pair of those. Abyss is back in the old black attire. I'm glad he finally scrapped the white mental institution garb. I mean he'd been wearing that for what, a year? You'd think he'd change sometime between now and then. We see fighting in the crowd, random weapons shots, and Lauren trying her best to attack Daffney. Still, Lauren did better then some chicks that we'll get to later. Abyss wins with a Black Hole Slam and then using a tazor gun on Dr. Stevie.

Mick Foley is backstage giving a pep talk to AJ Styles and Beer Money Inc. Remember when the Frontline actually had more than 4 people in it? That seems like a while ago.

IWGP Tag Team Championship
The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams with Rob Terry) vs. Team 3D (c)

Man, do I love me some Doug Williams. He was awesome in the old Ring of Honor dvds I have. I'm glad TNA actually found something for him, instead of having him just sit on his contract. These two teams have been fueding for a month or so, and Team 3D is out for revenge. I hadn't really seen The British Invasion team together, and I thought they did pretty well. Team 3D pick up the victory. After the match, Kiyoshi and Shiek Abdul Bashir hit the ring to try and jump Team 3D. They have none of it and Bashir is powerbombed through a table.

Backstage with Lauren and she's with referee Slick Johnson. He apologizes for not seeing Tara's foot on the rope and says that she'll get a rematch soon.

Jenna (with Awesome Kong) vs. Sharmell (with Sojo Bolt)

I wasn't expecting a five star classic here. Hell, I wasn't even expecting a decent match, but my God did this match truly stink up the joint. Someone could've at least taught Jenna how to run the ropes, or to at least run, and to not sell getting tripped like you're dead. It's bad when the only exciting parts, are things the non-participants are involved in. Jenna wins when Kong hits Sharmell with a right hand and then Jenna does a lap dance on Sharmell for the pin. I'm not kidding. Afterwards Jenna gets in Kong's face and gives her the weakest slap ever. Then Kong kills her.

Backstage with JB and Kevin Nash. Nash is determined to win the Legends title. He even says that if he can't win tonight, that he will retire.

TNA Legends Championship
Kevin Nash vs. AJ Styles (c)

I like Kevin Nash. I like AJ Styles. But these two guys don't mesh well when it comes to a match. Styles went with a game plan to chop the big man down, and did so for most of the match. Nice spot when Nash big booted Styles to the outside. Nash picks up the win with a chokeslam to win the Legends title.

Lauren is in the Knockout's locker room waiting to interview Tara. All of a sudden, Slick Johnson comes running out of the shower saying that he needed to get a spider bite checked out. Madison Rayne comes out soon after and tells Lauren to mind her own business. I guess Madison Rayne isn't now just the other one in The Beautiful People, she's the slut.

TNA World Tag Team Championship
Beer Money Inc. (c) vs. Booker T & Scott Steiner

Another match I wasn't too impressed with. Beer Money have been a good emerging tag team over the last year. Booker and Scott are both tag team veterans, I just couldn't get into it. I may have been getting worn out at this point. Finish comes when Storm tries to spit beer in the eyes of Steiner and connects, but also hits the ref as well. This distracts the ref for a bit, and then Booker capitalizes on that and hits an axe kick for the pinfall. Afterwards, JB comes down to interview Booker and Steiner about the win.

Lauren is backstage with Samoa Joe. He says that his adviser will be shown tonight and that Sting's time is up.

Samoa Joe vs. Sting

Oh hey, here is an actual good match. I figured going into this one, that these two would put on something good and they delivered. Some fighting through the crowd here and around the iMPACT! zone. Good in-ring action as well. The big thing to note is when Sting had the Scorpion Death Lock locked in, Taz made his debut as Joe's adviser. It lit a fire under Joe who was able to comeback and lock in the rear naked choke for the win. Joe and Taz celebrate afterwards.

TNA shows a video from ESPN Radio with Bobby Lashley talking about his signing with TNA. He also mentions how we would want to fight Brock Lesnar in the future. Lashley was real classy here, no WWE bashing or anything.

Mick Foley is backstage with JB and delivers a passionate promo about his match next with Kurt Angle. He mentions how he wants to exploit the neck injury of Angle's and that he's TNA's last hope against the Main Event Mafia.

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mick Foley

Another good match here in the main event. Foley unleashed some new moves I had never seen him pull out before. A fujiwara armbar and a modified version of the mandible claw with a body scissors. Foley controlled Angle throughout most of the match until Angle is able to mount a comeback and lock in the grapevined ankle lock to make Foley tap. The entire MEM comes out to celebrate with Angle as the pay per view ends.

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A very meh pay per view here. TNA desperately needs to stop taping ppv's at the Impact Zone or else it just seems like an extended episode of Impact. Hell, start taping Impact more outside the impact zone as well. If TNA wants to branch out and become a bigger company, they're going to need to take their television show across the country. I'm not saying abandon the Impact Zone, but come back there for important Impact's, but take impact to different arenas across the country.