TNA – 2009 Results

Wrestle Kingdom III – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – January 4, 2009 (40,000)
Milano Collection AT, Minoru, & Taichi Ishikari defeated Mitsuhide Hirasawa, Kazuchika Okada, & Nobou Yoshihashi in 6:24 when Milano pinned Yoshihashi after hitting the Super Scrap Kick
Mistico, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Prince Devitt defeated Averno, Jado, & Gedo by in 9:50 when Mistico made Averno submit to La Mistica
Jushin Liger & Takuma Sano defeated Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto in 8:47 when Liger pinned Kanemoto after hitting an Avalanche Brainbuster
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Yujiro & Naito for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles in 13:21 when Sabin pinned Naito after hitting Made in Detroit
Tiger Mask pinned Low-Ki with a Tiger Suplex in 8:48 to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Riki Choshu, & Masahiro Chono defeated Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, & Karl Anderson in a 7:09 8-man tag team match when Angle made Anderson submit to the Ankle Lock
Yuji Nagata pinned Masato Tanaka with a Backdrop Hold in 11:41 to retain the Zero-1 MAX World Heavyweight Title
Jun Akiyama pinned Manabu Nakanishi in 10:27 after hitting the Wrist-Clutch Exploder
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Togi Makabe & Toru Yano in a hardcore match at 15:34 when Ray pinned Makabe after hitting the 3D
Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Takashi Sugiura when Nakamura made Sugiura submit to a Flying Cross Armbreaker in 15:17
Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned IWGP World Champion the Great Muta at 30:22 to win the title after hitting the High Fly Flow

TNA @ Wilson, NC – Bill Ellis Convention Center – January 9, 2009 (1,300)
Chris Sabin defeated Sonjay Dutt
Taylor Wilde pinned Jacqueline Traci Brooks served as the guest referee
Abyss pinned Kip James
TNA Tag Team Champions Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated James Storm & Robert Roode
Rhino pinned TNA Legends Champion Booker T in a non-title match

Genesis 2009 – Charlotte, NC – Bojangles Coliseum – January 11, 2009 (2,700; 1,700 paid)
Eric Young, Homicide, & Hernandez defeated Sonjay Dutt, Jimmy Rave, & Kiyoshi when Hernandez pinned Rave after a splash off the top; the match was originally scheduled to include Shark Boy and Kip James but was changed the day of the event; during the match, cameras cut backstage, where Jim Cornette questioned Scott Steiner as to the whereabouts of Rhino
Alex Shelley pinned Chris Sabin with a roll up after faking an injury; stipulations stated the winner would win the vacant TNA X Division Title
Shane Sewell pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir with a roll up after referee Earl Hebner slapped Bashir
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed and Matt Morgan & Abyss to win the titles when Roode pinned Lethal (Second to None: TNA’s Toughest Tag Teams)
ODB, Roxxi, & Taylor Wilde defeated Raisha Saeed, Rhaka Khan, & Sojourner Bolt when ODB pinned Saeed with a small package; stipulations stated the winner would become the #1 contender to the TNA Knockouts Title; the match replaced TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong vs. Christy Hemme due to injuries to both women; Kong appeared at the end of the match
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett in a No DQ match at 21:59 with a crucifix, as Jarrett laid on Angle for the cover after hitting him in the head with a steel chair; during the bout, Rhino was shown backstage throwing trash cans until he was stopped by officials; during the match, there were dueling chants for both men (TNA: Best of 2009)
TNA World Champion Sting pinned Rhino with the Scorpion Death Drop; Rhino came to the ring heavily bandaged after an assault on him earlier in the day by the Main Event Mafia
Mick Foley, AJ Styles, & Brother Devon defeated TNA Legends Champion Booker T, Scott Steiner, & Kip James (sub. for Kevin Nash, recovering from a staph infection) in a hardcore match when Foley pinned Steiner with a DDT onto a steel chair; at about the 10-minute mark, the referee counted both teams out as both teams fought outside the ring, prompting Jim Cornette to come out and order the match restarted; Booker T said that Cornette did not have the authority to restart matches, prompting Mick Foley to remind Booker that he did; Foley then restarted the match under hardcore rules and attacked Booker with the mic (Mick Foley: Hardcore Legend)

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 12, 2009
Xplosion – Eric Young defeated Chris Sabin
iMPACT – 1/15/09 – Opened with a recap of the Genesis results and a promo with the Main Event Mafia Kurt Angle called the Mafia a “great family,” and showed a video package of all the TNA wrestlers taken out by the group over the last two months He promised to take AJ Styles and Mick Foley out during the show, but was interrupted by the Latin American Xchange Hernandez cashed in his Feast or Fired briefcase for a TNA World Heavyweight Title match with Sting Other segments throughout the show saw MEM members attempt to talk Angle out of wrestling in the main event, until Jim Cornette revealed that doctors would not clear him to wrestle Scott Steiner was chosen to replace Angle, and Cornette informed the MEM that any interference would result in heavy fines Also featured two final skits on the saga of “Sarah Palin” and the Beautiful People, with “Cute Kip” James walking out on the situation and Roxxi and Taylor Wilde revealing that they’d hired the Palin impersonation to embarrass Angelina Love and Velvet Sky Sojourner Bolt was featured in a “Rough Cut” segment about growing up in a rough neighborhood and getting into wrestling, and a Brutus Magnus vignette was shown to hype his debut
Hernandez defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting by disqualification after Booker T and Kurt Angle interfered Hernandez had Sting set for the Border Toss, prompting Booker T to throw his shirt at Hernandez’s head to blind the challenger Referee Shane Sewell tried to help fight off the Main Event Mafia members, but was beat down Homicide then came to the ring to assist, but he too was beaten down AJ Styles then ran to the ring and was quadruple-teamed as well, until Brother Ray & Brother Devon came to the ring and cleaned house Ray Powerbombed Angle through a table, and Sting drug Angle out of the ring as Team 3D, LAX, and Styles celebrated Team 3D then cut a long promo about their history as the fans chanted “Welcome back,” and challenged Angle and Sting to singles matches at Against All Odds
ODB, Taylor Wilde, & Roxxi defeated Raisha Saeed, Sojourner Bolt, & Rhaka Khan by pinfall in a Street Fight when Roxxi hit Khan with the Voodoo Drop
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan by pinfall to earn a shot at the TNA Tag Team Champions at Against All Odds Lethal pinned Morgan after Abyss accidentally powerbombed him onto his partner, who was laying on the mat after tossing Creed with a Fallaway Slam After the match, Abyss and Morgan exchanged blows as security attempted to break them up
AJ Styles pinned Scott Steiner after hitting a Pele kick with Mick Foley acting as special enforcer After the referee was knocked out, Steiner hit Styles with a pipe and then put him in the Steiner Recliner Foley distracted the still-groggy referee as Petey Williams ran to the ring and hit Steiner with a missile dropkick, giving Styles a chance to hit the Pele for the win

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 13, 2009
Xplosion – Jay Lethal pinned Kip James (w/ Angelina Love & Velvet Sky)
iMPACT – 1/22/09 – featured a promo with Main Event Mafia members Kurt Angle, TNA World Champion Sting, and Scott Steiner promising to take over iMPACT next week Angle also responded to the match challenges made by Team 3D the week before, saying that he and Sting would only wrestle who they wanted and when they wanted Sting said that he could speak for himself, sarcastically referring to Angle as “Mr Godfather” Jim Cornette then came to the ring and made a Four-Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Title at Against All Odds between Sting, Kurt Angle, and Team 3D members Brother Ray and Brother Devon Team 3D was later interviewed “via satellite from Japan,” where they had just won the IWGP Tag Team Titles The satellite feed was abruptly lost after Mike Tenay asked Team 3D which of them would win the Four-Way match at the pay-per-view Also featured a “Rough Cut” segment on Sojourner Bolt
Alex Shelley defeated Chris Sabin, Sheik Abdul Bashir, and Sonjay Dutt (w/ So Cal Val) in a Fatal Four-Way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title Shelley pinned Dutt with a Magistral Cradle after Dutt was hit with Sabin’s Cradle Shock move After the match, Sharmell came to ringside and told referee Shane Sewell that Booker T wanted to speak with him in his locker room Booker then offered Sewell a job as the Main Event Mafia’s car washer if he would show favoritism in Booker’s tag team match later that night, causing Sewell to walk out with a disgusted look on his face
ODB defeated Sojournor Bolt by disqualification when TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong attacked her
TNA Legends Champion Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated Petey Williams & Eric Young in an elimination tag team match Booker T eliminated Young with the Axe Kick, giving he and Steiner several minutes to beat on Williams in a handicap match situation Booker eventually pinned Williams after two Axe Kicks, and after the match slapped referee Shane Sewell Sewell retaliated and attacked Booker, but Steiner joined the fray and the two beat Sewell down
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan in a non-title First Blood match after Morgan hit Abyss in the head with a folding chair After the match Morgan continued to attack the bloodied Abyss Following a commercial break, footage was shown of Abyss going crazy in the backstage area and attacking agents and cameramen
Kurt Angle defeated AJ Styles in a tables match at around the 11-minute mark with an Angle Slam through a table set up in the ring, moments after Styles missed a dive off the top and hit his face against the table; early in the match, there were dueling chants for both men; after the contest, Angle attacked Styles’ ankle, put his ankle in a steel chair and repeatedly stomped it, and then applied the ankle lock into the heel hook (TNA: Best of 2009)

TNA @ Dublin, Ireland – National Stadium – January 16, 2009 (2,000, sellout)
Featured a segment with Jeff Jarrett and Mick Foley hyping up the Irish fans
Alex Shelley defeated Doug Williams and Eric Young in a Triple Threat match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Angelina Love & Velvet Sky defeated ODB & Taylor Wilde by pinfall after Sky hit ODB with her finishing move
Samoa Joe defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan by pinfall in a Street Fight to earn a World Tag Team Title shot the next night Team 3D hit Abyss with the 3D for the win
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed; Midway through the match referee Earl Hebner lost his temper after being taunted by Storm and removed his referee shirt, tossing it to Creed Creed donned the referee’s stripes and signalled for the match to restart After hitting Storm with a hip toss, Hebner reclaimed his referee shirt and the match continued as normal
Kurt Angle defeated AJ Styles After the match Angle attempted to attack Styles, but was chased off by Mick Foley and Jeff Jarrett Foley then announced that Angle would face Jarrett the next night

TNA @ Dublin, Ireland – National Stadium – January 17, 2009 (2,000, sellout)
Eric Young defeated Doug Williams, Consequences Creed, and Sheik Abdul Bashir in a Fatl Four-Way match
ODB & Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
AJ Styles & Samoa Joe defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan Abyss and Morgan argued after the loss
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon; After the match Team 3D hit Storm with a 3D through the table and gave a piece of the table to a young boy
Jeff Jarrett pinned Kurt Angle after hitting him with a guitar After referee Earl Hebner was knocked out, special enforcer Mick Foley used the Mandible Claw on Angle to set up Jarrett’s guitar shot

TNA @ Manchester, England – Manchester Evening News Arena – January 20, 2009 (4,500)
Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal to retain the TNA X-Division Title
ODB & Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Brutus Magnus defeated Consequences Creed
Matt Morgan & Abyss defeated Eric Young & Doug Williams
Samoa Joe defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon
Jeff Jarrett & AJ Styles defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner

TNA @ Birmingham, England – National Indoor Arena – January 21, 2009 (4,000)
During intermission Mick Foley and Dixie Carter came to the ring and thanked the crowd for supporting TNA Foley announced that TNA was negotiating to hold a pay-per-view in England in 2009
Alex Shelley defeated Eric Young, Consequences Creed, and Jay Lethal in a Fatal Four Way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Frog Splash for the pinfall at around the 12-minute mark
Abyss pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after the Black Hole Slam
ODB & Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky by pinfall After the match Love announced that they would never appear in Birmingham again
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode in a non-title streetfight; The match was originally to be for the Titles, but Storm & Roode announced that they would not defend the belts two nights in a row Team 3D accepted the change, on the condidtion that the non-title match be under Street Fight rules They hit the 3D on Storm through a table for the victory After the match, Team 3D invited a young boy into the ring to get a piece of the broken table
Brutus Magnus pinned Mat Morgan with a roll up when Morgan was distracted by Abyss at ringside After the match, Morgan and Abyss exchanged shoves and argued
Samoa Joe defeated Doug Williams by submission with the Kokina Clutch at around the 12-minute mark The two shook hands after the match
Jeff Jarrett & AJ Styles defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner by pinfall after Styles hit Steiner with a Springboard 450 Splash as Jarrett and Angle fought outside the ring

TNA @ Glasgow, Scotland – Braehead Arena – January 22, 2009 (4,100)
At intermission, Jeremy Borash introduced Dixie Carter, who wore a Scottish soccer jersey She then brought out Mick Foley, who hyped up the crowd and talked about wrestlers of Scottish descent
Alex Shelley defeated Eric Young, Jay Lethal, and Consequences Creed in a 4-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title Shelley pinned Young after hitting a Celtic Cross
Abyss pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the Black Hole Slam
ODB & Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky by pinfall when ODB Powerslammed Love After the match, Sky said they would never wrestle in Glasgow again
Brutus Magnus pinned Matt Morgan with a roll-up when Morgan was distracted by Abyss
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode in a non-title streetfight after hitting the 3D through a table The match was originally a Title match, but Beer Money Inc announced that they would not defend the Titles since they’d done so the night before Team 3D said they would accept a non-title match if it were a Street Fight
Samoa Joe pinned Doug Williams after hitting the Muscle Buster
Jeff Jarrett & AJ Styles defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner by pinfall when Styles pinned Steiner after hitting the Pele kick After the match, Jarrett thanked the crowd for their support and promised to return soon

TNA @ London, England – Wembley Arena – January 24, 2009 (8,100)
All-time attendance record for a TNA event After intermission Mick Foley and Dixie Carter came to the ring to thank the record-setting crowd for supporting TNA Following the main event, all of the babyfaces came to the ring and said that TNA would return to England for a pay-per-view in 2009
Alex Shelley defeated Eric Young, Doug Williams, and Jay Lethal in a Fatal Four Way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting Young with the Sliced Bread for the pinfall
Scott Steiner defeated Consequences Creed by submission with the Steiner Recliner
ODB & Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky by pinfall after ODB powerslammed Love
Brutus Magnus pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir with a roll up Bashir originally won the match after Powerbombing Magnus and putting his feet on the ropes for leverage, but the match was restarted after the referee realized what happened
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode in a non-title streetfight after hitting Roode with the 3D through a table The match featured a variety of weapons and groin punches After the match Ray thanked the crowd for coming and started a long “T-N-A” chant before bringing a young boy into the ring and giving him a piece of the broken table
AJ Styles & Samoa Joe defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan after Styles hit Morgan with a 360 degree splash Samoa Joe hit Morgan with the Muscle Buster to set up Styles’ big top rope move After the match, Abyss and Morgan fought
Jeff Jarrett pinned Kurt Angle after hitting him with a guitar The referee was knocked out when Jarrett reversed an Ankle Lock and threw Angle across the ring, giving Scott Steiner a chance to come to the ring and try to hit Jarrett with a chair He missed, but Angle then hit Jarrett over the head with the chair and instructed Steiner to put the Steiner Recliner on Jarrett Mick Foley ran to the ring and put the Mandible Claw on Angle, giving Jarrett time to stir and hit the guitar shot

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Studios – January 26, 2009
iMPACT – 1/29/09 – Opened with Kevin Nash & Booker T chasing off Mike Tenay & Don West to take control of the broadcast table while Scott Steiner scared away ring announcer David Penzer Kurt Angle took over the Mick Foley/Jeff Jarrett office and directed the show over a headset as Jim Cornette looked on in disgust Sharmell then took over backstage interview duties and first met with ODB, who she called “Obnoxious Dumb Bimbo” ODB called herself “mean, drunk, and horny!” and talked trash about the Kongtourage Sharmell then told her that Taylor Wilde and Roxxi had been thrown out of the building earlier After ODB’s Handicap match Angle praised the bout as Cornette warned him that “hospital bills are going to build up tonight” Jeremy Borash asked Angle to stop before somebody got hurt, and Angle said the whole point was to hurt people Angle said he “evened it out” by putting TNA World Champion Sting in a Handicap match against Team 3D Borash said he heard that Foley was on his way with backup, but Angle laughed him off Sharmell then informed referees Andrew Thomas & Rudy Charles that Booker would face them in a Handicap match Thomas was scared and said he was only going through with it to feed his family, while Charles confidently talked about his amateur wrestling background “Are you high?” Thomas asked him After that match Sting asked Angle what he was doing and cautioned that he wanted “Sting friend” in the ring with him at Against All Odds, rather than “Sting foe” Sharmell then interviewed Matt Morgan, who pretended that he was going to have a hard time wrestling Petey Williams while he had an arm tied behind his back The show ended with a brief clip of Samoa Joe, who turned around to reveal a face covered in Samoan war paint “Main Event Mafia,” he said, “let me introduce you to the REAL Samoa Joe”
TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong, Rhaka Khan, Sojo Bolt, & Raisha Saeed defeated ODB in a Handicap match
Booker T defeated Andrew Thomas & Rudy Charles in a Handicap match During the match Booker harrassed referee Earl Hebner and Jeremy Borash was shown selling merchandise in the stands After the bout Booker was attacked by Shane Sewell, but Booker got the upper hand and hit the Axe Kick Scott Steiner joined Kevin Nash on commentary during the match
Matt Morgan pinned Petey Williams after hitting the Carbon Footprint in a match where Williams had one arm tied behind his back After the bout Morgan hit the Hellevator on Williams and Scott Steiner put him in the Steiner Recliner until Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, and Eric Young made the save Booker T hit the ring and helped Steiner & Morgan destroy the babyfaces
TNA World Champion Sting vs IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon in a Handicap match was a no contest when Scott Steiner & Kurt Angle interfered and the brawl was joined by Booker T, Mick Foley, Abyss, Homicide, and Hernandez Before the match Team 3D said they did not want to fight Sting and Steiner introduced Team 3D as “from Dunkin Donuts in the great state of obesity” After the Frontline chased off the Main Event Mafia, Foley took the mic and offered Hernandez a shot at Sting’s Title He also put Steiner in a match with Abyss where Abyss was allowed to use weapons while Steiner was not He then booked Angle in a Handicap match against LAX After a commercial break Jim Cornette told his crew to get back to work since the MEM had been thwarted
Abyss defeated Scott Steiner by DQ in a match where only Abyss was allowed to use weapons Steiner of course ignored the stipulation and hit Abyss with the ring bell, causing the DQ Steiner continued to attack Abyss until Suicide (now played by Christopher Daniels) zip-lined into the ring and made the save
Kurt Angle defeated Homicide & Hernandez in a Handicap match when he pinned Homicide after hitting the Angle Slam

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 27, 2009
Xplosion – TNA Tag Team Champion Robert Roode (w/ Jackie Moore) defeated Consequences Creed
iMPACT – 2/5/09 – Featured an opening promo with all members of the Main Event Mafia addressing their matches at Against All Odds, and a brief closing promo by Samoa Joe promising the return of “the real Samoa Joe” Also featured two “Rough Cut” segments on Kiyoshi and his training under Keiji Mutoh in Japan, and a backstage segment where Jim Cornette banned the Kongtourage from accompanying TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong to the ring at Against All Odds Mick Foley announced that Jeff Jarrett would return to iMPACT next week
Eric Young & Jay Lethal defeated TNA X-Division Champion Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin by pinfall when Young pinned Shelley after a double Death Valley Driver The match was originally to pit Lethal and Consequences Creed against Shelley & Sabin, but as they came to the ring Lethal and Creed were attacked by TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm and Robert Roode Creed’s arm was injured when Roode held it against a ring post as Storm hit it with a chair Lethal agreed to face Shelley and Sabin in a handicap match, but Young ran to the ring after three or four minutes and was allowed to be Lethal’s new partner After the match, Shelley challenged Young to a X-Division Title match at Against All Odds
Shane Sewell defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir by DQ After referee Slick Johnson was accidentally knocked out, TNA Legends Champion Booker T came to the ring in a referee shirt and took it upon himself to referee the remainder of the match When Sewell took the advantage on Bashir, Booker T attacked Sewell Legitimate referee Earl Hebner, who had come to ringside when Booker T appeared, called for the DQ After the match, Sewell fought Booker T off
Angelina Love & Velvet Sky defeated Taylor Wilde & Roxxi by pinfall, with Sky pinning Roxxi after a combination kick to the face/Russian legsweep After the match, they used the same double team move on Wilde, and with the assistance of “Cute Kip” James they placed brown paper bags over their opponents’ heads The Sarah Palin impersonator then ran to the ring, low-blowed Kip, and beat down both Love & Sky to clear the ring
Brutus Magnus pinned Shark Boy after hitting the Tormentum (spinning Samoan drop) This was Magnus’ TNA television debut After the match, Magnus issued an open challenge for Against All Odds
Matt Morgan vs Rhino was no contest when Morgan attempted to attack Rhino with a steel chair but was thwarted by Abyss After hitting Rhino with the “Carbon Footprint” kick, Morgan got a steel chair from ringside and signalled that he would hit Rhino with the Hellevator on the chair That prompted Abyss to run to the ring and attack Morgan, eventually hitting him with a Black Hole Slam Abyss then emptied a bag of thumbtacks in the ring and attempted to Chokeslam Morgan into them, but Morgan escaped the ring Abyss then cut a promo on how he would hurt Morgan at Against All Odds, and slammed his fists repeatedly into the thumbtacks
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Kurt Angle & TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting by DQ when Booker T interfered Angle repeatedly refused to tag his partner during the match, saying that he could handle Team 3D himself Scott Steiner attempted to interfere in the match earlier, but was sent to the locker room by the referee Steiner returned to the ring after the DQ, and joined Angle and Booker in beating Team 3D as Sting watched from ringside Team 3D eventually cleared the ring, and Angle and Sting argued at ringside as Steiner, Booker, and Kevin Nash tried to break up the shouting match

TNA @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – February 5, 2009 (2,000)
Homicide defeated Sonjay Dutt and Sheik Abdul Bashir in a Triple Threat match
Taylor Wilde & Roxxi defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Brutus Magnus defeated Eric Young
TNA Legends Champion Booker T defeated Shane Sewell
Hernandez defeated “Cute Kip” James
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA X-Division Champion Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner

TNA @ Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena – February 6, 2009 (1,500)
After the main event, Mick Foley invited most of the babyface wrestlers to the ringside area and asked fans to join them for pictures and autographs During intermission, Jeremy Borash revealed that there were television cameras in the building to film the crowd and the upcoming World Tag Team Title match
TNA X-Division Champion Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Sonjay Dutt by pinfall
Shane Sewell pinned Scott Steiner with a rollup, catching Steiner unaware as he posed for the fans from the middle rope After the match, Steiner beat Sewell down
Taylor Wilde & Roxxi defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky by pinfall after Wilde hit a Superkick Following the match, “Cute Kip” James got in Roxxi’s face and received a hard slap
Brutus Magnus pinned Eric Young after a low blow
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Homicide & Hernandez when Storm pinned Homicide after a Superkick for the win Early in the match, Beer Money tried to walk out on the match but were informed by referee Earl Hebner that they would forfeit the Titles if they did not return to the ring After Storm pushed Hebner repeatedly, he removed his referee’s shirt and threw it to Homicide, who put it on and acted as referee while Hebner put Storm in a headlock
Samoa Joe defeated TNA Legends Champion Booker T by submission with the Kokina Clutch in a non-title match After the referee went down, Booker attempted to attack Joe with a folding chair but was thwarted by Mick Foley Foley then gave Booker the Mandible Claw and tossed him right into Joe’s submission hold After the match, Foley challenged Booker to a fight, but Booker turned him down

Against All Odds 2009 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 8, 2009 (1,100, all freebies)
Pay-per-view bouts – featured multiple segments highlighting the divisions between Sting and Kurt Angle leading up to the main event Also featured Mick Foley on commentary during the main event
TNA X Division Champion Alex Shelley pinned Eric Young with a roll up at 13:03 (Fandimonium: Beer Money / Motor City Machine Guns)
Scott Steiner pinned Petey Williams after a Steiner Screwdriver suplex After the match, Steiner hit Williams with an Electric Chair from the second rope and then applied the Steiner Recliner Samoa Joe’s music hit, and he was shown on the video screen threatening Steiner for his role in injuring his arm
Brutus Magnus pinned Chris Sabin at 6:51 with Tormentum after crotching Sabin on the top rope; following his entrance, Magnus took the mic and said he heard someone had accepted his open challenge and called for them to come out, with Sabin appearing (Fandimonium: Beer Money / Motor City Machine Guns)
TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong pinned ODB with the Implant Buster The Kongtourage was banned from ringside for this match
TNA Legends Champion Booker T pinned Shane Sewell with the axe kick After Sewell hit a Bulldog Headlock, he was tripped by Booker’s wife Sharmell, giving the champion the chance to hit his finishing move Following the win, Booker taunted Sewell on the microphone until AJ Styles ran to the ring and chased Booker away
Abyss pinned Matt Morgan after twice hitting the Black Hole Slam While not officially a hardcore or no disqualification match, the combatants fought all over the building and used many weapons throughout the bout After the match Abyss attempted to slam Morgan into thousands of thumbtacks, but Morgan was able to escape the ring
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed when Roode pinned Lethal after Jacqueline threw a chain to Storm, who wrapped it around his fist and decked Lethal
TNA World Champion Sting defeated Kurt Angle, Brother Ray, and Brother Devon at 14:35 Sting pinned Ray after a Scorpion Death Drop shortly after the Team 3D members took out Angle with a Doomsday Device Following the match, Mick Foley presented Sting with his championship belt

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 9, 2009
Xplosion – Homicide pinned Brutus Magnus after hitting the Gringo Cutter
Xplosion – Eric Young pinned “Cute Kip” James (w/ Angelina Love & Velvet Sky) with a crucifix
iMPACT – 2/12/09 – Featured a concluding segment where Kurt Angle instructed TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting to lay down and allow Angle to pin him to win the Title Sting agreed to lay down after questioning Angle’s integrity and competitive spirit Angered, Angle told Sting to get off the mat and a brawl ensued The segment was hyped throughout the night during brief interview segments with the other Main Event Mafia members, who all agreed that Angle was the boss and Sting needed to do what he said After TNA Legends Champion Booker T’s interview, he was attacked in his dressing room by AJ Styles, who left Booker unconscious and declared, “I am legend” before again leaving with Booker’s TNA Legends Title belt Scott Steiner also talked about Samoa Joe threatening him at Against All Odds, and called Joe “a fat, out of shape wanna-be Samoan” and a “half-breed” Also featured the debut of Mick Foley’s Hardcore History 101 segment, where he told the story of his first barbed wire match; ODB’s Angle, where she interviewed Brutus Magnus; a TNA Rough Cut segment on the Ultimate X match; and a therapy session with Abyss and “Dr Stevie” where Abyss discussed his attraction to pain (Stevie Richards’ debut):
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Kurt Angle & TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting by pinfall with Devon rolled up Angle Angle & Sting argued throughout the contest, with Angle refusing to tag in and eventually getting in a shoving match with the champion outside the ring A second shoving match began in the ring after Sting finally forced Angle to tag in to the match, and Sting shoved Angle right into a waiting Devon for the pinfall After the match, the other Main Event Mafia members seperated Sting & Angle and Angle instructed Sting to meet him in the ring at the end of the night to surrender the TNA World Heavyweight Title to him Jeff Jarrett made his return to iMPACT, saying that as TNA’s founder he would not allow Sting to lay down for Angle Sting took the microphone and told Jarrett that he had things under control, and would see Angle in the ring later in the night
Scott Steiner defeated Petey Williams in a Headdress-on-a-Pole match Mike Tenay explained that Steiner wanted to reclaim his image from “Little Petey Pump”, hence putting the trademark chain mail headdress on the line Williams repeatedly tried to use the Canadian Destroyer to incapacitate Steiner, but the move was reversed each time Steiner eventually hit Williams with a Reverse Samoan Drop off the top rope, enabling him to climb the ropes and pull down the headdress After the match, Samoa Joe again appeared on the video screen and promised Steiner, “Joe’s gonna kill you”
Sojourner Bolt pinned Madison Rayne to win a Gauntlet match and become the #1 contender to the TNA Knockouts Title Other competitors in the gauntlet battle royal portion of the match, where a new woman entered the ring every 60 seconds, were Angelina Love, Taylor Wilde, Velvet Sky, Roxxi, Raisha Saeed, Rhaka Khan, and ODB “Cute Kip” James saved both Love and Sky from elimination, catching them before they could hit the floor, but was distracted when Wilde took Love over the top rope with a cross body block and Roxxi eliminated Sky Bolt pinned Rayne after hitting a Gory Bomb
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated TNA X-Division Champion Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin by pinfall after Lethal reversed Shelley’s Sliced Bread #2 attempt into a face plant After the match, Shelley laid his championship belt in the ring and he and Sabin extended their hands to the winners for a handshake After the show of respect, Shelley & Sabin turned around and kick both Lethal & Creed in the groin and gave them the double middle finger salute
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Abyss & Rhino by pinfall after Matt Morgan came to the ring and hit Abyss with a folding chair After the match, Storm & Roode kept Rhino from entering the ring as Morgan attacked Abyss with the chair again

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 10, 2009
Xplosion – Roxxi pinned Madison Rayne
Xplosion – ODB pinned Raisha Saeed
iMPACT – 2/19/09 – Opened with TNA management figures Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette, and Mick Foley debating whether or not to agree to Kurt Angle’s challenge for an empty arena fight with Sting Kurt Angel then came to the ring and re-issued the challenge to Sting, and called on Jarrett to give him what he wanted Jarrett eventually forced Cornette to announce that the empty arena fight would happen at the end of the show After Cornette’s announcement, Angle was shown in the Main Event Mafia locker room telling Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner, and Booker T, “It’s either me, or Sting” When Angle accused Sting of disrespecting every MEM member, Booker T spoke up and said that Sting had never disrespected him Angle challenged Booker to join Sting for the empty arena fight later in that night, and Nash asked Sharmell to escort Booker from the room As he spoke to Jeremy Borash in the hallway, Booker was attacked once again by AJ Styles, who again escaped with the TNA Legends Title Also featured a TNA Rough Cut segment on the Ultimate X match, an interview with Sojourner Bolt on her upcoming TNA Knockouts Title shot, another Abyss session with Dr Stevie, an open “Off the Wagon Challenge” from Beer Money Inc to put their TNA Tag Team Champions on the line against any wrestler who would put up their TNA career as collateral, and the second edition of Mick Foley’s Hardcore History 101, where he talked about bringing Abdullah the Butcher to WCW in a cardboard box for Sting In another backstage segment, Lauren interviewed Scott Steiner while he lifted weights until Samoa Joe appeared off camera and held the bar down on Steiner’s chest after Steiner referred to Joe as “a fat bastard” Also included an announcement of a “Win a Night With ODB” contest
TNA X Division Champion Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed by pinfall after Sabin hit Creed in the face with the X-Division Title belt, allowing Shelley to make the cover Before the match, Shelley & Sabin were attacked by their opponents while giving an interview in the backstage area
Shane Sewell, Homicide, & Hernandez defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir, Brutus Magnus, & Matt Morgan by pinfall at around the 4-minute mark After Hernandez hit Bashir with the Border Toss, Sewell hit a top-rope elbow drop on Bashir to score the pinfall
Taylor Wilde pinned Angelina Love with a rollup at the 4:15 mark The match included interference from “Cute Kip” James, Velvet Sky, Roxxi, and “the Governor”
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Eric Young & Petey Williams by pinfall to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions in an “Off the Wagon Challenge” match at the 10:30 mark Storm pinned Williams after hitting a Superkick as Williams prepared to hit the Canadian Destroyer on an interfering Jacqueline As a result of the loss, Williams was forced to leave TNA
TNA World Champion Sting fought Kurt Angle to a no contest in a non-title empty arena match at the 5-minute mark when Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner came out and broke up the fight, with Nash yelling at Angle to “Make this right” and told Angle to shake Sting’s hand; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two and that of the Main Event Mafia; moments later, Jeremy Borash was shown with fans outside the venue, then polling fans as to who they thought would win and all the fans saying Sting; only Mike Tenay, Don West, Sting, Angle, and the camera crew were allowed in the arena for the bout; during Sting’s entrance, Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner, and MEF security were shown watching on backstage; fans were often shown watching the match from outside the arena; after the match, Angle shook Sting’s hand but then spat in his face, with the two continuing to fight as the show ended (TNA: Best of 2009)

TNA @ Macon, GA – Macon Centreplex Coliseum – February 20, 2009 (2,500)
Consequences Creed defeated Jimmy Rave
Eric Young defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Awesome Kong defeated Taylor Wilde to retain the TNA Knockout Title
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Homicide & Hernandez to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions
AJ Styles defeated Scott Steiner
Jeff Jarrett defeated Kurt Angle

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 23, 2009
iMPACT – 2/26/09 – Featured multiple segments with the Main Event Mafia and whether or not Sting would defend the TNA World Heavyweight Title against Kurt Angle at Destination X The MEM was shown arriving at the arena in a stretch limousine earlier in the evening, with Sting coming on his own later in the show Jeff Jarrett promised to break up the MEM that night so that iMPACT could get back to normal During an in-ring MEM interview with Mike Tenay, Kevin Nash declared himself group spokesman and said that Sting and Angle would not fight each other Jarrett came to the ring and riled up Sting and Angle, telling them to return to the ring later to sign the contract To close the show, Jarrett goaded Angle into signing the contract with the MEM members at his side Angle then attacked Jarrett, prompting Mick Foley to come try to make the save When he was attacked by the MEM and put in the Ankle Lock, Sting came to the ring and laid out Angle with a baseball bat as the other MEM members watched from ringside Sting then helped Jarrett and Foley to their feet and signed the contract, making the Desination X main event official Also featured segments where Booker T told the police that his locker room had been broken into and his valuable had been stolen AJ Styles later appeared and beat Booker T down yet again Scott Steiner was later asked about the incident in the locker room and was again attacked by Samoa Joe, who held a machete to Steiner’s throat Other segments included another “Dr Stevie” session with Abyss, another TNA Rough Cut segment on the Ultimate X match, another round of entires for the “One Night With ODB” contest, the third edition of Mick Foley’s Hardcore History 101 where he discussed his Hardcore match with Randy Orton in 2004, and a segment where Don West took the house mic and accused Mike Tenay of stabbing him in the back during a TNA management meeting about West’s future as the TNA color commentator
Angelina Love & Velvet Sky (w/ “Cute Kip” James) defeated Taylor Wilde & Madison Rayne when Sky pinned Wilde after hitting the Beauty Mark Wilde was distracted when Rayne, her partner, abruptly slapped her and walked back to the locker room
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Lance Rock & Jimmy Rave by pinfall to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions in an “Off the Wagon Challenge” Roode pinned Rock after he was hit with a championship belt by Storm as Jacqueline distracted the referee Because he took the fall, Lance Rock (Hoyt) was forced to leave TNA
Sojourner Bolt & Rhaka Khan defeated Raisha Saeed & TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong by pinfall when Bolt pinned Saeed After the match, Awesome Kong attacked the rebellious Kongtourage members and laid them out with Awesome Bombs
Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, and Chris Sabin in a 4-way Ladder match to retain the TNA X-Division Title Shelley was able to pull down the championship belt after using the ladder to hit Sliced Bread #2 on Lethal After the match, Suicide zipped down from the rafters and knocked Shelley off the ladder He then took out all four combatants and posed with the X-Division Title before disappearing from the arena
iMPACT – 3/5/09 – Included LAX accepting the “Off the Wagon Challenge” from Beer Money Inc, and a segment where Mick Foley thanked Sting for saving he and Jeff Jarrett last week and asked him to leave the Main Event Mafia Sting said that he only had a problem with Kurt Angle, not the rest of the MEM, prompting the group to come to the ring and confront Sting Kevin Nash told him not to listen to Foley, and said that he hoped Sting would make the right decision Almost immediately afterward, Kurt Angle attacked Jay Lethal and beat him from the backstage area to the ring Later in the taping, Angle returned to the ring and called out Jarrett for a fight He called Jarrett “an appetizer” and Sting “the main course” Jarrett came to the ring in street clothes and two battled all over the Impact Zone until Jarrett threw Angle out the arena door and locked it behind him He was then congratulated by Foley and Team 3D, and the foursome celebrated all the way back to the ring
Alex Shelley (w/ Chris Sabin) pinned Kiyoshi to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting a Frog Splash After the match, Suicide came to the ring and chased off Shelley & Sabin before posing with the X-Division Title belt
Homicide & Hernandez defeated TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode by DQ in an “Off the Wagon Challenge match after Roode hit Hernandez with a folding chair After the match, the champions continued to attack the challengers with chairs until Team 3D hit the ring to make the save Brother Ray then accepted the “Off the Wagon Challenge” for Destination X

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 24, 2009
Xplosion – Kiyoshi defeated Shark Boy
iMPACT – 3/5/09 – Included a segment where Booker T, accompanied by Sharmell and Scott Steiner, came to the ring and asked AJ Styles to return his TNA Legends Title belt if Booker promised to forgive and forget all of Styles’ attacks on him in recent weeks Styles then came through the crowd and attacked Steiner with the belt, then escaped before the Main Event Mafia members could double-team him Three police officers then took the belt from Styles, and Steiner verbally assaulted them One of the officers took off his helmet to reveal himself as Samoa Joe Joe then attacked Steiner and held a machete to his neck until real security came out and pulled him away
Angelina Love & Velvet Sky defeated Taylor Wilde & Roxxi, Sojourner Bolt & Rhaka Khan, and TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed in a 4-way match when Love pinned Roxxi after Madison Rayne interfered
Matt Morgan pinned Shane Sewell After the match, Morgan challenged Abyss to a “Match of 10,000 Tacks” at Destination X
iMPACT – 3/12/09 – Opened with Kurt Angle challenging Jeff Jarrett to another fight Jarrett was held back by BG James and Mick Foley, who told Angle that if he were to fight anybody, it should be him Angle backed down and left the ring Later in the show Foley was confronted at the announcers’ table by Booker T and attacked with a pipe by Scott Steiner
Matt Morgan & TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Abyss, Brother Ray, & Brother Devon in a 6-man elimination tag team match after Morgan pinned Abyss Storm pinned Devon and then was disqualified, Ray pinned Roode, and Morgan pinned Ray After the match, Morgan emptied a bag of thumbtacks in the ring and went to slam Abyss into them until Lauren came to the ring to protect Abyss
Taylor Wilde (w/ Roxxi & “the Governor”) pinned Madison Rayne (w/ Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & “Cute Kip” James) Traci Brooks acted as the special referee After the match Rayne, Love, Sky, & James attacked Wilde, Roxxi, & “the Governor”
Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Homicide, & Hernandez defeated Booker T, Scott Steiner, TNA X-Division Champion Alex Shelley, & Chris Sabin when Hernandez pinned Sabin after hitting the Border Toss
Eric Young (w/ Sting) pinned Rocco (w/ Kurt Angle) Rocco was chosen to represent Kurt Angle, while Young was chosen to represent TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting After the match, Angle, Rocco, and Big Sally attacked Sting until Mick Foley came out to make the save Scott Steiner and Kevin Nash then came to the ring to attack Foley, and Jeff Jarrett then came to the ring with a folding chair and took out the bodyguards Jarrett went to hit Nash with the chair, but Sting took the hit himself and gave the MEM a chance to escape Jarrett then took the microphone and announced that Sting vs Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Title at Destination X would include Jarrett as guest referee and Foley as special enforcer

TNA @ Sherpherdsville, KY – Paroquet Springs Conference Center – March 13, 2009 (750)
Jeremy Borash opened the show by introducing “home town boy” Jim Cornette, who introduced the state wrestling and boxing commissioner After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Kurt Angle in the ring for $20
Eric Young & Shark Boy defeated Yujira & Tetsuya Naito
Brutus Magnus defeated Shane Sewell
Taylor Wilde & Roxxi defeated Jacqueline & Sojourner Bolt
Booker T defeated Rhino to retain the TNA Legends Title Before the match, Booker T insulted the ringside fans and called Kentuckians “a bunch of fatasses”
Jay Lethal defeated Robert Roode by DQ in a match where the TNA Tag Team Champions were on the line The match was scheduled to be a normal tag team encounter, but James Storm announced before the bout that he was injured and unable to wrestle At the end of the match, Roode pinned Lethal after hitting him with a metal chain wrapped around his fist The Kentucky wrestling and boxing commissioner then got into the ring and told the referee to reverse the decision into a DQ
Abyss pinned Matt Morgan after a Black Hole Slam
Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle After the match, Angle took the microphone and thanked the fans for coming to the show and said that coming to TNA was the best decision he’d ever made

– 3/14/09: Andrew Martin died at the age of 33. The cause of death was ruled as accidental due to intoxication by Oxycodone.

TNA @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens Arena – March 14, 2009 (2,500)
Before his match, Booker T announced to the crowd that Andrew Martin” was found dead in his apartment the night before “This business has taken many friends from me,” Booker said, “and many good guys Test was one of the best” He concluded by holding his microphone toward the sky and saying, “This ass-kicking is for you, Test” Former TNA star Chris Harris was in attendance watching the show
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated Yujira & Tetsuya Naito by pinfall
Shark Boy pinned Brutus Magnus after a Shark Boy Stunner Magnus was accompanied to the ring by local radio personality Meat
Taylor Wilde & Roxxi defeated Jacqueline & Madison Rayne
Booker T pinned Shane Sewell to retain the TNA Legends Title
Abyss pinned Matt Morgan after a Black Hole Slam
Robert Roode pinned Eric Young with the Payoff to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions for himself and James Storm The match was scheduled to be a normal tag team contest pitting Roode & Storm against Young & Rhino, but Storm announced before the match that he was not medically cleared to wrestle Jeremy Borash then told Beer Money Inc that Roode would face either Young or Rhino in a singles match with the titles on the line Jacqueline distracted Young at the end of the match, enabling Roode to score the pinfall After the match, Roode, Storm, and Jacqueline posted for the crowd before Rhino gored Roode
Samoa Joe pinned Kurt Angle after hitting the Muscle Buster After the match, Angle told the fans how much he loves TNA and hyped up the recent record ratings for iMPACT He then thanked those in attendance for coming out and took pictures with fans in the ring

Destination X 2009 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 15, 2009 (1,100; freebies)
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Jeff Jarrett and Mick Foley regarding their involvement in the TNA World Title match later in the show and how the outcome would affect the Main Event Mafia; included an in-ring promo by Sheik Abdul Bashir in which he complained about being left off another pay-per-view and said when people like him are done wrong, they take it out on the innocent; Bashir then discussed the plans of President Barack Obama, then saying he himself has no hope or freedom and he was a victim of prejudice; moments later, Jim Cornette interrupted and said Bashir was a great wrestler and said he was left off the pay-per-view simply because he didn’t like him; Cornette then said the wrestlers in the back didn’t like him nor the fans because of his mouth, not his race or creed; Cornette then told Bashir to “Get the hell out of my building” and asked Petty Officer Jesse Neal, introduced earlier in the show, to help Bashir leave the arena; Cornette then had Neal sing “God Bless America” as Bashir left the ring and went backstage; featured a backstage segment in which Jeremy Borash spoke with Kurt Angle, who spoke to TNA Legends Champion Booker T, Kevin Nash, and Scott Steiner; Angle tried to explain to his teammates that Jarrett and Foley were out to get him, with everyone telling Angle to take care of TNA World Champion Sting by himself; Nash eventually said everything was Angle’s fault and he needed to take care of it himself; included a backstage segment with Cornette speaking with Booker & Sharmell in which Booker & Sharmell argued he shouldn’t have to defend his title later in the show against AJ Styles, with Cornette providing the contract that Booker signed agreeing to the title match; featured a video package recapping ODB’s search for the right man to spend the night with her; included an in-ring segment hosted by Borash in which he introduced ODB, wearing a dress; Borash then brought out Cody Deaner, Shark Boy, and Bernie Weber as the three finalists, who explained why they deserved a night with ODB and then competed in a dance contest; moments later, ODB picked Deaner as the winner, with Borash saying TNA cameras would follow them on their date; included Lauren conducting a backstage interview with TNA Tag Team Champions Robert Roode & James Storm regarding their upcoming title defense against Team 3D, during which Roode called Lauren a bitch and that it didn’t matter how many times Team 3D had held title belts in the past; featured a video package hyping the upcoming TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong vs Sojournor Bolt match; included a video package hyping the upcoming Samoa Joe vs Steiner match; featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Styles regarding his upcoming match against Booker; included a video package recapping the feud between Booker and Styles; featured Lauren conducting an interview with Joe outside the arena as to what happened to Steiner, during which Joe was covered in dirt and his knife had a spattering of blood on it; Joe then told her to ask Scott what happened, then saying he was going after the Main Event Mafia one by one; included a video package hyping the Team 3D vs Roode & Storm match; featured a video package on the upcoming Ultimate X match, with pretaped comments from Chris Sabin, TNA X Division Champion Alex Shelley, Consequences Creed, and Jay Lethal; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with TNA World Champion Sting regarding his upcoming title defense against Angle; featured a video package hyping the Sting vs Angle match:
Taylor Wilde, Roxxi, & the Governor defeated Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & Madison Rayne at 5:03 when Wilde pinned Sky with a waistlock suplex into a bridge
Brutus Magnus pinned Eric Young (mystery opponent) at 4:44 with the Tormentum; following his entrance, Magnus took the mic and said his open challenge would continue; moments later, Dave Penzer introduced Jesse Neal as the ring announcer for the opponent, with Neal bringing out Young
Matt Morgan defeated Abyss in a 10,000 Tacks match at 8:50 after hitting the Carbon Footprint from the entrance stage, knocking Abyss off the ramp and through a table on the floor which had the tacks laid across it; early in the bout, there were chants of “Morgan;” stipulations stated the winner would be the one to put their opponent through the bed of tacks
TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha Saeed) pinned Sojournor Bolt with a reversal into the Awesome Bomb at 4:19
Scott Steiner defeated Samoa Joe via disqualification at 1:30 when Joe assaulted two referees; early in the match, there were chants of “Fuck him up, Joe, fuck him up;” the crowd chanted “Bullshit” upon the finish, with Joe then diving onto Steiner from the ring to the floor, then assaulted Steiner into the crowd; Joe eventually bit Steiner’s busted head, with Steiner’s blood covering Joe’s mouth; Joe eventually dragged Steiner out of the arena
AJ Styles pinned TNA Legends Champion Booker T (w/ Sharmell) to win the title with the Styles Clash at 9:15; early in the match, there were dueling chants for both men; after the contest, Styles celebrated in the crowd
IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode via count-out in a No DQ match at 12:03 when Roode carried Storm from the ring and took him backstage, moments after Storm sustained the 3D; only the TNA titles were at stake in the match; stipulations stated that if the champions won via pinfall or submission, the loser of the fall would have to leave TNA; the challengers initially won the match via DQ at 9:56 when Storm used a steel chair as a weapon as Ray & Devon attempted the 3D on Roode; moments later, Jim Cornette came out and said the fans came to see a winner and a loser, then had the match continue, adding the No DQ stipulation; after the contest, Ray & Devon confronted Don West at the commentary table for giving the champions the title belts, allowing them to escape the match
Suicide (Christopher Daniels, sub for Frankie Kazarian) defeated TNA X Division Champion Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, and Jay Lethal in an Ultimate X match to win the title at 14:10 after leaping off the top of the scaffold into the middle of the x, knocking off Sabin, Lethal, and Creed who were all vying for the title belt; prior to the bout, Suicide came to the ring via a zipline into the ring (Suicide’s in-ring debut)
TNA World Champion Sting pinned Kurt Angle at 13:50 with the Scorpion Death Drop, moments after Angle traded punches with guest referee Jeff Jarrett; prior to their entrances, vignettes aired focusing on Sting and Angle’s accomplishments; Jeremy Borash was the ring announcer for the bout; Mick Foley was the guest ringside enforcer for the match; late in the contest, Angle laid out Foley with a low blow; moments later, Foley accidentally hit Sting with a chair when Angle moved out of the way, with Angle then dropping Foley with the Angle Slam; after the contest, Angle yelled at Jarrett outside the ring as the show ended

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 16, 2009
iMPACT – 3/19/09 – Opened with the Main Event Mafia coming to the ring, and Kurt Angle and Sting arguing about loyalty Angle challenged Sting to be his tag team partner later in the night against Jeff Jarrett & Mick Foley, which prompted Jarrett to come to the ring and remind Angle that he is not an active wrestler Sting then added that Foley was retired, which brought Foley to the ring as well Foley chastised Sting for trying to speak for him, and said that he accepted Angle’s challenge Jarrett tried to talk Foley out of it, but Angle eventually goaded him into accepting the challenge as well Later on backstage, Jarrett scolded Foley for accepting the match and said “This is not why I brought you to TNA” Foley explained that he missed being in the ring and needed “just a little taste” Included a backstage segment with the Beautiful People where Velvet Sky explained that “Cute Kip” James was put on “double secret probation” and was never to be mentioned again Sky and Angelina Love then told Madison Rayne to “leave the mark of the Beautiful People” on the Governor In the next segment Jim Cornette brought AJ Styles to the ring and congratulated him on winning the TNA Legends Title at Destination X Styles promised to take a “vanity title” and defend it against deserving challengers like a real championship Booker and Sharmell then came out to accuse Styles of stealing the belt and warn him that they would get it back Also included a Rough Cut segment on Brother Devon and how he got into wrestling and met Brother Ray
Yujira & Tetsuya Naito (Team No Limit) defeated Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin by pinfall in 4:50 when Naitao rolled through a Sabin top rope Hurricurana attempt to score the pin Mike Tenay noted that Shelley & Sabin won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles from Yujira & Naitao in Japan earlier this year After the match TNA Tag Team Champions Robert Roode & James Storm ran to the ring and took out both tag teams They then called out Brother Ray & Brother Devon, who they called “the best tag team there’s ever been,” and challenged Team 3D to a match at Lockdown in their “backyard,” Philadelphia Ray thanked them for the kudos and raised the stakes, offering to put Team 3D’s IWGP Tag Team Titles on the line as well in a Title vs Title match
Taylor Wilde & ODB defeated TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed by pinfall in 3:45 when Wilde rolled up Kong The announcers repeatedly pointed out that “One Night With ODB” winner Cody Deaner was in the crowd to cheer on ODB After the match, Kong attacked Wilde & ODB until Deaner came to the ring and confronted Kong, who then left for the backstage area
Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated Samoa Joe by DQ in around 0:20 after Joe brutally attacked Bashir and the referee Joe then drug Bashir backstage, and later in the show we found out that Joe hung Bashir from the ceiling by his feet and was terrorizing him with his machete Joe warned him, “Nobody wants you here, Bashir,” before beating him repeatedly with a kendo stick
The Governor pinned Madison Rayne at the 2:40 mark with a rollup After the match, Velvet Sky & Angelina Love attacked the Governor and held her arms as Rayne cut off some of her hair
Jeff Jarrett & Mick Foley defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting & Kurt Angle in 10:25 when Foley pinned Sting after hitting him with a metal folding chair Early in the match, Main Event Mafia Security attacked Foley on the floor until Team 3D came out to fight them off, which distracted Foley long enough for Angle to hit him with an Olympic Slam on the concrete floor Angle toyed with a semi-conscious Foley in the ring as Sting repeatedly told his partner to pin the fallen Foley and get it over with Angle eventually shoved Sting off the ring apron, prompting Jarrett to enter the ring and attack Angle When the referee was knocked down, Angle grabbed the chair and tried to use it on Jarrett, who grabbed his guitar and tried to use it on Angle Sting took the guitar from Jarrett, but was then blasted with the chair by Foley as a stunned Jarrett looked on After the match, an angry Sting challenged Foley to a match at Lockdown “I don’t know what inspired you Mick,” he said, “but now I’m inspired” Foley accepted the challenge backstage, and said that he attacked Sting with the chair because he heard Sting telling Angle he’d had enough “Who the hell are you to say when I’ve had enough?” He promised to tear Sting apart at Lockdown as the show ended (Mick Foley: Hardcore Legend)

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 17, 2009
Xplosion – ODB pinned Sojourner Bolt with a Thesz Press from the second rope
iMPACT – 3/26/09 – Opened with Jim Cornette explaining the rules of the 20-man Steel Cage Gauntlet main event to the assembled TNA roster He was interrupted by the Main Event Mafia, with Kurt Angle saying that nobody else stood a chance of winning the match with the MEM working as a united front He called the TNA wrestlers “a bunch of jabronis” and vowed to dominate them throughout 2009 and 2010 Jeff Jarrett then came to the ring and put himself in the Gauntlet match with the sole purpose of keeping Angle from becoming a team captain at Lockdown In a backstage segment soon after, Angle promised to take Scott Steiner’s pipe and take Jarrett out with it When Angle went to Jarrett’s office, he was fended off by TNA security and a group of wrestlers Also included a Rough Cut segment on Brother Ray and the Team 3D Wrestling Academy, followed by a sit-down debate between Team 3D and Beer Money Inc moderated by Mike Tenay “Beat us if you can,” said Brother Ray, “survive if the fans in Philly let you” Featured an in-ring confrontation between TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting and Mick Foley, where Foley jokingly explained that hitting Sting with a chair on last week’s iMPACT was a mistake because he thought Sting was going to hit Jarrett with a guitar Sting said that he was trying to protect Foley from Kurt Angle because he respected Foley, but that respect was starting to be replaced by anger Foley got angry as well, and told Sting that they would make history at Lockdown, icon vs legend Foley added, “And as far as those big dives off the cage I still have a couple left! Bang bang!”
Suicide pinned Kiyoshi in 3:58 to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Suicide Solution Kiyoshi was accompanied by Team No Limit
Angelina Love & Velvet Sky defeated TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed by pinfall in 3:41 after Love hit the Lights Out on Saeed After the match, Love & Sky held Kong down as Madison Rayne attempted to cut her hair, but Kong fought off the Beautiful People and cleared the ring
Samoa Joe pinned Kurt Angle to win a 20-man Gauntlet Steel Cage match at the 43:38 mark after hitting a Muscle Buster Order of entry: AJ Styles, Abyss, Alex Shelley, Jay Lethal, Chris Sabin, Matt Morgan, Homicide, Scott Steiner, Rhino, Jeff Jarrett*, Consequences Creed, Kurt Angle, Shane Sewell, Sheik Abdul Bashir, Booker T, Eric Young, Hernandez, Jeff Jarrett*, and Samoa Joe Order of elimination: Matt Morgan (by Abyss,) Homicide (by Chris Sabin,) Alex Shelley (by Jay Lethal,) Consequences Creed (by Kurt Angle,) Chris Sabin (by Angle,) Jay Lethal (by Angle,) Shane Sewell (by Angle,) AJ Styles (by Booker T,) Booker T (by Rhino,) Sheik Abdul Bashir (by Angle,) Abyss (by Angle & Scott Steiner,) Eric Young (by Angle,) Rhino (by Angle,) Hernandez (by Angle,) Scott Steiner (by Jeff Jarrett,) Jeff Jarrett (by Angle,) Kurt Angle (by Samoa Joe) Jarrett originally came to the ring as competitor number 10, but was attacked by Angle on his way to the ring Angle smashed Jarrett’s arm between a ringside barricade and a metal folding chair, apparently taking Jarrett out of the match When the time expired for competitor number 20 to enter the match, Jarrett was allowed to re-enter the match by TNA Management’s Jim Cornette since he’d never officially entered the match earlier After Jarrett was pinned by Angle, Samoa Joe’s music hit and he entered the steel cage as the true 20th entrant Backstage after the match, Joe told Lauren that he had no interest in being a captain, because his only concern was taking out every member of the Main Event Mafia

TNA @ Brookings, SD – Swiftel Center – March 26, 2009 (1,500)
Suicide pinned Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title at the 7:52 mark after hitting the Suicide Solution
ODB pinned Sojourner Bolt with a Thesz Press from the second turnbuckle in 6:59
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro by pinfall to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles at the 12:03 mark after hitting the 3D
AJ Styles pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir with the Styles Clash to retain the TNA Legends Title at the 10:04 mark
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Homicide & Hernandez by pinfall to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions in 15:53 when Roode pinned Homicide after hitting the DWI
Jeff Jarrett pinned Kurt Angle at the 11:10 mark after smashing a guitar over his head

TNA @ Rochester, MN – Mayo Civic Center – March 27, 2009
After the show, Team 3D took pictures with fans in the ring while other wrestlers signed autographs at ringside
Suicide pinned Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title
ODB pinned Sojo Bolt
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro by pinfall
AJ Styles pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir to retain the TNA Legends Title
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Homicide & Hernandez by pinfall to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions
Jeff Jarrett pinned Kurt Angle after smashing a guitar over his head Sheik Abdul Bashir interfered during the match

TNA @ Spencer, IA – Clay County Regional Events Center – March 28, 2009 (829)
Suicide defeated Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title
ODB defeated Sojourner Bolt
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro
AJ Styles defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir to retain the TNA Legends Title
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Homicide & Hernandez to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions
Jeff Jarrett defeated Kurt Angle

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 30, 2009
iMPACT – 4/2/09 – Opened with Jeff Jarrett in the ring explaining that while he won the right to be a team captain in Lethal Lockdown, Samoa Joe only wanted to be a team member Therefore, Jarrett chose to give the captain’s spot to TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles Styles then came to the ring and thanked Jarrett for the honor, but said that it should be Jarrett himself who captained the team Scott Steiner interrupted, reminding Jarrett of their 20-year friendship and how much he loved Jarrett’s daughters and his late wife Steiner told Jarrett that he should join the Main Event Mafia, which understands the concept of family Later in the show, the MEM went to the ring and Kurt Angle called out TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting Angle apologized to Sting for “being an ass” over the past two months, but Sting was hesitant to trust Angle and accept his apology Kevin Nash took the microphone and talked to Sting about their years together in the business, and warned him about Mick Foley’s state of mind going into Lethal Lockdown Foley appeared in the rafters above the ring holding his trademark barbed-wire-covered baseball bat, and said that as Executive Shareholder he was putting Sting in the ring with Samoa Joe later in the show
Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kiyoshi, Tetsuya Naito, & Yujiro defeated Homicide, Hernandez, Jay Lethal, & Consequences Creed in an 8-man tag team match
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Rocco & Big Sally by pinfall After the match the MEM Security team attacked Team 3D with metal folding chairs until they were chased off by TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode Beer Money Inc then handed Team 3D their IWGP belts in a show of respect
Taylor Wilde pinned Madison Rayne with a rollup After the match, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky attacked Wilde and held her down for Rayne to cut her hair Wilde got away, but later in the show was attacked in the shower by the Beautiful People, who cut off some of her hair
Scott Steiner pinned TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles in a non-title match after hitting him with a STO Steiner brought a metal folding chair into the ring after the referee was accidentally knocked unconscious, but Styles was able to take it from him When Styles tried to hit Steiner with the chair, he was stopped by Jeff Jarrett Styles and Jarrett then argued, giving Steiner time to get to his feet and hit the move for the win, giving Team Angle a 1-0 lead in the series to determine which team would have the man advantage at Lethal Lockdown
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting defeated Samoa Joe by DQ in a non-title match after Joe attacked the referee Joe then hit Sting with the Muscle Buster anyway, and locked him in the Koji Clutch When Booker T came out to save Sting, Joe attacked him as well Sharmell ran to her husband’s side and shielded him from Joe, who threw her over his shoulder and carried her out of the Impact Zone When Booker finally regained consciousness, he chased after them
Xplosion – TNA Tag Team Champion Robert Roode defeated Eric Young
iMPACT – 4/9/09 – Opened with the Main Event Mafia coming to the ring, and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting asking Jeff Jarrett why Mick Foley was allowed to put him in a match with Samoa Joe on last week’s iMPACT “If Foley has all the power now, just come out and tell us” After Jarrett asserted his control of the program, Sting suggested that as the World Champion he should have some pull as well He asked Jarrett to put Foley in a match that night The Motor City Machine Guns then came to the ring, and Alex Shelley offered himself and Chris Sabin as opponents for Foley in a Handicap match Jarrett accepted their offer Later in the show, Foley said that he wanted to “tweek” the match and make it a First Blood contest after complaining about his kids getting their hair cut like Shelley’s and wanting to be like the Guns
Sheik Abdul Bashir (w/ Kiyoshi, Tetsuya Naito, & Yujiro) pinned TNA X-Division Champion Suicide in a non-title match after hitting the WMDDT Kiyoshi & No Limit interfered during the match
Awesome Kong defeated Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne in a Handicap match by pinning Sky After the match the Beautiful People attempted to cut off some of Kong’s hair until they were chased off by Taylor Wilde, who then had a staredown with Kong
Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin defeated Mick Foley in a Handicap First Blood match to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles Referee Andrew Thomas tried to end the match after Foley made Shelley bleed with the Mandible Claw, but Foley stopped him and said that he wanted to bust Shelley wide open He then attacked Shelley with his barbed-wire-covered baseball bat until Sting hit him with a metal folding chair, splitting Foley open and giving the Motor City Machine Guns the victory Sting and Foley then brawled and were seperated by security to end the show

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 31, 2009
iMPACT – 4/9/09
Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro (w/ Kiyoshi & Sheik Abdul Bashir) defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin by pinfall in a non-title match
Samoa Joe pinned Booker T (w/ Kurt Angle) after hitting a Snap Powerslam to give Team Jarrett a victory in the series to determine which team would have a man advantage in the Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown Kurt Angle interfered when Joe attempted to use a metal folding chair on Booker, but Angle was attacked by AJ Styles After the match Joe went after Booker and Angle with a kendo stick but they ran back to their locker room
James Storm defeated Scott Steiner by DQ after Steiner hit Storm with a lead pipe Steiner also attacked Robert Roode after the bout until IWGP World Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon chased Steiner and Kevin Nash away Team 3D then handed the TNA Tag Team Champions to Storm & Roode in a show of respect
Xplosion – Hernandez (w/ Homicide) pinned Kiyoshi (Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro)
iMPACT – 4/16/09 – Opened with AJ Styles in the ring asking Jeff Jarrett where his loyalties would lie at Lockdown Jarrett came to the ring, visibly agitated by Styles’ accusations, and said he did not appreciate having his integrity questioned He promised to reveal the fourth member of Team Jarrett later that night, and reiterated that it would be “a former TNA champion” The Main Event Mafia then came to the ring, and Kurt Angle “respectfully” informed Jarrett that Kevin Nash would be unable to wrestle that night as doctors had not cleared him yet Angle asked if he could take Nash’s place in the match to determine which team would have a man advantage at Lethal Lockdown, while Styles asserted that Nash would have to forfeit the match Jarrett decided to allow Angle’s request, much to Styles’ dismay Featured a segment where Mick Foley interviewed his Cactus Jack persona, alternating back and forth between the two distinct characters Cactus called Foley weak and pathetic, and said that he would not allow Foley to continue to coast on the reputation that he (Cactus) built with his blood, sweat, and tears TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting interrupted the segment and asked Foley if he’d lost his mind, prompting Cactus Jack to attack him Cactus eventually got his barbed-wire-covered-baseball bat from under the ring and explained to Sting, “I run this place, and I can do whatever the hell I want” On his orders the production truck loaded up entrance music and videos for Curry Man, Shark Boy, and then Sting “At Lockdown,” Foley concluded, “I want to tear you apart” Also further built up the Team 3D/Beer Money Inc feud going into Lockdown, with another “Rough Cut” segment where Team 3D continued to hype the violent fans in Philadelphia After the “Rough Cut” aired Team 3D were interviewed in the locker room by Lauren, when Brother Runt (Spike Dudley) and Balls Mahoney stopped in to say hello and wish them luck Later in the show, Runt & Mahoney were attacked and bloodied by James Storm & Robert Roode, first backstage and then in the ring After Team 3D cleared the ring and Brother Ray asked the TNA Tag Team Champions why they’d attack his friends, Roode replied, “Because we hate them, just like we hate you” Ray changed their Lockdown match to a Philadelphia Street Fight, and Mike Tenay explained that the cage door would be left open Also featured a segment where ODB complained to Jim Cornette backstage about being in the Queen of the Cage match at Lockdown, noting that she hadn’t had a match on iMPACT in weeks Abyss had also been lobbying for a match, so Cornette told he and ODB to find partners and they’d have a mixed tag match Cody Deaner, winner of the “One Night With ODB” contest, volunteered his services
TNA Knockout Champion Awesome Kong, Raisha Saeed, & Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & Madison Rayne in a 6-woman tag team match when Kong pinned Love after an Implant Buster After the match the Beautiful People used Kong’s championship belt to knock out all three of their opponents, enabling them to cut off several of Kong’s braids
Homicide defeated Chris Sabin and Tetsuya Naito in a 3-way match when he pinned Naito after a 187 Cutter from the second turnbuckle
Abyss & Daffney defeated Cody Deaner & ODB in a mixed tag team match when Abyss pinned Deaner after hitting the Black Hole Slam ODB and Daffney had some back-and-forth action for a while until Daffney tagged in Abyss, forcing Deaner into “his first wrestling match” He punched Abyss three times with no effect before running into Abyss’ finisher After the match, Abyss was attacked by Matt Morgan
Kurt Angle pinned Christopher Daniels to give Team Angle the man advantage in the Lethal Lockdown match Referee Rudy Charles originally ruled that Daniels pinned Angle with a rollup, but Angle angrily claimed that his shoulder was up before the 3 count while Daniels’ shoulders were both on the mat Jim Cornette came to the ring, apparently to overturn Charles’ decision, but changed his mind after Angle spat in his face and called him “a dumb son of a bitch” Jeff Jarrett then came to the ring and said that he had to do what’s right, and therefore Angle did indeed win the match Daniels and AJ Styles angrily questioned Jarrett’s reasoning, and Samoa Joe came to the ring as the show went off the air and Angle laughed outside the ring (Daniels’ TNA return after a 16-month absence)

TNA @ Thibodaux, LA – Warren Harang Jr Civic Center – April 3, 2009
AJ Styles vs Sheik Abdul Bashir for the TNA Legends Title
James Storm & Robert Roode vs Homicide & Hernandez for the TNA Tag Team Champions
Jeff Jarrett vs Scott Steiner

TNA @ New Orleans, LA – UNO Lakefront Arena – April 4, 2009
After the event, Mick Foley took pictures with fans in the ring and the other babyfaces on the card signed autographs at ringside
Consequences Creed defeated Eric Young and Kiyoshi in a 3-way match
Jay Lethal pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the top-rope elbow drop
Homicide & Hernandez defeated Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro by pinfall when Homicide hit a top-rope Gringo Cutta
Awesome Kong pinned Roxxi to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting an Implant Buster
AJ Styles pinned Scott Steiner to retain the TNA Legends Title after hitting a Pele kick
Abyss pinned Matt Morgan after hitting the Black Hole Slam
Jeff Jarrett & Mick Foley defeated TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode by pinfall in a non-title Street Fight after Jarrett smashed a guitar over the head of one of his opponents

NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan – April 5, 2009 (8,000)
Resolution 2009
Koji Kanemoto defeated Kazuchika Okada in 8:27 when the referee stopped the match
Tomohiro Ishii, Jado & Tomoaki Honma defeated Wataru Inoue, Milano Collection AT, & Taichi Ishikari in 8:52 when Honma pinned Ishikari after hitting a Diving Headbutt
Masahiro Chono, Jushin Liger, & AKIRA defeated Riki Choshu, Super Strong Machine & El Samurai in an 8:19 6-man tag team match when AKIRA pinned Samurai after hitting a Musasabi Press
Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt in 12:54 to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles when Shelley pinned Devitt after hitting Made in Detroit
Tiger Mask vs Black Tiger in an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title match went to a double countout in 6:47
Tiger Mask pinned Black Tiger to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title in 4:49 with a Destroy Suplex Hold
Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori in 15:50 when Anderson pinned Omori after hitting the Gun Stun
Hirooki Goto defeated Toru Yano by submission in 16:10 with a modified armlock
Takashi Iizuka defeated Yuji Nagata in a 21:58 Chain Death match by referee stoppage
Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Togi Makabe in 12:42 with the Landslide
Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Kurt Angle to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title in 15:11 after hitting the High Fly Flow

TNA @ Elmira, NY – First Arena – April 17, 2009 (1,500)
Hernandez pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir with a Powerbomb
Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, & Eric Young defeated Brutus Magnus, Tetsuya Naito, & Yujiro by pinfall when Shelley & Sabin hit Made in Detroit Naito injured his left knee during the match and sat out most of it
Awesome Kong pinned Taylor Wilde to retain the TNA Knockout Title after an Implant Buster
Abyss pinned Matt Morgan after hitting the Black Hole Slam
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed by pinfall to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions after hitting the DWI
AJ Styles pinned Booker T with a roll-up to retain the TNA Legends Title Booker tried to walk out on the match, saying that the people in Elmira were too fat for him to perform in front of, but Mick Foley came to the ring and forced him back into the match After the match, Foley thanked the crowd for coming and hyped Lockdown

Lockdown 2009 – Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center – April 19, 2009 (4,500; 3,500 paid)
Pre-Show – Featured a rare on-camera appearance by TNA owner Dixie Carter, who thanked TNA fans for helping them to repeatedly set ratings records on iMPACT Also featured footage from the previous morning’s FanFest at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia
Eric Young pinned Danny Bonaduce with a small package in 3:30 After the match, the combatants shook hands before Bonaduce attacked Young from behind with his nunchucks Rhino came to the ring and hit Bonaduce with the Gore to save Young from the beatdown
Pay-per-view bouts – Opened with a Team 3D promo from the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum made famous by the movie “Rocky”, which got a huge reaction from the live crowd Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins then read the opening lyrics of “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” — the Lockdown theme song — from inside the Six Sides of Steel, leading in to a music video to kick off the live show Featured several backstage interview segments with members of Team Jarrett and Team Angle questioning Jeff Jarrett’s mindset going into the match The announcers also repeatedly hyped the signing of a former World Heavyweight Champion from another organization, which turned out to be Bobby Lashley Also included a segment where Team 3D, surrounded by Philadelphia fans, spoke from the Liacouras Center lobby area about what they planned to do to Beer Money Inc in their Titles vs Titles match After the show they signed autographs in the lobby and sold new T-shirts commemorating their 22nd World Tag Team Title win
TNA X Division Champion Suicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kiyoshi, Jay Lethal, and Consequences Creed in an Xscape match at 11:35; Lethal pinned Kiyoshi after an elbow drop off the top at 3:15; Bashir pinned Creed after the WMDDT at 5:15; Bashir pinned Lethal at 7:50 after Suicide hit him with the Suicide Solution; Kiyoshi returned to ringside, followed by a team of security guards Suicide jumped from the top of the cage on to Kiyoshi and the guards on the floor, giving him the win (Suicide was supposed to be played by Frankie Kazarian, but at the last second Christopher Daniels was called on to don the mask)
ODB defeated Sojourner Bolt, Daffney, and Madison Rayne in a Queen of the Cage match at 6:30 by pinning Bolt after a running powerslam She celebrated with Cody Deaner in the ring after the match
IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin defeated Homicide & Hernandez and Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito in a Six Sides of Steel match at 11:50 when Shelley pinned Yujiro after a powerbomb/Sliced Bread #2 combo (Fandimonium: Beer Money / Motor City Machine Guns)
Matt Morgan pinned Abyss in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match in 12:40 after Chokeslamming him onto a pile of thumbtacks Before the match, Morgan brought a bag of broken glass and a metal folding chair into the ring Morgan made Abyss bleed early by throwing him into the cage, punching him, and hitting him with the chair Once Abyss bled, Morgan threw the chair over the cage wall and out of the ring However, Abyss used a shard of glass to cut Morgan open after Morgan missed a High Cross Body Block attempt and instead took out the referee Abyss hit the Black Hole Slam and pinned Morgan, but by the time a second referee entered the cage Morgan was able to kick out Frusturated, Abyss exited the cage and grabbed Morgan’s chair Dr Stevie, finally revealed as Stevie Richards, ran to ringside and took the chair from Abyss as the crowd booed Abyss then went under the ring and got a bag of thumbtacks as Stevie warned him not to use weapons When Abyss emptied the bag of tacks in the ring, Stevie attacked him until Morgan hit Abyss with a low blow and then slammed him into the tacks for the win
Angelina Love defeated Awesome Kong and Taylor Wilde for the TNA Knockouts Title in a 3-way match at the 6:50 mark Love pulled Kong to the cage wall late in the contest, where Velvet Sky was able to tie Kong to the cage using her hair braids With Kong incapacitated, Love and Wilde battled for the Title Love appeared to be knocked unconscious after Wilde hit a High Cross Body Block on her, but was able to roll Wilde up for the pinfall after Kong kicked Wilde from her seated position
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated James Storm & Robert Roode for the TNA Tag Team Champions in a Philadelphia Street Fight in 15:15 when Ray pinned Roode after hitting the 3D through a table The cage door was left open, enabling Team 3D and Beer Money Inc to fight all over the arena The Philadelphia crowd chanted “We want tables,” “We want blood,” “We want fire,” “3D, 3D,” and “E-C-W” throughout the contest Team 3D’s IWGP World Tag Team Titles were also on the line in the match
Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, & Christopher Daniels defeated Kurt Angle, Booker T, Scott Steiner, & Kevin Nash in a Lethal Lockdown match in 23:30 when Styles pinned Booker after Jarrett hit him with a guitar Angle and Daniels started the contest, with Booker entering after 5 minutes From there a new competitor entered the ring every 2 minutes in the following order: Styles, Steiner, Joe, Nash, and Jarrett Joe came to the ring approximately one minute late and was shown backstage talking, either to himself or another person Angle and Styles fought on top of the cage roof for a brief time, until Angle climbed back down to the ring to give his team a 4-on-3 advantage there After they beat down Jarrett, Joe, and Daniels, Styles jumped from the top of the cage through a hole and into the ring, taking out Angle, Booker, and Steiner at the same time Shortly after that, Jarrett accidentally hit Styles with a metal chair and was confronted by Joe until Angle took him out from behind After the match, the lights in the arena went dark and Bobby Lashley came out to the entrance ramp in street clothes as Angle laughed in the ring (Bobby Lashley’s TNA debut)
Mick Foley defeated Sting in 15:55 to win the TNA World Heavyweight Title when he escaped the cage first Foley came to the ring with his barbed-wire baseball bat, but was forced to give it up by referee Earl Hebner At about the 9:30 mark, Foley hit a ringside cameraman with a baseball slide dropkick and attempted to reach his bat through the hole in the cage used by the camera crew Sting pulled him into a Scorpion Death Lock, but Foley was able to crawl back to the hole in the cage and reach the bat Sting and Foley used the bat on each other, and eventually Foley wrapped some of the barbed wire from the bat around Mr Socko and repeatedly punched Sting with that hand Foley then scaled the cage wall, with Sting doing the same soon after Foley managed to fall to the floor first, beating Sting by a couple of seconds and giving him the World Heavyweight Title After the show went off the air, Team 3D returned to the ring and celebrated with Foley, telling him and the crowd that without guys like him, guys like Team 3D wouldn’t have careers Foley then took the microphone and thanked Philadelphia fans for giving him one more great memory (Mick Foley: Hardcore Legend)

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – April 21, 2009
Xplosion – Awesome Kong defeated Sarah Stock, who would officially debut three months later as Sarita (Sarita’s debut)
Xplosion – Suicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir to retain the TNA X-Division Title
iMPACT – 4/23/09 – Opened with Jeff Jarrett coming to the ring with the TNA World Heavyweight Title in hand and introducing the new champion, Mick Foley Foley thanked the cameraman for helping him at Lockdown (the cameraman flashed a thumbs-up) and said that Sting was now an emotionally-shattered man Jarrett reluctantly handed the belt over to Foley and reminded him that he was not brought into TNA to wrestle Jarrett told Foley that “TNA management” decided his first Title defense at Sacrifice would be a 4-way where each participant had to agree to sacrifice something if they loss Foley noted that he and Jarrett were, in fact, TNA management, and therefore it was Jarrett who made the match Foley accused Jarrett of jealousy and resentment and booked him in a “Cactus Jack Smack Attack” match with Scott Steiner Backstage new TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love celebrated with the Beautiful People, and then new TNA Tag Team Champions Team 3D put over Beer Money and announced the Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament where the winners would get $100,000 and a Title shot After the opening match Jeremy Borash interviewed the Main Event Mafia, who said that they beat themselves at Lockdown Borash later interviewed Jarrett, who said that he made “a business decision” at Lockdown to side with the Frontline instead of the MEM because “the TNA originals” work harder Eric Young interrupted and asked Jarrett to give him a shot Jarrett told him to find a partner and enter 3D’s tournament Footage aired throughout the night of Mick Foley leaving Lockdown with the TNA World Title and heading home to Long Island, greeting his wife at home and sending his kids off to school the next morning Other backstage segments saw Jenna Morasca and Sharmell argue as Kevin Nash and Booker T tried to break it up; AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels thank Jarrett for his help; referee Slick Johnson tell Jarrett that one of his daughters was having a problem at school; and Styles confront Samoa Joe about his new attitude Later the Beautiful People took their victory celebration to the ring, where male Chippendale dancers stripped for Love until Awesome Kong came out and beat up all of the dancers Before the main event another Dr Stevie therapy session with Abyss & Lauren aired, and Lauren questioned Stevie’s credentials as a psychiatirst She accused Dr Stevie of abusing him, and Stevie said that he was simply trying to help “Chris” channel his aggression Next Mike Tenay held a sit-down interview with Christopher Daniels, who discussed his friendship with Styles and his career in TNA
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed in a Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament match
Sojo Bolt defeated Taylor Wilde in a Ladder match to earn a shot at the TNA Knockout Title Bolt knocked Wilde off the ladder while wearing brass knuckles
AJ Styles defeated Kevin Nash (w/ Jenna Morasca) by DQ to retain the TNA Legends Title when Booker T & Sharmell interfered After the match Nash & Morasca argued with Booker & Sharmell about the interference
Eric Young & Jethro Holiday defeated Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito in a Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament match
Jeff Jarrett pinned Scott Steiner in a Cactus Jack Smack Attack match after smashing a guitar over his head TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley did guest commentary during the bout, which featured weapons scattered all over the Impact Zone After the match Kurt Angle came out and attacked Jarrett until Foley made the save with a metal folding chair Foley then hit Jarrett with the chair as well and left Jarrett was helped up by AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels and got a mic He blamed himself for bringing “a whack job” to TNA and said it was now personal He promised to “shove a pink slip up [Foley’s] ass” Bobby Lashley then showed up on the entrance stage and stared at Jarrett as Angle smiled at ringside to close the show

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – April 22, 2009
Xplosion – Sarah Stock defeated Taylor Wilde
Xplosion – ODB defeated Velvet Sky
May 8, 2009 Xplosion – Eric Young, Jay Lethal, & Consequences Creed defeated Kiyoshi, Yujiro, & Tetsuya Naito in a 6-man tag team match
iMPACT – 4/30/09 – Opened with Jeff Jarrett and then TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley leaving a TNA Board of Directors meeting regarding Foley’s status with the company Jarrett came out upset, while Foley looked jovial and said that he and Jarrett are good friends, “and friends fight” The Main Event Mafia then came to the ring and Kurt Angle threw his name into the main event 4-way match at Sacrifice, saying that if he lost he would give up his “godfather” position in the MEM He then said that before the end of the night he would take over Foley’s office as well as his job (as Executive Shareholder) in retaliation for Foley striking him with a metal folding chair the previous week “When you screw with the godfather, you get the thorn of the rose” Jeremy Borash then attempted to ask Foley for a response to Angle’s threat back in his office, but Foley was listening to his iPod and did not hear any of Angle’s speech When JB recapped what just happened, Foley said he wasn’t worried about Angle as long as he had his friend Jarrett by his side Jarrett then busted into the office and told Foley that he was on his own with the MEM Later in the show, Foley attempted to recruit the Motor City Machine Guns and then Samoa Joe to back him up against Angle, but they declined He was then shown calling an unnamed person, who apparently showed up and spoke to Foley off-camera Foley said that he was still working on getting this person a contract, and that if they’d hide in the office and jump out to surprise Angle he would get the deal done At the end of the show Angle did in fact come into Foley’s office and assault him, but the mystery person never came out to help Foley Foley managed to get the better of the situation after ordering a steel chair so that Angle could hit him in the back with it and make things even, but suddenly a masked man came out of nowhere and smashed Foley with a chair He unzipped the mask to reveal Sting Also featured Lauren confronting Abyss backstage about Dr Stevie “prescribing” him a match where his opponent could use weapons, but Abyss could not Abyss explained that if he were hit the weapons enough he would become afraid of them, and therefore would no longer want to use them Cody Deaner and ODB then showed up, and Deaner said that he wanted the match In a brief later segment, Daffney told Lauren that Dr Stevie is the best psychiatrist she’s ever seen and that she and Lauren had something in common Lauren assumed that Daffney was referring to Abyss, and said that he had no interest in her Daffney laughed and walked away Also included the Motor City Machine Guns coming to the ring and accusing Christopher Daniels of being TNA X-Division Champion Suicide Daniels said that he did not owe either Alex Shelley or Chris Sabin an explanation, and that if they wanted to know who Suicide is they should ask him themselves They continued to accuse him of being Suicide and hiding behind the mask to get himself back into TNA even after he’d been fired Daniels beat down both Machine Guns until they escaped the ring In other short segments, Matt Morgan came to the announcers’ area and offered his services to the MEM “for a limited time only;”Rhino was shown training “former USS Cole officer” Jesse Neal in the ring; and Sharmell and Jenna Morasca again argued in the MEM locker room and had to be seperated by Kevin Nash and Booker T
TNA X-Division Champion Suicide & the Amazing Red defeated Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin by pinfall in a Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament Quarterfinal match Suicide hit the Suicide Solution on Shelley for the pin after Red hit a corkscrew plancha on to Sabin outside the ring (Amazing Red’s return to TNA after a 5-year absence)
Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated Homicide by pinfall in a Handicap match in the Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament Quarterfinal round The match was to have been a regular tag match, but Magnus, Williams, and Rob Terry assaulted Hernandez backstage and he was unable to compete Williams pinned Homicide after a combination Spinebuster and European Uppercut from the top rope (Storyline reason for Hernandez’s absence due to neck surgery)
Awesome Kong defeated Madison Rayne by KO in a Stretcher match when Rayne was unable to get off the stretcher after an Implant Buster and two Awesome Bombs Before the match started, referee Rudy Charles sent Raisha Saeed, TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love, and Velvet Sky away from the ringside area
Abyss pinned Cody Deaner in a match where Deaner was allowed to use weapons but Abyss was not Deaner came to the ring with a trash can full of weapons, and made Abyss bleed quickly after a shot with a trash can lid Abyss countered an attempted shot with a kendo stick and chopped Deaner to the ground, so he crawled to his corner and ODB poured some liquor from her flask down his throat to provide “liquid courage” Deaner struck Abyss with a few more items, but eventually walked right in to a huge Black Hole Slam that led to the pin
Booker T & Kevin Nash defeated TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles & Samoa Joe when Booker pinned Styles after hitting him with the Legends Title belt Joe did not come to the ring when his music was played, forcing Styles to wrestle the first several minutes of the match on his own When Joe eventually came to the ring, Styles confronted him and the two argued until Booker & Nash attacked them from behind Late in the match, Joe and Nash fought outside the ring while Morasca distracted the referee Sharmell tossed the Legends Title to Booker T, who then hit Styles with it for the win After the match, Styles and Joe had a shoving match in the ring Midway through the match, Bobby Lashley was shown walking backstage in the iMPACT Zone

TNA @ Cleveland, OH – Phantasy Theater – April 24, 2009 (app 400)
After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Kurt Angle in the ring for $20
Suicide pinned Brutus Magnus after hitting the Suicide Solution to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Sojo Bold defeated Madison Rayne
Sheik Abdul Bashir pinned Shark Boy with his feet on the ropes
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated James Storm & Robert Roode by pinfall in a #1 Contenders match
Rhino pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the Gore The match was scheduled to be Rhino vs Matt Morgan, but Morgan missed the show due to injuries suffered in a car accident
Jeff Jarrett & Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner by pinfall when Joe hit Angle with the Muscle Buster After the match, Angle thanked the crowd for coming and for setting ratings records for iMPACT

TNA @ Youngstown, OH – Eastwood Expo Center – April 25, 2009
Suicide defeated Shark Boy to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Madison Rayne defeated Sojo Bolt
Christopher Daniels defeated Brutus Magnus
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated James Storm & Robert Roode
Rhino defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Jeff Jarrett & Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner

TNA @ Columbus, OH – Veterans Memorial – April 26, 2009 (500)
After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Kurt Angle in the ring for $20
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated James Storm & Robert Roode by pinfall when Creed rolled-up Roode After the match, referee Earl Hebner danced with Lethal & Creed to James Brown’s “Living in America”
Suicide pinned Shark Boy to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Suicide Solution
Madison Rayne pinned Sojo Bolt after a modified Bulldog Headlock
Jeff Jarrett pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir with a Sunset Flip Bashir attempted to walk out on the match, but Jarrett said he’d be suspended from TNA if he did not get back into the ring After the match, Bashir threatened referee Slick Johnson until Jarrett returned to the ring and broke a guitar over Bashir’s head
Rhino pinned Brutus Magnus after hitting the Gore
Samoa Joe & Christopher Daniels defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner by pinfall after Joe hit Angle with the Muscle Buster After the match, Angle thanked the fans for coming and put over the younger guys like Joe and AJ Styles as the future of TNA

TNA @ Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Coliseum – April 30, 2009 (1,000)
After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Team 3D in the ring for $20
Consequences Creed defeated Kiyoshi
Shark Boy pinned Brutus Magnus after hitting the Shark Boy Stunner
Angelina Love defeated ODB to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Eric Young defeated “Cute Kip” James
Abyss defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Jeff Jarrett & TNA & IWGP World Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Booker T, James Storm, & Robert Roode in a 6-man tag team match when Storm was pinned after being 3Ded through a table

TNA @ Corbin, KY – Southeastern Ag and Expo Center – May 1, 2009
Brutus Magnus issued an open challenge to anyone in the TNA locker room, prompting BG James to come out and chase Magnus away After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Team 3D in the ring for $20
Eric Young defeated Kiyoshi
Angelina Love pinned ODB to retain the TNA Knockout Title with a rollup while holding the tights After the match, ODB spanked referee Rudy Charles for not seeing the handful of tights
Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated Consequences Creed
Abyss pinned “Cute Kip” James after a Black Hole Slam
Jeff Jarrett & TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Booker T, James Storm, & Robert Roode in a 6-man tag team match when Roode was pinned after being 3Ded through a table

TNA @ Huntington, WV – Big Sandy Arena – May 2, 2009 (app 1,000)
Brutus Magnus issued an open challenge to anyone in the TNA locker room, prompting BG James to come out and chase Magnus away After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Team 3D in the ring for $20
Eric Young pinned Kiyoshi after hitting him with a Death Valley Driver
Angelina Love pinned ODB with a rollup to retain the TNA Knockouts Title
Consequences Creed pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the CreeDDT Bashir originally won the match by pinfall while holding the ropes, but referee Earl Hebner restarted the match once he realized what happened
Abyss pinned “Cute Kip” James after hitting the Black Hole Slam During the match, James repeatedly went after Jeremy Borash at ringside
Jeff Jarrett & TNA & IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Booker T, James Storm, & Robert Roode in a 6-man tag team match Midway through the match referee Earl Hebner lost his temper after being taunted by Storm and removed his referee shirt, tossing it to Ray Ray donned the referee’s stripes and signalled for the match to restart Jarrett, Hebner, and Devon cleared the ring of the heels, Ray did the Spin-a-rooni and threw the referee’s shirt back to Hebner to continue the match After the match, Team 3D pulled a child from the stands and gave him an autographed piece of the table they’d used during the match

TNA @ Pikeville, KY – Eastern Kentucky Expo Center – May 3, 2009
Jeff Jarrett vs. Booker T
TNA & IWGP Tag Team champions Team 3D vs. Beer Money, Inc
TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love vs. ODB
Abyss vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir
Consequences Creed vs. Kiyoshi
Eric Young vs. Kip James
Brutus Magnus vs. Shark Boy

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 4, 2009
iMPACT – 5/7/09 – The Main Event Mafia kicked off the show with Kurt Angle telling TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley, “When you screw with the godfather, you get the thorn of the rose” Angle said that he would be in the main event at Sacrifice, and would put his leadership of the MEM on the line Foley then came to the ring with Christopher Daniels in tow, and confirmed the 10-man tag team iMPACT main event with the entire MEM involved He said he would pin Angle at Sacrifice and become the new MEM godfather Jeff Jarrett and AJ Styles then appeared, and Jarrett and Foley argued Foley said that their differences had all been about business, and Jarrett replied, “Kiss my ass, Mick Now that’s business” Later, Lauren tried to interview Samoa Joe as he showed up at the Impact Zone with an unidentified driver who sped away The Suicide vs Consequences Creed match aired next Matt Morgan came into Foley’s office as he talked with Jeremy Borash, and asked for a chance to showcase his talent for the MEM Foley booked him in a hanidcap match with MEM Security In the next segment, TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love attempted to calm down Velvet Sky about her Stretcher match with Awesome Kong later in the show Sky noted that Kong destroyed Madison Rayne the week before, and pointed out that Love defeated Taylor Wilde at Lockdown, not Kong Also featured a taped interview segment with the MEM and Mike Tenay, which touched on past problems between Kurt Angle and Sting as well as recent tensions between Jenna Morasca and Sharmell and between Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett After short backstage interviews with Taylor Wilde (on her secret admirer) and Jarrett (who’s office had been emptied,) the Matt Morgan vs MEM Security match was aired Next Foley “tweeked” the main event to ban Jarrett’s guitar from ringside, and then Eric Young complained to Lauren and Jethro Holiday about his standing in TNA The Team 3D Invitational final was next, followed by Awesome Kong yelling “Dead blondes!” when interviewed by Lauren about her match with Velvet Sky After that match Dr Stevie had Daffney join his therapy session with Abyss, and Stevie told Abyss to transfer his aggression to Daffney for her Monster’s Ball match at Sacrifice Abyss only agreed after Stevie took off his belt and got ready to hit Abyss with it Cut to the ring, where Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed called Christopher Daniels to the ring and accused him of being Suicide Daniels called Lethal “a joke” and knocked his hat off, prompting Lethal to slap him The Motor City Machine Guns then came to the ring and also accused Daniels of being Suicide Cut back to Jarrett again, who called Foley “insane” and “an idiot” Sting walked up and said he wanted to be in the Sacrifice 4-way main event He shook hands with Jarrett Just before the main event 10-man tag team match, Angelina Love had a fit backstage about Kong taking out all of her friends She called someone on her cell phone and said “I need you here for me next week”
TNA X-Division Champion Suicide pinned Consequences Creed after hitting a Codebreaker out of the corner The Title was not on the line
Xplosion – 5/14/09: Homicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
iMPACT – 5/14/09: Christopher Daniels pinned Chris Sabin after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed watched the match from the stage, while Alex Shelley was at ringside with Sabin
iMPACT – 5/21/09
Kurt Angle pinned Matt Morgan with an Inside Cradle as Morgan went for the Hellevator After the match, Angle shook Morgan’s hand
Mick Foley pinned a cardboard cutout of Rocky Balboa to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title After the “match,” Jeff Jarrett came to the ring and accused Foley of making a mockery of TNA before knocking him down with one punch Kurt Angle then came out and hit Jarrett with the Olympic Slam before putting him in the Ankle Lock Sting then came to the ring and was hit with a metal folding chair by Foley Jarrett then hit Angle with the Stroke, and Foley hit Jarrett with the chair as well to end the show
Kurt Angle, Sting, Kevin Nash, Booker T, & Scott Steiner defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe, TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles, & Christopher Daniels when Sting pinned Foley after Jarrett him with the Stroke on to a baseball bat After the match, Joe screamed at Jarrett for his actions Once the ring cleared, Sting announced that if he got pinned or forced to submit in the 4-way at Sacrifice, he would sacrifice his wrestling career
Matt Morgan defeated Rocco & Sally Boy in a Handicap match when he pinned Rocco after a Bicycle Kick
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Eric Young & Jethro Holliday in a Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tag Team semifinal match when Storm pinned Young after hitting him with the DWI double-team move TNA & IWGP World Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon sat at ringside during the match and applauded Beer Money Inc afterward
Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha Saeed) defeated Velvet Sky (w/ Angelina Love) in a Stretcher match when Sky was unable to make the 10-count after Kong hit her with five Implant Busters and an Awesome Bomb Love and Saeed were banned from ringside just before the match

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 5, 2009
iMPACT – 5/14/09 – Opened with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley announcing that Jeff Jarrett would not be in the Impact Zone that night, possibly because of a rumored “nasty incident” in Nashville earlier that week He said that he had footage of the incident on a DVD, which he called “dark and difficult to watch,” and that he would play the DVD later on iMPACT Later, Jeremy Borash asked to see the DVD and Foley said he could see it if he would reveal “the secret of the eyes” Borash explained that he imitated Don Knox’s character on “Three’s Company” before Eric Young interrupted, asking for an opportunity Foley, annoyed, put him in a match with Samoa Joe Foley then gathered TNA referees Slick Johnson, Rudy Charles, and Earl Hebner and chose Hebner to officiate the Young/Joe match because “there’s something sleazy about you” He told Hebner not to DQ Joe under any circumstances Several segments were then shown of Jarrett at home in Tennessee with his daughters, doing regular things like going to soccer practice and riding a jet ski At the end of the show, Foley returned to the ring and played his DVD, which began with Jarrett taking the camera on a tour of the “TNA Asylum” in Nashville Foley suddenly attacked Jarrett, brutally beating him throughout the arena and screaming about hating Jarrett’s father and making $25 a match while he worked in the Tennessee territory as a young wrestler Also featured several Main Event Mafia segments, with Scott Steiner left in charge as Kurt Angle was in Hollywood filming a movie Steiner tried to solve the rift between Sharmell and Jenna Morasca, telling each that the other wanted to apologize at a meeting later in the show When the meeting occurred and neither women would apologize, they fought as Steiner tried to break things up In another MEM segment, Mike Tenay interviewed Sting about his potential sacrifice of his career in the 4-way main event at Sacrifice Sting promised “the dawning of a new day” when he took the TNA World Heavyweight Title from Foley Other segments included Daffney attacking Taylor Wilde on her blind date with a supposed secret admirer, the British Invasion attacking Team 3D as they discussed their Tag Team Invitational Tournament
Samoa Joe defeated Eric Young by knockout with the Kokina Clutch After the match, Joe carried Young backstage and threw him in the trunk of a car, which then sped off
Booker T defeated Jethro Holliday by submission in an “I Quit” match Holliday said “I quit” as Booker repeatedly punched him in the head in a mount position
Awesome Kong defeated “Cute Kip” James in a Stretcher match when James was unable to make the 10-count after Kong hit him repeatedly with a metal folding chair
Kevin Nash defeated Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro in a handicap match when he pinned Naito after a Jacknife Powerbomb
Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated TNA X-Division Champion Suicide & Amazing Red in a Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament semifinal match when Williams pinned Suicide after hitting a Bombs Away top-rope kneedrop Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin interfered while the referee focused on Red and Magnus brawling ont he floor, hitting Suicide with a double Superkick After the match, Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed came to the ring and, together with Shelley & Sabin, attempted to unmask Suicide Christopher Daniels then ran to the ring and made the save, telling Suicide afterwards, “You owe me”
Xplosion – 5/21/09: Daffney pinned Raisha Saeed
iMPACT – 5/21/09 – Opened with Jeff Jarrett, noticably limping, coming to the ring and putting himself in the 4-way main event at Sacrifice TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley then appeared and challenged Jarrett to put his leadership stake in TNA on the line Jarrett initially hesitated, but after further goading from Foley he agreed to the deal Foley then announced that all four participants in the Sacrifice match would have matches on iMPACT, and that he himself would face a former World Heavyweight Champion who had never wrestled in TNA before Jeremy Borash attempted to interview Kurt Angle, who was looking for Sting to find out why Sting got himself in the Sacrifice main event Scott Steiner tried to calm Angle down, but the MEM godfather said that Sting “needs to know his role” When he found Sting later in the show, Sting explained that Foley screwed him at Lockdown and his only goal at Sacrifice was to beat Foley and bring the Title back to the MEM In another interview with Lauren later in the show, Jarrett promised that “someone other than Mick Foley” would win at Sacrifice and business would turn around Also featured a contract signing for the Sacrifice match with TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love and Awesome Kong, where Love said she wanted to make peace with Kong and give her a full makeover, complete with liposuction When referee Rudy Charles stopped Kong from attacking Love, she Powerbombed him through the table Minor segments included Christopher Daniels talking about teaming with Suicide “just days before” their match at Sacrifice; Kevin Nash and Booker T training together in the ring and talking about their matches at Sacrifice; Team 3D discussing their Tag Team Invitational Tournament and the British Invasion’s lack of respect and getting attacked again by the Brits, with Beer Money Inc making the save; Eric Young complaining to Jarrett about his standing in TNA; Lauren taking Abyss to Dr Stevie’s office to confront him; AJ Styles saying that would never quit in his “I Quit” match at Sacrifice; Lauren interviewing Matt Morgan about his match with Kurt Angle; and Jenna Morasca telling Lauren that she would not make a financial investment in the MEM until Sharmell apologized to her
Christopher Daniels & Suicide defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed and Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin in a 3-way match when Suicide pinned Shelley after hitting a Codebreaker out of the corner
Sting defeated Eric Young by submission with the Scorpion Death Lock
Jeff Jarrett defeated Samoa Joe by DQ when Joe shoved referee Slick Johnson, who was trying to get Joe to stop assaulting Jarrett outside the ring After the match, Joe attacked Jarrett’s hamstring with a metal folding chair until AJ Styles came to the ring and argued with Joe, leading to an exchange of punches between the two

TNA @ Florence, SC – Civic Center – May 15, 2009 (1,000)
Suicide defeated Kiyoshi to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Madison Rayne defeated Daffney
Rhino defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Jeff Jarrett & Christopher Daniels defeated James Storm & Robert Roode
Eric Young defeated “Cute Kip” James
AJ Styles defeated Booker T to retain the TNA Legends Title

TNA @ Greenville, NC – DH Conley High School – May 16, 2009 (1,000)
Suicide defeated Kiyoshi to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Madison Rayne defeated Daffney
Eric Young defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Jeff Jarrett & Christopher Daniels defeated James Storm & Robert Roode
Rhino defeated “Cute Kip” James
AJ Styles defeated Booker T to retain the TNA Legends Title

TNA @ Fayetteville, NC – Crown Center – May 17, 2009 (1,000)
Suicide defeated Kiyoshi to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Madison Rayne defeated Daffney
Eric Young defeated “Cute Kip” James
Jeff Jarrett & Christopher Daniels defeated James Storm & Robert Roode
Rhino defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
AJ Styles defeated Booker T to retain the TNA Legends Title

TNA @ Oklahoma City, OK – Bricks Town Events Center – May 21, 2009 (1,000)
Former NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Danny Hodge was in attendance
Suicide defeated Eric Young to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Angelina Love defeated Taylor Wilde to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Rhino defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated James Storm & Robert Roode After the match, Creed brought his mom, who was sitting at ringside, into the ring
Abyss defeated Matt Morgan
Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley was the special guest enforcer During the match, Steiner threw Joe into the ringside barricade and knocked over a child leaning against the barricade Steiner apologized to the boy and his family after the show After the match, Foley brought all the face wrestlers to the ring for an autograph session

TNA @ Amarillo, TX – Civic Center – May 22, 2009
Jay Lethal defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Angelina Love defeated Taylor Wilde to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Suicide defeated Consequences Creed to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Abyss & Rhino defeated James Storm & Robert Roode
Matt Morgan defeated Eric Young
Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner; TNA World Champion Mick Foley and Terry Funk were special guest enforcers for the match

Sacrifice 09 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 24, 2009 (1,100; all freebies)
Pre-show – featured an opening segment in which Jeremy Borash ran down the card; included Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Daffney and Stevie Richards; Richards said Abyss channeled all his aggression into Daffney, who would take a step forward in her therapy at Taylor Wilde’s expense; featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Kevin Nash about his upcoming bout with Samoa Joe, with Nash saying he had been all about violence for his wrestling and bouncing career:
The Amazing Red pinned Kiyoshi with a standing moonsault at 7:02
Pay-per-view bouts – featured an opening segment filmed earlier in the day of Jeff Jarrett, Sting, Kurt Angle, and TNA World Champion Mick Foley arriving to the venue; included footage from earlier in the day of Sting speaking backstage with Amazing Red, Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, and Jesse Neal; included a video package previewing the Monster’s Ball match between Daffney and Taylor Wilde; featured a video package on Jarrett and his history with TNA; included Jeremy Borash backstage announcing that two former world champions and the newest edition to the knockouts division would appear Thursday on iMPACT; Borash then shared how fans could text TNA to find out the names that night; Borash then conducted an interview with Jarrett regarding his voting power as an owner of the company at stake in the main event; featured a backstage shot of Angle working out in preparation for the main event; included a video package hyping the Awesome Kong vs Angelina Love match; featured a video package on Sting and his career being on the line in the main event; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with Sting regarding the main event match; featured a video package hyping the Samoa Joe vs Kevin Nash match; included a video package on the Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament leading up to the finals; featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with TNA Tag Team Champions & IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon regarding the upcoming fianls of the tournament, during which Ray praised James Storm & Robert Roode and then cut a promo on the British Invasion’s recent attack on Team 3D; featured a video package on Angle and his putting up his leadership as the Main Event Mafia in the main event; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with Angle about the upcoming main event, with Angle saying he would be in control of TNA by the end of the night; featured a video package hyping the Booker T vs TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles match; included a video package on Foley’s title defense in the main event; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Foley about the upcoming title match, with Foley saying he didn’t want to think about a world in which he wasn’t the world champion:
Eric Young, Jay Lethal, & Consequences Creed defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir, IWGP Jr Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley, & Chris Sabin in an unadvertised match at 13:54 when Lethal pinned Bashir with a sunset flip, after the referee kicked Bashir away from grabbing the ring ropes to block it; during the bout, the crowd chanted “This is awesome” and “TNA;” after the contest, Young appeared upset with how the match ended
Taylor Wilde pinned Daffney (w/ Abyss & Stevie Richards) in a Monster’s Ball match at 3:34 after a fireman’s carry slam onto a trash can; after the bout, Richards distracted Wilde, with Daffney jumping Wilde from behind; moments later, Richards poured thumbtacks into the ring as Abyss watched on; Richards slapped Abyss to get his attention, then had him grab Wilde to put her through the tacks; Lauren then came out to intervene, with Richards throwing her down and threatening her with his belt; Abyss then grabbed Richards and dropped him with a chokeslam onto the tacks
Christopher Daniels fought TNA X Division Champion Suicide to a time-limit draw at 19:08; Daniels initially won the match and title at 12:07 with a rolling cradle after IWGP Jr Tag Team Champions Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley interfered, with Sabin distracting the referee as Shelley attacked the champion in the ring; after Daniels saw the replay on the big screen, he took the mic and said he didn’t want to win the title that way; Daniels then asked the referee for 5 more minutes, with Suicide agreeing
TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love pinned Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha Saeed) with a roll up at 6:02 after Kong collided with Saeed on the ring apron and Love sprayed the challenger in the eyes with perfume behind the referee’s back; after the contest, Kong attacked Love and twice dropped her with the Implant Buster
Samoa Joe defeated Kevin Nash by submission with the Coquina Clutch at 8:03; after the bout, Joe shoved the referee aside and landed a series of elbows to the head before security came out to pull him away; Joe then cleared the security guards away before landing several punches to Nash’s head; Joe then spat on Nash and left the ring; moments later, Scott Steiner came out to tend to Nash in the ring
Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament Finals: James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams (w/ Rob Terry) at 10:45 when Roode pinned Williams after a superkick from Storm and Roode hitting Williams with the British Invasion’s own briefcase, which Williams attempted to use behind the referee’s back; stipulations stated the winners would earn a trophy, $100,000, and earn a TNA Tag Team Title shot; TNA Tag Team Champions & IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon provided guest commentary for the bout; after the contest, Team 3D joined Storm & Roode in the ring to congratulate them
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles defeated Booker T in an I Quit match at 16:44 when Jenna Morasca came out to the ring, as Booker was caught in a cross armbreaker, and threw in the towel for Booker; Sharmell appeared at the 15-minute mark to be in the challenger’s corner; after the bout, Jenna tried to explain to Sharmell that she was looking out for Booker’s health
Sting defeated TNA World Champion Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, and Jeff Jarrett by pinning Angle at 14:57, immediately after Jarrett hit a Stroke on angle off the top rope onto a steel chair set up in the ring; stipulations stated if Foley was beaten, the winner would win the title, if Sting was beaten, he would retire, if Jarrett was beaten, the winner would earn his shares of the company, and if Angle was beaten, the winner would take his spot as the leader of the Main Event Mafia; Jarrett’s left leg was heavily taped for the match; per stipulations, Sting won Angle’s leadership in the Main Event Mafia; during the bout, Foley spent several minutes providing guest commentary until he was attacked by Angle; late in the bout, the crowd chanted “This is awesome”

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 25, 2009
iMPACT – 5/28/09 – The first match taped was actually the show’s main event, though all other matches were taped in order Featured the Main Event Mafia receiving orders from its new godfather, Sting Sting first banned Sharmell and Jenna Morasca from the group, and then fired the security team hired by Kurt Angle (Rocco and Sally Boy) He talked about getting back to the original mission statement of earning respect, but was interrupted by Samoa Joe Joe promised to take out Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner, and Booker T in the coming weeks, and said that he had orders to “kill” Kurt Angle Jeremy Borash next interviewed TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley in his lockerroom, and Foley announced the first two King of the Mountain qualifying matches for that night Borash talked about rumors of a heated meeting with TNA management in Nashville, and Foley avoided the question In the next segment, Borash interviewed the British Invasion, who offered to put up the Feast or Fired briefcase they’d taken from Homicide in a Ladder match that night One commercial break later, Dr Stevie confronted Lauren and said that he was going to give Abyss a therapy session in the ring that night Lauren said that she would stop him from hurting Abyss, and Stevie said that he “owns” Abyss and always has Stevie later came to the ring and called out Abyss, telling him that they would need to start their therapy over with Abyss in a straight jacket When Abyss reluctantly put the straight jacket on, Stevie pulled out a kendo stick and was set to beat him with it until Lauren interfered Raven then appeared from the crowd and took the kendo stick from Stevie, only to beat Abyss with it himself as Stevie restrained Lauren Raven and Stevie embraced before leaving the ring as Lauren tended to Abyss Borash interviewed Raven backstage and asked him why he came back Raven said “maybe I missed TNA, or maybe TNA missed me Or maybe I just did it because I wanted to” Later in the show, Borash interviewed Jeff Jarrett, who talked about his friendship with Eric Young and how it was time for Young to “grow up” He then interviewed Young, who told Jarrett “this will be a night that you wont’ forget” Also featured a segment where Lethal Consequences and the Motor City Machine Guns agreed to work together to discover Suicide’s true identity, and Jay Lethal repeatedly referred to the Guns as the Rockers Mick Foley came to the ring late in the show and talked about his meeting with TNA management, noting that “the honeymoon appears to be over” He complained about the King of the Mountain match, and said that his body cannot take hard matches month after month He said that he needs to stay TNA World Heavyweight Champion as long as possible for the good of the company, and therefore after he wins the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary he will only defend the Title once a year Borash interviewed AJ Styles and Daniels in the next segment to discuss their upcoming King of the Mountain qualifying match They said that they are professionals and knew this match would come, so the best man would win Samoa Joe appeared and apologized to Styles and Daniels for his recent attitude, and said that he wanted things to be the way they were before between the three friends Styles said they would talk after the show In the final non-wrestling segment on the show, Team 3D presented trophies and a $100,000 check to Beer Money Inc for winning the Tag Team Invitational Tournament Robert Roode thanked them for the opportunity to show the world that Beer Money is the greatest tag team in wrestling, and the four drank beer together to celebrate their mutual respect The main event was Styles vs Daniels
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles pinned Christopher Daniels with a rollup to qualify for the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary After the match they shook hands and hugged, but when Styles left the ring Shane Douglas came from the audience and laid out Daniels with a chain wrapped around his fist Styles returned to the ring to check on his friend and Douglas retreated back into the crowd (Shane Douglas’ first TNA appearance in 3 years)
Suicide pinned the Amazing Red to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Suicide Solution
Doug Williams defeated Cody Deaner in a Ladder match to retain possession of the Feast or Fired briefcase with the X-Division Title shot Brutus Magnus & Rob Terry accompanied Williams to the ring, and Deaner was joined by ODB
Angelina Love (w/ Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, & “Cute Kip” James) pinned Sojo Bolt after hitting the Leaping Flatliner to retain the TNA Knockout Title Rayne distracted the referee, allowing Sky to hand Love the perfume can and blind Bolt After the match, Love berated James for losing to Awesome Kong two weeks earlier on iMPACT and had security escort him from the ring She then asked for new competition from TNA, prompting former WWE Women’s Champion Victoria to come to the ring and take out the Beautiful People (Tara’s TNA debut)
Jeff Jarrett pinned Eric Young after hitting the Stroke to qualify for the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary After the match, Jarrett raised Young’s hand and encouraged the crowd to cheer for him When Jarrett turned to leave the ring, Young attacked his injured hamstring When Jeremy Borash confronted him about his actions, Young told him to ask Jarrett “if he’s going to forget about me now”
iMPACT – 6/4/09 – James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Chris Sabin (w/ Alex Shelley) & Consequences Creed (w/ Jay Lethal) by pinfall The British Invasion tried to interfere but were thwarted by Team 3D
iMPACT – 6/18/09 – Christopher Daniels pinned the Amazing Red after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever After the match, Shane Douglas appeared on the jumbotron and accepted Daniels’ challenge for Slammiversary

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 26, 2009
Awesome Kong pinned Cheerleader Melissa with the Awesome Bomb
iMPACT – 6/4/09 – Opened with Lauren interviewing Shane Douglas about his return to TNA Douglas said he’d been waiting to make his mark on TNA for a long time After the opening match of Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi vs Suicide & Christopher Daniels, Douglas came to the ring and complained about Daniels getting fired from TNA and then getting a second chance while nobody gave Douglas another shot He blamed it on “the same old politics” and demanded another chance Don West dryly commented that the only way to get a second chance in TNA was to be a friend of Jeff Jarrett’s Cut backstage, where Jeremy Borash interviewed TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley Foley suggested a rule change where the Champion only has to defend once a year, like the Super Bowl Kip James walked in and begged Foley for work, saying he’d do anything James shook hands with Kevin Nash on the way out Nash walked up to Foley and complained about being put in a Steel Cage match with Samoa Joe Foley said it was all about ratings and offered to triple Nash’s payday Nash easked for quadruple and Foley agreed Lauren then interviewed the Motor City Machine Guns and Lethal Consequences, who agreed to team up to unmask Suicide in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary Their match with Beer Money aired next, followed by the Beautiful People attacking Tara backstage Next Lauren interviewed Daffney about her “sick infatuation” with Taylor Wilde Daffney talked crazy and said she “has to hurt” Wilde Next was a Mike Tenay interview with the Main Event Mafia Nash promised to stop Samoa Joe’s hit list, while Booker T and Scott Steiner insulted Joe Kurt Angle started to talk about destroying Joe but was cut off by Sting, who said it would be done his way as the new godfather After the Daffney vs Wilde match, Jeff Jarrett called out Eric Young and tried to make peace with him Young talked about Jarrett becoming a father figure to him and how Jarrett was living the American dream Young said that they both had absentee fathers and accused Jarrett of becoming just like his dad He said that everything in TNA revolved around Double J and everyone else came second Young said that he was worried about Jarrett’s daughter, angering Jarrett enough that he attacked Young until security and referees broke it up Backstage Foley chastised Jarrett for hitting a referee during the brawl and introduced his new security guards, Rocco & Sally Boy (the former MEM Security) Lauren then interviewed Jesse Neal & Rhino, with Neal thanking Rhino for training him and dedicating his match to his dead best friend After Neal’s match with Matt Morgan footage aired of ODB training Cody Deaner out on the farm, and then Foley came to the ring with his new security Foley booked matches for next week’s show and promised “hardcore” retribution against Jarrett for attacking Earl Hebner Cut backstage, where Sting said that the MEM was stronger than ever Morgan walked up and put himself over, asking for a million dollar contract with the MEM Sting said that Morgan needed to learn respect before he could join After a final commercial break Borash interviewed Booker T & Steiner, who ranted about Foley and Joe The main event was Joe vs Nash
Daffney (w/ Dr Stevie & Raven) pinned Taylor Wilde Late in the match Richards distracted Wilde as she climbed to the top rope, giving Daffney time to break up the move After the match Daffney continued to attack Wilde until Lauren ran in and covered her up Raven took microphone and said that wrestling fans had been waiting for his reunion with Richards for 10 years He added that Dr Stevie wrote a prescription for Abyss, which Raven would fill for him
Matt Morgan pinned Jesse Neal (w/ Rhino) after hitting the Carbon Footprint kick (Neal’s in-ring debut)
Samoa Joe pinned Kevin Nash in a King of the Mountain Qualifying match with Lethal Lockdown rules The finish saw Joe break a hockey stick over Nash’s back
Xplosion – Eric Young & Jethro Holliday defeated Yujira & Tetsuya Naito by pinfall
iMPACT – 6/11/09 – Opened with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley in the ring with his security team He called out Jeff Jarrett “for a hard decision” and told Jarree that, because he assaulted TNA referee “and senior citizen” Earl Hebner, he was suspended from TNA without pay and fined Jarrett shrugged off Foley’s decision, told him his “comedy act is over right now,” and went to leave the ring An angry Foley told Jarrett he would be removed from the building “the easy way or the hard way,” and after choosing “the hard way” Jarrett went after Foley and was beaten down by Rocco & Sally Boy After Foley left the ring, Jarrett took out the security team with a metal folding chair Foley vowed to remove Jarrett from the building himself Backstage, Jarrett told Jeremy Borash that he’d already apologized to Earl Hebner for losing his temper and said he needed to set a better example, so he was going to suspend himself until Foley challenged him Also featured a Lauren interview with TNA Tag Team Champions Team 3D, where they talked about the British Invasion and their Slammiversary match with Beer Money Inc Lauren was unnerved by the presence of Raven, who sat quietly nearby and watched The Alex Shelley & Jay Lethal vs Team 3D match then aired, followed by Foley rallying a large crew of security guards and leading them to Jarrett’s locker room to throw him out Jarrett left on his own “before I do something I’ll really regret” Samoa Joe’s First Blood matches with Scott Steiner & Booker T (taped on May 27) aired next Raven then appeared a second time as Lauren reported on the fallout from Scott Steiner and Booker T’s First Blood matches with Samoa Joe After the AJ Styles vs Shane Douglas match Lauren was shown running through the backstage area and asking someone to help her over her cell phone Raven was then shown stalking her Lauren ran into a women’s restroom, and Raven sat outside it and smiled smugly as the sounds of a beating emanated from the restroom Daffney then walked out of the restroom and left the scene with Raven as the cameraman found Lauren laid out on the floor The Beautiful People then complained to Borash that their usual backstage set was missing while Borash tried to flirt with them, followed by a second training video with ODB and Cody Deaner Borash then interviewed Kurt Angle about his pending showdown with Samoa Joe, and after the Tara vs Madison Rayne match (taped on May 27) Borash was slapped by Eric Young after telling him to stop feeling sorry for himself So Cal Val then interviewed Christopher Daniels, who challenged Douglas to a “winner gets a TNA contract” match at Slammiversary The main event was Sting vs Kurt Angle
Jay Lethal (w/ Consequences Creed) & Alex Shelley (w/ Chris Sabin) defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon in a 7:40 non-title match after the British Invasion interfered Creed and Sabin also interfered, but Team 3D was able to fight them off, and they distracted the referee while Doug Williams hit Devon with his Feast-or-Fired briefcase and allowed Shelley to make the pin
Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi defeated TNA X-Division Champion Suicide & Christopher Daniels when Bashir pinned Daniels after Shane Douglas came from the crowd and punched Daniels with a chain wrapped around his hand After the match, Suicide was beaten and carried from the Impact Zone by the Motor City Machine Guns and Lethal Consequences while Douglas got a microphone and said it was not fair that Daniels got a second chance in TNA while he had not
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles defeated Shane Douglas by submission with a cross-arm breaker in 5:10 Douglas attacked Styles after the match, prompting Christopher Daniels to come to the ring and fight Douglas Douglas grabbed his towel and hit Daniels with it, knocking him down because a pair of handcuffs were inside the towel Douglas then cuffed Douglas to the ring rope and beat on him until Samoa Joe ran to the ring and chased him off Later, Daniels angrily challenged Douglas to a match at Slammiversary where if Douglas won, he would take Daniels’ TNA contract and if Daniels won, Douglas had to leave TNA again
Kurt Angle pinned Sting in 16:55 after hitting the Angle Slam Sting appeared to have Angle pinned late in the match, but Matt Morgan came to ringside and distracted the referee Morgan then hit Sting from behind while the referee was distracted, enabling Angle to hit the Angle Slam and score the pinfall After the match, Morgan entered the ring and clapped for Angle When Angle realized what happened, he shoved Morgan and the two had to be seperated by referees

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 27, 2009
Elijah Burke pinned Shawn Spears after hitting the Elijah Experience
Xplosion – 5/29/09 – Raisha Saeed defeated Sojo Bolt by submission with a Half Crab
iMPACT – 6/11/09
Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner in a First Blood match Joe placed a trash can over Steiner’s head and then repeatedly smashed it with a metal pipe When the referee managed to remove the trash can from Steiner’s body, he saw that Steiner was dripping blood from his forehead and called for the bell Joe’s victory meant that he would face Booker T in another First Blood match
Samoa Joe defeated Booker T (w/ Sharmell) in a First Blood match The two brawled at ringside before Joe picked up Scott Steiner’s metal pipe and slammed Booker in the midsection with it, causing Booker to cough up blood and end the match Backstage after the match, Lauren reported on Sting and Kurt Angle standing over their fallen Main Event Mafia comrades as medics tended to them For the second time, Raven was shown sitting quietly in the background watching
Tara pinned Madison Rayne in 4:15 after hitting the Widow’s Peak (Tara’s in-ring debut)
iMPACT – 6/18/09 – Opened with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley hosting a welcome back party for Jeff Jarrett He came to the ring with Earl Hebner, his mouth swollen, as well as a clown and his security team Foley invited Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, and TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles to the ring before bringing Jeff Jarrett down He then announced the 3-way tag team main event, and after Jarrett left the ring Joe attacked Angle until security broke it up Jeremy Borash was then backstage with Daffney, Raven, and Dr Stevie Richards, and Raven called Abyss “a rabid dog that should be put down” Christopher Daniels vs the Amazing Red (taped on May 25) aired next, followed by Lauren interviewing Taylor Wilde, Awesome Kong, and Raisha Saeed about their match On their opponents Kong said, “Monster kill princess first, and monster kill monster last” Matt Morgan came to the ring and called Sting out to address why Morgan cost Sting his match with Kurt Angle a week earlier Morgan insulted Sting and challenged him to a match at Slammiversary Sting accepted and upped the ante, saying that Morgan could take his spot in the Main Event Mafia if he won Morgan tried to attack Sting as he left the ring, but Sting saw him coming and dumped him over the top rope Raven vs Jethro Holiday aired next, followed by Don West interviewing Samoa Joe about his motives and his unseen advisor Joe said that his target was Kurt Angle, not the TNA World Title Next Lauren interviewed Abyss about his Monster’s Ball match at Slammiversary, and Abyss said that when Raven, Richards, & Daffney put their hands on “my girlfriend” they made him cry He unwrapped Lauren’s arm to show the huge bruise left by Daffney’s attack the week before Abyss said that his mother always told him not to hit girls, “But Daffney, you’re no girl You’re a whacked out, crazy bitch!” The Knockouts tag team match aired next, followed by a Borash interview with Team 3D about wrestling in Japan and a third video of Cody Deaner training with ODB Next So Cal Val attempted to interview Lethal Consequences and the Motor City Machine Guns backstage, but was continually insulted by her former fiance Jay Lethal The four men were at first united in their quest to unmask Suicide but then bickered over who would win at Slammiversary Next came Val’s interview with Beer Money and the subsequent 8-man tag team match, followed by another Val interview with TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles Joe showed up and told Styles to rest his injured ankle during their 3-way tag team match Back in Foley’s office Borash presented the Champion with a charicature drawing of the two of them together as the “Tweet & Tweet Connection” Foley loved it and called on Kip James to come hang it up for him James walked in wearing a janitor’s outfit and thanked Foley for the job Borash then interviewed Angle about his new, calmer demeanor since losing his MEM godfather role to Sting The main event was Styles & Joe vs Jarrett & Foley vs Angle & Sting
Raven (w/ Dr Stevie Richards) pinned Jethro Holliday in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match when Raven avoided a high cross body block and sent Holliday crashing into a steel cage wall, which then crashed down onto the arena floor After the match, Raven, Daffney, and Dr Stevie Richards put a straitjacket on Holliday after Raven DDTed him onto a metal folding chair Abyss then chased them off before they could do more damage
Awesome Kong & Taylor Wilde defeated TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love & Daffney by pinfall after Kong hit Daffney with the Implant Buster Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne interfered in the match and sprayed Raisha Saeed in the eyes with perfume After the match, the Beautiful People triple-teamed Kong until Tara cleared the ring She and Kong had a stare-down as the Beautiful People backed up the ramp
TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon and James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed & IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin in an 8-man tag team match when Devon pinned Shelley after hitting the 3D Before the match, So Cal Val interviewed Team 3D about getting jumped by the British Invasion the previous week on iMPACT They questioned Beer Money Inc for not making the save, and said they would get answers Later, just before their 8-man match, Storm & Roode were also interviewed by Val Team 3D crashed the interview and demanded answers Storm & Roode said they were spending their $100,000 winnings from the Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament The two teams then brawled through the backstage area and down the ramp, until their opponents attacked them to begin the match
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles & Samoa Joe defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley & Jeff Jarrett and Sting & Kurt Angle in a 3-way tag team match when Joe pinned Angle after hitting the Muscle Buster After starting the match, Foley tagged in Jarrett and then spent most of the remainder of the bout at the anounce table doing color commentary Jarrett eventually went after Foley and his security team, hitting all of them with a metal chair
Xplosion – ODB defeated Velvet Sky
Xplosion – Rhino & Jesse Neal defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams

TNA @ Pueblo, CO – Convention Center – May 29, 2009 (700)
After the show fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Team 3D in the ring for $20
Suicide defeated Consequences Creed to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Eric Young defeated Brutus Magnus
Angelina Love defeated Awesome Kong to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Abyss defeated Matt Morgan
Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions

TNA @ Chyenne, WY – Taco Johns Event Center – May 30, 2009 (900)
After the show fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Team 3D in the ring for $20
Suicide defeated Consequences Creed to retain the TNA X-Division Title Creed played the heel and threatened to unmask Suicide several times
Eric Young defeated Brutus Magnus
Angelina Love pinned Awesome Kong with a rollup to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Abyss pinned Matt Morgan after throwing him into a metal folding chair sandwiched between the top and middle ropes in the corner
Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions After the match Team 3D then brought a young fan into the ring and gave him an autographed piece of the table they’d used

TNA @ Nampa, ID – Idaho Center – June 2, 2009
MTV filmed segments for the show “Made” with the Beautiful People and AJ Styles at the event After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Team 3D in the ring for $20
Christopher Daniels defeated TNA X-Division Champion Suicide in a non-title match
Taylor Wilde and an unknown defeated TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Matt Morgan defeated Eric Young
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles pinned Christopher Daniels in a non-title match After the match, Daniels led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to Styles
Jeff Jarrett & TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated James Storm, Robert Roode, & Sheik Abdul Bashir

TNA @ Kennewick, WA – Toyota Events Center – June 3, 2009 (500)
After the show fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with Team 3D in the ring for $20
Suicide defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Eric Young pinned Matt Morgan
Angelina Love defeated Taylor Wilde to retain the TNA Knockout Title
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles defeated TNA X-Division Champion Suicide
Jeff Jarrett & TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated James Storm, Robert Roode, & Sheik Abdul Bashir

TNA @ Kent, WA – ShoWare Center – June 4, 2009 (800)
TNA X-Division Champion Suicide drew Christopher Daniels in a match to determine who would receive a TNA Legends Title shot later in the show
Taylor Wilde defeated Velvet Sky
Eric Young defeated Matt Morgan
AJ Styles defeated TNA X-Division Champion Suicide and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match to retain the TNA Legends Title
Jeff Jarrett & TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated James Storm, Robert Roode, & Sheik Abdul Bashir

TNA @ Abbotsford, BC – Entertainment & Sports Centre – June 5, 2009 (1,000)
TNA X-Division Champion Suicide drew Christopher Daniels in a match to determine who would receive a TNA Legends Title shot later in the show
Angelina Love pinned Taylor Wilde to retain the TNA Knockout Title with her feet on the ropes During the match, the crowd chanted “You screwed Bret” at referee Earl Hebner Love took the microphone and yelled, “I never screwed Bret!”
Eric Young defeated Matt Morgan
AJ Styles defeated TNA X-Division Champion Suicide and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match to retain the TNA Legends Title
Jeff Jarrett & TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated James Storm, Robert Roode, & Sheik Abdul Bashir in a 6-man tag team match

TNA @ Pentiction, BC – South Okanagan Events Centre – June 6, 2009 (app 800)
TNA X-Division Champion Suicide drew Christopher Daniels in a match to determine who would receive a TNA Legends Title shot later in the show
Taylor Wilde defeated TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love in a non-title match
Eric Young defeated Matt Morgan
AJ Styles defeated TNA X-Division Champion Suicide and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match to retain the TNA Legends Title
Jeff Jarrett & TNA Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated James Storm, Robert Roode, & Sheik Abdul Bashir in a 6-man tag team match

TNA @ St Joseph, MO – Civic Arena – June 12, 2009
Consequences Creed defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Awesome Kong defeated ODB
Eric Young defeated Jay Lethal
Suicide defeated Homicide and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Abyss defeated Matt Morgan James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner

TNA @ Council Bluffs, IA – Mid-America Center – June 13, 2009 (300)
Homicide defeated Eric Young
Awesome Kong defeated ODB
Christopher Daniels defeated Matt Morgan
Suicide defeated Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Abyss defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner

TNA @ Kearney, NE – Firstier Events Center – June 14, 2009 (1,000)
Eric Young defeated Consequences Creed
ODB defeated Awesome Kong
Christopher Daniels defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Suicide defeated Jay Lethal and Homicide in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Matt Morgan defeated Abyss
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner

TNA @ Grand Rapids, MI – Deltaplex Arena – June 19, 2009 (1,300)
Jacqueline defeated Rhaka Khan
Chris Sabin defeated Jay Lethal
Angelina Love pinned Taylor Wilde with a rollup to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Suicide defeated Alex Shelley to retain the TNA X-Division Title Chris Sabin interfered repeatedly
Christopher Daniels pinned Eric Young after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever
Rhino pinned Matt Morgan after hitting the Gore
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Kurt Angle & Scott Steiner After the match, Angle spoke to the audience and thanked the fans for coming before vowing “to never return to the WWE again”

Slammiversary 2009 – Auburn Hills, MI – Palace – June 21, 2009 (4,000; 2,200 paid)
Internet Pre-Show – Lauren interviewed Beer Money Inc, who pointed out that Team 3D had just landed in Detroit after a 15-hour flight from Japan Storm said, “I don’t feel sorry for them, I feel sorry for that plane with those big guys on it!”
Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated Rhino & Jesse Neal by pinfall when Magnus pinned Neal The match was originally Rhino teaming with Eric Young, but Young walked backstage early in the match and Neal was allowed to take his place by the referee
Pay-per-view bouts – Included backstage interviews with Shane Douglas, TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles & Samoa Joe, and the trio of Raven, Daffney, & Dr Stevie Richards Richards said that Abyss “is a jigsaw puzzle that cannot be put back together,” and Raven called himself and Abyss “brothers in blood” Foley said that he had a 40% chance of retaining his Title in the King of the Mountain match, because Jarrett knew that he needed to be Champion Jarrett later said that he did not care about being TNA World Champion, he just wanted the Title off of Foley Styles and Joe said they would work together to bring the Title back to the TNA originals, and Joe promised to end Kurt Angle Also included the announcement that Bound For Glory V would be held in Los Angeles, though the venue is actually in Irvine
Suicide defeated Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Chris Sabin, and Alex Shelley to retain the TNA X-Division Title in a King of the Mountain match at the 23:31 mark Order of falls: Suicide pinned Lethal at 2:13; Suicide pinned Shelley at 4:12; Lethal pinned Suicide at 6:26; Creed pinned Shelley at 8:45; Shelley pinned Sabin at 12:10; Sabin pinned Lethal at 14:34
Christopher Daniels pinned Shane Douglas in 8:12 after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever If Douglas had won, he would have won Daniels’ TNA contract Douglas wore a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey to the ring and angered the crowd by insulting the Detroit Red Wings, who Pittsburgh beat days earlier for the Stanley Cup Douglas suffered a severely sprained ankle early in the match
Angelina Love pinned Tara with a rollup in 6:50 to retain the TNA Knockout Title Love scored the pinfall after Velvet Sky sprayed perfume in Tara’s eyes
Abyss & Taylor Wilde defeated Raven & Daffney in a Mixed Tag Team Monsters’ Ball match when Abyss pinned Raven at the 14:07 mark after hitting a Black Hole Slam into thumbtacks Dr Stevie Richards repeatedly interfered in the match, and Wilde tossed Daffney into the thumbtacks as well
Sting pinned Matt Morgan after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop from the second rope If Sting had lost, Morgan would have taken his spot in the Main Event Mafia
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon to win the TNA Tag Team Champions when Roode pinned Devon after hitting the Driving While Investing finishing move The British Invasion interfered late in the match, brawling with Ray outside the ring while Devon was pinned Mike Tenay repeatedly pointed out that Team 3D had defended their IWGP Tag Team Titles in Japan the day before
Kurt Angle defeated Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett, TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles, and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Heavyweight Title in a King of the Mountain match in 22:04 Angle and Joe climbed the ladder together as Joe carried the championship belt, and when they reached the top Joe handed the belt to Angle to give him the win After the match, they embraced and Joe carried Angle around the ring in celebration as Kevin Nash, Booker T, and Scott Steiner came to the ring and applauded Order of falls: Joe was DQed before the match even started for attacking Angle, making angle eligible; Jarrett pinned Foley at 2:15; Joe choked out Foley at 4:30; Foley pinned Styles at 14:55 after an elbow drop from the top of the penalty box; Styles pinned Foley

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 23, 2009
iMPACT – 6/25/09 – Opened with the Street Fight, followed by new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle meeting Samoa Joe in the parking lot Angle shook hands with Joe’s mystery driver and headed to the ring with the rest of the Main Event Mafia in tow He introduced Joe as the newest member of the group and called the plan “a masterpiece” Angle said that Joe had a “steep” asking price, but Jenna Morasca put up the money Angle said that they staged Joe’s attacks on all the MEM members and said he forgot to let Sting in on the plan “What you didn’t know didn’t hurt you,” Angle sarcastically added Former Champion Mick Foley came out and said that Angle owed Sting an explanation and Joe owed AJ styles an explanation Foley also said that Angle owed him a rematch at Victory Road Angle retorted that his contract gave him the right to pick his own opponents and called Foley a crybaby Angle said that Foley would have to give him something in return for a match and suggested that they negotiate backstage over a few drinks Foley smiled and agreed Next Lauren tried to interview Styles about Joe, but he yelled at her and went looking for his former friend Jeff Jarrett then phoned in and told Mike Tenay that he’d be back next week to work things out with Foley A teaser for Sarita aired, followed by Kevin Nash vs Abyss New TNA Tag Team Champions Beer Money then came to the ring and said they capitalized on Team 3D’s mistake to become the greatest team in the world They promised Team 3D a rematch, but Booker T & Scott Steiner interrupted and said they wanted a shot Booker said that Beer Money reminded him of Harlem Heat and the Steiner brothers He then said that Foley agreed to give them a shot at the Tag Team Titles and give Kevin Nash a shot at the TNA Legends Title in exchange for his rematch with Angle Team 3D came out looking confused and said that nobody could understand a word Booker & Steiner said Brother Ray said that they’d make Foley an offer he couldn’t refuse to put them in the Title match at the PPV After the Match of 10,000 Tacks Lauren interviewed the Beautiful People, and after Velvet Sky noted that Tara was short for “tarantula” an actual tarantula appeared on TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love’s shoulder and freaked her out Team 3D then arrived at Foley’s office and he put them in a #1 contenders match with Booker & Steiner After Steiner vs Roode, Jeremy Borash interviewed Angle He promised to “take care of” Foley next week for “tweeking” the Tag Team Title match Borash said that Sting was on his way to the building and Angle said he didn’t answer to Sting Next Borash talked to Foley, who said he wanted to apologize to and reconcile with Jarrett Lauren then interviewed Eric Young, who said there are no friends in wrestling Rhino walked up and threatened Young for walking out on him at Slammiversary Young sucker-punched Rhino and ran off Lauren then interviewed Booker T, who was interrupted by Sharmell demanding a match with Morasca Styles then came to the ring and called out Joe The fans chanted “You sold out!” at Joe as Styles berated him for going back on their plan and screwing everyone Styles asked who Joe’s advisor was and Joe said he could ask him directly at Victory Road Joe turned around to leave and Styles attacked him They fought until Matt Morgan and Christopher Daniels joined the fight The rest of the MEM then arrived to beat on Styles & Daniels until Sting showed up and stopped them He said he was disappointed in everyone but Angle and called Joe a “punk” who inspired them to start the MEM in the first place Sting asked what else Angle hadn’t told him Nash said that he’d stood up for Sting and argued against kicking him out of the group He said he agreed with Sting’s respect campaign, but “your plan wasn’t working, and Kurt as the belt” Nash said that he was Sting’s friend, but he wouldn’t fight the rest of the MEM Sting handed Nash his bat and turned around Nash pretended that he was going to attack the MEM but swung at Sting instead Sting pulled out a second bat and cleared the ring until Joe hit him with bat #1 The entire MEM ganged up on Sting to end the show:
Brother Ray defeated Brutus Magnus in a Street Fight After the match Ray was attacked by Doug Williams, Rob Terry, Kiyoshi, and Sheik Abdul Bashir until Devon made the save and put Kiyoshi through a table Ray then handed out pieces of the table to fans at ringside
Kevin Nash pinned Abyss after Dr Stevie Richards interfered and tased Abyss Lauren ran out to check on her boyfriend after the match
Taylor Wilde defeated Daffney in a Match of 10,000 Tacks when she bodyslammed Daffney into the thumbtacks The tacks were in a bag suspended above the ring on a pole, which Daffney recovered first Wilde recovered and managed to drop her opponent into the pile for the win
Scott Steiner defeated TNA Tag Team Champion Robert Roode
TNA Tag Team Champion James Storm defeated Booker T (w/ Sharmell) by DQ when Booker smashed Storm’s own beer bottle over his head
iMPACT – 7/2/09 – Opened with the Main Event Mafia coming to the ring, and new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle telling Sting, “It was not personal, it was strictly business” He then called out Mick Foley and told him that he crossed the boss by giving Team 3D a shot at the TNA Tag Team Title shot at Victory Road Foley admitted that he messed up but asked for mercy because he was having a rough time after losing his World Title Scott Steiner then took out Foley’s security with a pipe, and the entire MEM beat down Foley after he took a shot at Angle Jeff Jarrett then ran to the ring with his guitar, clearing the MEM from the ring Jarrett then turned around and smashed the guitar over Foley’s head Foley refused medical help and tried to confront Jarrett in his locker room, but Jarrett ordered security to throw him out of the Impact Zone After the opening segment Mike Tenay interviewed Kevin Nash about his reputation for focusing only on money, and then Abyss went looking for Dr Stevie Richards and told Lauren “I am sick today, and I will be sick tomorrow” and “I’ve never asked you to stop being a woman, so don’t ask me to stop being a monster” Cody Deaner vs the Amazing Red followed, and then TNA security confronted Abyss with baseball bats in hand and made him cease his hunt Jeremy Borash then interviewed Jarrett in his locker room when the MEM entered and offered him membership in the group Jarrett turned Kurt Angle down and made a tag team main event, with Angle’s TNA World Heavyweight Title on the line Lauren then interviewed Jenna Morasca, who said she’d fight Sharmell at Victory Road She was confronted by Sojournor Bolt, who said Sharmell was “my girl” and her student Next was Eric Young vs Rhino (taped on June 24,) followed by Sharmell telling Matt Morgan to come see Kurt Angle and Morgan excitedly talking about joining the MEM Angle subsequently asked Morgan to take care of Christopher Daniels Morgan agreed but said his patience was running thin The Knockouts tag team match followed, and then Angelina Love screamed about Tara’s spider and ignored the fact that Velvet Sky was left in the ring Lauren teased her and pretended that the tarantula was on Love’s shoulder, making her run away in another screaming fit as Lauren laughed Team 3D vs Booker T 7 Scott Steiner followed (taped on June 24,) and then Jay Lethal vs Jethro Holiday was supposed to occur The match because Abyss attacked Lethal & Consequences Creed backstage He then came to the ring and hit Holliday with the Black Hole Slam before calling out Dr Stevie Richards When Richards did not come out, Abyss said that did not need any more of Richards’ therapy and would instead hit Richards with his own Shock Treatment Richards then appeared on the video board, apparently using a night vision camera, and revealed that he’d kidnapped Lauren He said that he could do anything to her, but would not because he was not a monster like Abyss He told Abyss to report to his office for therapy “or else” The main event was Angle & Joe vs Jarrett & Styles The show also included another hype package for Sarita
The Amazing Red pinned Cody Deaner (w/ ODB) after hitting the Red Eye
Tara & Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha Saeed) defeated TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love & Velvet Sky (w/ Madison Rayne) when Kong pinned Sky after hitting the Implant Buster After the match, Tara put her tarantula on Sky as Love & Rayne ran backstage and Kong backed away looking terrified
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Jarrett & TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles when Angle made Jarrett pass out in the Ankle Lock If either Jarrett or Styles had scored the fall, they would have won Angle’s Title Jarrett had hit the Stroke from the second rope and had Angle pinned, but the referee was knocked out After the match, the rest of the Main Event Mafia came to the ring and ganged up on Styles A brief clip was shown of Matt Morgan assaulting Christopher Daniels backstage, keeping him from helping his friend Styles The lights then went out and Sting appeared in the ring with his baseball bat, which he used to clear the ring He then picked up Angle’s championship belt before the lights went out again When they came back on, Sting was gone

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 24, 2009
iMPACT – 7/2/09
Eric Young pinned Rhino (w/ Jesse Neal) with a rollup and his feet on the ropes after Rhino collided with Neal, who was on the ring apron complaining to the referee about Young slapping him earlier After the match Rhino looked disgusted with his protege
Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon in a #1 contender match when Booker pinned Ray after Brutus Magnus hit him with a Feast or Fired briefcase Magnus, Doug Williams, & Rob Terry interfered after Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi came to ringside and began brawling with TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode, who were doing guest commentary during the match
iMPACT – 7/9/09 – Opened with Mick Foley coming to the ring and saying that either he or Jeff Jarrett should give up their decision-making authority in TNA Jarrett then came to the ring and said that together they could “build TNA to heights we could never have dreamed of” Foley apologized for some of the outlandish things he’d said in recent weeks, and said that he wanted to regain the TNA World Heavyweight Title for the right reasons They then set up the main event 3-way match involving themselves, Kurt Angle, and a guest referee of Angle’s choosing, with the stipulation that the referee could not be a member of the Main Event Mafia or Matt Morgan Also featured Sting coming to the ring with the TNA World Heavyweight Title and calling Samoa Joe out He reminded Joe that the Main Event Mafia was formed to fight “punks” like him, and warned Joe that he “pissed me off” Joe said that he’d been instructed to keep his temper and not touch Sting, and Sting asked who the mysterious adviser was Joe reiterated that everyone would find out at Victory Road Later on, Lauren said that she was backstage with Joe, who stood cloked in his black towel in the corner The car that had been seen on previous episodes of iMPACT, apparently driven by Joe’s advisor, pulled up “Joe” then pulled off the towel to reveal himself as Sting, and he attacked the unseen driver before Joe appeared and choked Sting out with the Kokina Clutch Other segments included Lauren interviewing the British Invasion, who said that they wanted big money and respect; Mike Tenay interviewing Suicide about his name, music, and mask; Jenna Morasca announcing that she hired Raisha Saeed to train her for her match with Sharmell at Victory Road; Abyss showing up at Dr Stevie Richards’ office and attacking him before being neutralized by a neuroinhibitor drug Richards placed in his water
Homicide defeated Doug Williams in a Ladder match to regain his Feast or Fired briefcase with the TNA X-Division Title shot inside Williams issued an open challenge, which Homicide answered Mike Tenay talked about Homicide’s absence due to the death of his father Homicide pushed the ladder over while Williams was near the top, sending him over the top rope and on to Brutus Magnus & Rob Terry on the floor Team 3D then ran out and took out the entire British Invasion, giving Homicide the chance to grab the briefcase and win the match After the contest, Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi came to ringside and helped the British Invasion beat down Team 3D as Homicide headed backstage
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley by pinfall in a non-title match after hitting Shelley with the DWI Booker T & Scott Steiner did guest commentary during the bout
Tara pinned Velvet Sky after hitting the Widow’s Peak Before the match, Sky confronted Angelina Love about abandoning her on the previous iMPACT when Tara put her tarantula on Sky after their match She said that if Love did not have her back this week, the Beautiful People were through After the match, Tara got ready to place the tarantula on Sky again, and told Love that she would only change her mind if Love gave her a TNA Knockout Title shot right then and there That led to the next match
Tara pinned Angelina Love after hitting the Widow’s Peak to win the TNA Knockout Title Tara cried in the ring as she held the belt, and after the match told Lauren backstage that she never thought she would be happy in wrestling again, but was proud to be a part of TNA
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated Kevin Nash & Matt Morgan when Styles pinned Morgan after hitting a Frog Splash immediately after Daniels hit the Best Moonsault Ever After the match, Morgan attacked Daniels while Styles fought off Nash and then Morgan
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle defeated Mick Foley and Jeff Jarrett in a non-title 3-way match when guest referee Eric Young abruptly stopped the match as Angle had Foley in the Ankle Lock After the match Jarrett attacked Young and chased him backstage, as Foley went after Angle and put the Mandible Claw on him The Main Event Mafia ran to the ring, and Samoa Joe took Foley out with a shot to the back of the head with the championship belt The rest of the Mafia came to the ring with spools of barbed wire, and they wrapped Foley in the wire to end the show
iMPACT – 7/16/09 – The Amazing Red defeated Samoa Joe by DQ when Joe shoved the referee mere seconds into the match After the bell rang Joe hit the Musclebuster on Red

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 25, 2009
Eric Young defeated Johnny Gardano
Xplosion: ODB defeated Madison Rayne
iMPACT – 7/16/09 – Opened with Mick Foley coming to the ring and saying he felt naked with the TNA World Heavyweight Title He said the direction of TNA depended on his match with Kurt Angle and he called the Champion to the ring Foley noted that he hadn’t said “I quit” in a match since wrestling Terry Funk in Japan many years ago Foley asked Angle to keep the Main Event Mafia out of their match, and Angle complained about young wrestlers being spoiled and overpaid Angle said they were trying to change the world that the MEM sought to preserve, a world that Foley & Jeff Jarrett were also a part of Sting interrupted and said Angle was full of bull He said that the MEM was now all about money, greed, and back-stabbing Sting asked Foley to give him one more match with Angle, but Angle agreed to the match before Foley could speak Foley then made it a Steel Cage match After a commercial Samoa Joe was shown attacking the Amazing Red backstage before their match After that Lauren interviewed the debuting Sarita, who talked about wrestling all over the world Don West then mediated a meeting of Sharmell (w/ Sojo Bolt) and Jenna Morasca (w/ Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed) West called Sharmell the instigator of the feud, setting her off and leading to an exchange of insults between the two This almost broke down into a fight until West calmed things down Borash then interviewed Angle and asked why he wanted to face Sting just before the PPV Angle said he wanted to prove that he was TNA’s true icon and said that the MEM would win every championship at Victory Road and take over TNA The two X-Division Title matches were next, followed by the Angelina Love coming to the ring Love wore a beekeeper’s suit and said that she filed a complaint with PETA about Tara and her tarantula Love claimed that last week’s match was not official and said she wanted her belt back Tara came out wearing the TNA Knockout Title and said that Poison (her tarantula) was in Love’s suit Love freaked out and ripped the suit off of herself, allowing Tara to hit the Widow’s Peak on her Sarita vs Alyssa Flash was next, followed by a short AJ Styles interview and then Styles & Beer Money vs the MEM in a 6-man tag team match Team 3D then cut a promo on the British Invasion, who said they’d just signed a contract to face 3D for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles at Victory Road Abyss & Lauren then talked backstage about Dr Stevie and Abyss “failed miserably” in trying to quell his thirst for pain Abyss started sticking thumbtacks into his own arm as Lauren screamed and then he made his own prescription for Stevie: “One major ass beating with no refills” The main event was Angle vs Sting
Suicide defeated Chris Sabin (w/ Alex Shelley) to retain the TNA X-Division Title After the match the Motor City Machine Guns attacked Suicide until Homicide made the save Homicide’s then smiled and cashed in his Feast-or-Fired briefcase, leading to
Homicide pinned Suicide to win the TNA X-Division Title
Sarita pinned Alissa Flash with a victory roll at 4:45; during her entrance, Flash told Dave Penzer to announce her as a future legend; after the match, Flash extended her hand to Sarita before attacking her (debut of both women) (TNA: Best of 2009)
Kevin Nash (w/ Jenna Morasca), Booker T (w/ Sharmell), & Scott Steiner defeated TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles & TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode in a 6-man elimination tag team match Nash pinned Styles, Steiner eliminated Storm, and then Booker pinned Roode Morasca and Sharmell had a brief catfight after the match
Xplosion – Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi
Xplosion – Awesome Kong defeated Sojo Bolt
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs Sting in a Steel Cage match was a no contest when Samoa Joe interfered Jeff Jarrett did guest commentary until he was attacked by Joe, who then got in the cage Sting to the upper hand and put Joe in the Scorpion Death Lock, but the lights went out and an orange “FTW” symbol appeared on the video board The distracted allowed Joe to put Sting in the Kokina Clutch Jarrett & Mick Foley tried to make the save but were held off by a baseball bat-wielding Angle The rest of the Main Event Mafia ran out and beat on Jarrett & Foley at ringside

NJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall – July 5, 2009 (2,000)
Milano Collection AT & Taichi defeated Jushin Liger & AKIRA in 11:33) when Milano pinned AKIRA with an Inside Cradle
Tomoaki Honma pinned Toru Yano in 5:44 after hitting a Diving Headbutt
Hirooki Goto pinned Kazuchika Okada in 7:34 with the Shouten
Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori defeated Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson in 7:03 when Nakanishi used the Dai*Nakanishi German on Anderson
Yuji Nagata pinned Tomohiro Ishii in 13:02 with a Backdrop Hold
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Togi Makabe defeated Shinsuke Nakamura & Takashi Iizuka by DQ in 11:43
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask defeated Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto in 12:54 when Tanahashi pinned Inoue after hitting the High Fly Flow
Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt defeated Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles in 21:34 when Devitt pinned Shelley after hitting the Shingata Prince’s Throne

TNA @ Jamestown, NY – Jamestown Savings Bank Arena – July 9, 2009
After the show, fans were invited to a ringside autograph session and could take pictures with AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels in the ring for $20
Consequences Creed pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the TKO
Taylor Wilde pinned Angelina Love with a rollup
Eric Young pinned Jay Lethal after hitting the Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions Sheik Abdul Bashir interfered at the end of the match, hitting Ray with a low blow and allowing Storm to hit the Superkick and pin Ray After the match Bashir tried to celebrate with the Champions, but they threw him into the ring to Team 3D, who 3Ded him through a table Team 3D then brought a young fan into the ring and gave him an autographed piece of the table
Homicide pinned Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Gringo Cutter Before the match Jeremy Borash explained to the fans that Homicide won the Title during the week’s TV tapings and the match would air in a week
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe when Styles pinned Angle

TNA @ Hamilton, ON – Copps Coliseum – July 10, 2009 (1,500)
Eric Young pinned Suicide After the match Young attacked referee Earl Hebner and pinned him as well
Angelina Love pinned Taylor Wilde
Homicide pinned Consequences Creed to retain the TNA X-Division Title Before the match Jeremy Borash explained to the fans that Homicide won the Title during the week’s TV tapings and the match would air in a week
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe when Styles pinned Angle
Jay Lethal pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions Sheik Abdul Bashir interfered at the end of the match, hitting Ray with a low blow and allowing Storm to pin him After the match Bashir tried to celebrate with the Champions, but they threw him into the ring to Team 3D, who 3Ded him through a table

TNA @ Hamburg, NY – Erie County Ag Society Fairgrounds – July 11, 2009 (1,000)
After the main event, Mick Foley brought the legendary Destroyer to the ring and announced that it was his birthday, leading the crowd in a round of “Happy Birthday” He then called out Taylor Wilde, Consequences Creed, Jay Lethal, and Christopher Daniels for a ringside autograph session, and fans were invited to take pictures in the ring with TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles for $20
Eric Young pinned Consequences Creed after hitting the Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker
Taylor Wilde pinned Angelina Love with a rollup
Christopher Daniels pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions Storm and referee Earl Hebner argued during the match, leading to Ray taking Hebner’s referee shirt and allow Hebner to go after Storm Sheik Abdul Bashir interfered at the end of the match, hitting Ray with a low blow and allowing Beer Money Inc to pick up the win After the match Bashir tried to celebrate with the Champions, but they threw him into the ring to Team 3D, who 3Ded him through a table Team 3D then brought a young fan into the ring and gave him an autographed piece of the table
Homicide defeated Jay Lethal and Suicide in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title after pinning Lethal with a neckbreaker Before the match, Jeremy Borash announced that due to the X-Division Title change that would air on the next week’s iMPACT, this would be a Homicide Title defense
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe after hitting the Pele kick to retain the TNA Legends Title Kurt Angle interfered midway through the match, shaking Styles off the top rope Mick Foley then came out and fought Angle to the backstage area

TNA @ Syracuse, NY – Convention Center – July 12, 2009 (600)
During intermission, Mick Foley came to the ring and talked about going to college nearby After the main event, Consequences Creed, Jay Lethal, and Christopher Daniels came ringside for an autograph session, and fans were invited to take pictures in the ring with Team 3D for $20
Consequences Creed pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir in about 10 seconds Bashir demanded a rematch
Consequences Creed pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir in about 6 seconds Jeremy Borash called it a new TNA record, and Bashir offered to pay Creed $5000 if he could beat him a third time That led to a second rematch
Sheik Abdul Bashir pinned Consequences Creed with his feet on the middle rope
Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love
Homicide defeated Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated TNA World Champion Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe
Jay Lethal defeated Eric Young
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions Sheik Abdul Bashir interfered at the end of the match, hitting Ray with a low blow and allowing Beer Money Inc to pick up the win After the match Bashir tried to celebrate with the Champions, but they threw him into the ring to Team 3D, who 3Ded him through a table Team 3D then brought a young fan into the ring and gave him an autographed piece of the table

TNA @ Johnson City, TN – Freedom Hall Civic Center – July 17, 2009 (app 700)
After the main event, TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles took photos with fans in the ring for $20 as Robert Roode, Jay Lethal, Chris Sabin, and others signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were handed out before the show and at intermission
Chris Sabin defeated Suicide and Jay Lethal in a 3-way match when he pinned Suicide with the Cradle Shock
Daffney pinned Rhaka Khan after hitting a Belly-to-Belly Suplex Khan did not take the move properly and hit the mat head first, forcing a quick finish Khan was was carried backstage and appeared concussed
Matt Morgan pinned Kip James after hitting the Carbon Footprint
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Booker T & Scott Steiner to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions when Steiner was pinned after suffering the DWI
Taylor Wilde pinned Madison Rayne with a rollup
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe after hitting the Pele Kick to retain the TNA Legends Title

TNA @ Winston-Salem, NC – Joel Coliseum – July 18, 2009 (650)
The originally-scheduled main event of Kurt Angle, Booker T, & Scott Steiner vs AJ Styles, James Storm, & Robert Roode was changed due to Angle’s injury
Chris Sabin defeated Suicide and Jay Lethal in a 3-way match
Daffney defeated Rhaka Khan
Matt Morgan defeated Kip James
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Booker T & Scott Steiner to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions
Taylor Wilde defeated Madison Rayne
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the TNA Legends Title

Victory Road 2009 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 19, 2009
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Jeremy Borash conducting a backstage interview with TNA World Champion Kurt Angle, with Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash, Booker T, and Scott Steiner also in the room, in which he said he would easily go through Mick Foley and told the fans they wouldn’t be getting their money’s worth; Angle then told the rest of the Main Event Mafia that he would fire them on the spot if they didn’t win their respective matches later in the night; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with Stevie Richards, alongside Daffney, regarding his upcoming bout against Abyss; moments later, Richards said he had no choice but to make the match No DQ, then adding he would own Abyss, mind, body, and soul; featured a backstage segment in which Foley gave a pep talk to TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles, TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode regarding their matches against the Main Event Mafia later in the night, with Foley saying their careers were essentially at stake; included Lauren conducting a backstage interview with referee Slick Johnson regarding the controversial ending to the TNA Knockouts Title match earlier in the night, with Johnson saying he felt terrible about the call and said he would go to Jim Cornette and try to get Tara a rematch fro the championship; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Nash about his upcoming match against Styles; included Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Tara regarding her title loss earlier in the night; moments later, Slick Johnson was shown walking out of the shower, with Madison Rayne later appearing and telling Lauren to mind her own business and keep her mouth shut; featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Joe regarding his upcoming match against Sting and whether he would reveal his advisor, with Joe saying he would deliver Sting’s head to his advisor; included a video package announcing Bobby Lashley had signed with TNA, with comments from Lashley saying he wanted to face UFC World Champion Brock Lesnar; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Foley about his upcoming match against Angle; included a closing video package recapping the happenings in all the matches of the night:
Angelina Love pinned TNA Knockouts Champion Tara to win the title at 7:02 after the champion missed a moonsault off the top, with the referee not realizing Tara’s foot was on the bottom rope during the cover; Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne escorted the challenger to the ring before the match but were ejected during the final minutes after Rayne accidentally sprayed hairspray in the challenger’s face; after the contest, Tara kicked the referee in the face, dropped Angelina with the Widow’s Peak, and attempted to put her tarantula Poison on Love until Sky & Rayne pulled her from the ring; moments later, Tara put the spider on the referee’s chest
Matt Morgan pinned Christopher Daniels at 10:37 with the Carbon Footprint and the Hellevator; prior to the bout, a video package recapped Morgan’s quest to join the Main Event Mafia
Abyss pinned Stevie Richards in a No DQ match at 9:52 with the Black Hole Slam and using a Taser on him; late in the bout, Daffney attempted to interfere, with Lauren then coming out and knocking her into the ringsteps; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two; after the contest, Abyss and Lauren celebrated together in the ring (Abyss’s debut in new ring gear)
IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Devon Dudley defeated Brutus Magnus & Douglas Williams (w/ Rob Terry) at 10:17 when Ray pinned Williams with the 3D after Terry accidentally dropped Williams with a clothesline; prior to the bout, a video package aired hyping the upcoming match; following the champions’ entrance, Brother Ray held up an American flag, prompting a chant of “USA;” after the contest, Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi attacked the champions; moments later, Kiyoshi was thrown to the floor before Bashir sustained a powerbomb through a table set up in the ring
Jenna Morasca (w/ Awesome Kong) pinned Sharmell (w/ Sojo Bolt) at 5:49 after Kong punched Morasca in the face behind the referee’s back, from the floor; after the contest, Morasca had Kong put her on her shoulders in celebration; moments later, Morasca slapped Kong when she didn’t do what she was told, with Kong knocking her to the mat and hitting a splash; moments later, referees tended to Morasca in the ring
Kevin Nash pinned TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles to win the title at 10:47 with a chokeslam as Styles attempted a springboard into the ring; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two; stipulations stated Nash would be fired from the Main Event Mafia and retire if he lost
Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode to win the titles at 12:39 when Steiner pinned Roode after Booker hit an axe kick to Roode, across the top rope, as referee Earl Hebner argued with Storm outside the ring; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two teams; stipulations stated Booker & Steiner would be fired from the Main Event Mafia if they lost; after the bout, Jeremy Borash conducted a ringside interview with the new champions regarding their title win, during which Steiner said TNA World Champion Kurt Angle would beat Mick Foley later in the night
Samoa Joe defeated Sting via submission with the Coquina Clutch at 11:37; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two; during the final moments of the bout, Taz appeared ringside, revealing himself as Joe’s advisor; stipulations stated Joe would be fired from the Main Event Mafia if he lost (Taz’s surprise debut)
TNA World Champion Kurt Angle defeated Mick Foley via submission with the ankle lock into the heel hook at 14:05; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two; Jeremy Borash was the ring announcer for the match; after the contest, Samoa Joe, Taz, TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash, TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner joined Angle in the ring to celebrate

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 20, 2009
Xplosion – Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed when Shelley pinned Creed after hitting a Frog Splash
Xplosion – Dr Stevie (w/ Daffney) defeated Cody Deaner (w/ ODB) by submission with a Cobra Clutch
iMPACT – 7/23/09 – Opened with Taz coming to the ring and talked about his career as a wrestler in ECW and a commentator in the WWE He said that he watched TNA and saw a lot of himself in Samoa Joe, except for Joe’s unfortunate tendency to show remorse for his actions Taz said that he began teaching Joe how to get rid of that part of himself and then put over the Main Event Mafia He then said that Joe would bring championship gold to the MEM After Joe’s opening match the MEM came to the ring and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle put over the group’s members for all winning their matches at Victory Road He said that they would put their titles on the line on iMPACT for the fans’ entertainment and noted that Sting and Jeff Jarrett were at home “licking their wounds” Mick Foley then came out and gave Angle credit for making him tap out He said that Angle, as a 13-time World Champion, knew what it was like to have a bad day on 12 occassions Angle called Foley an “old dog” and offered to be his “master,” and then he pulled Foley’s office keys out of his pocket and put Foley in a “Keys on a Pole” match with him
Homicide defeated Samoa Joe (w/ Taz) by DQ to retain the TNA X-Division Title when Joe hit the referee After the match Joe contined to assault Homicide until Hernandez made his TNA return and saved his LAX partner
Kevin Nash (w/ Jenna Morasca) pinned the Amazing Red to retain the TNA Legends Title after hitting the Jacknife Powerbomb
Doug Williams, Brutus Magnus, Rob Terry, Kiyoshi, & Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Eric Young, James Storm, & Robert Roode in a 10-man tag team match when Magnus pinned Styles after Young turned on his partners and hit Styles with a Piledriver Young then posed with the British Invasion in the ring
Booker T (w/ Sharmell) & Scott Steiner defeated Big Rocco & Sally Boy to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions when Steiner pinned Rocco
Traci Brooks won a Battle Royal to earn $50,000 and a spot in the Main Event Mafia Brooks was actually the referee in the match, but when Awesome Kong and Tara were close to eliminating each other at the end of the bout Brooks threw them both over the top rope for the surprise win Other participants were ODB, Alyssa Flash, SoJo Bolt, Daffney, Taylor Wilde, Sarita, Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, and Angelina Love
iMPACT – 7/30/09 – AJ Styles defeated Matt Morgan in the first match in a Best-of-3 Series
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs Mick Foley in a non-title Keys on a Pole match was a no contest when the Main Event Mafia interfered after Foley knocked Angle out with the Mandible Claw Bobby Lashley then came to the ring and embraced Angle, seemingly joining the MEM Lashley then turned around and hit Angle with a big right hand before chasing the rest of the MEM out of the ring

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 21, 2009
Before the show a group of new US Army enlistees were brought to the ring and took the Army oath The entire TNA locker room emptied and the wrestlers came out to applaud the new soldiers and the crowd chanted “That was awesome” AJ Styles and BG James came to the ring and shook hands with each of the new soldiers
Xplosion – Homicide defeated the Amazing Red to retain the TNA X-Division Title
iMPACT – 7/30/09 – 200th episode; Matches were taped out of order as TNA recorded four episodes of iMPACT and Xplosion matches in three days Opened with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle telling the Main Event Mafia that they would take out Mick Foley and Bobby Lashley that night They then came to the ring and said Lashley had to pay a price for tarnishing his image Angle told Lashley to come out and face the MEM or they’d hunt him down and destroy him Lashley came out with a baseball bat and Lashley said that initially he wanted to be a part of the MEM, but then he realized that they were no longer hungry He said that they just wanted to steal Titles and cheat, and added that unlike Samoa Joe & Taz the MEM could not buy him Angle called Lashley “young and stupid” and Lashley got ready to make Angle an offer before Foley interrupted Foley complemented Lashley and then challenged Angle & TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash to a match against himself & Lashley with both Titles on the line Foley said it would deliver the ratings that Angle was promising, and Angle accepted After the opening Hernandez vs Joe match, Matt Morgan told Lauren that he still wanted to get in the MEM and would make it happen that night Jeremy Borash then talked to AJ Styles, who said that he underestimated Nash He called Eric Young’s heel turn “shocking” and promised to get revenge Borash next talked to Foley & Lashley, and Lashley said that he respected Foley for fighting for what he believes in Foley said he was fighting for TNA and for pride at Victory Road After the Styles vs Morgan match Lauren interviewed Traci Brooks and accused her of abusing her power to win the $50,000 Battle Royal Brooks said that she’d been calling TNA for months looking for matches but got no response even though she was the “original Knockout” Brooks said she took control and joined the MEM Taylor Wilde interrupted and said that Brooks broke her heart and they all looked up for her Brooks replied “this business wasn’t made for soft women like you, it was made for bitches like me” Don West then had a sit-down interview with Tara, who talked about leaving the WWE and put over the TNA Knockouts She said that she specifically wanted a match with Awesome Kong and then accused the Beautiful People of bribing referee Slick Johnson with sex The 6-woman tag team match was next, The formation of the World Elite and the IWGP Tag Team Title match followed Dr Stevie then put a $50,000 bounty on Abyss’ head and showed off his scars from Victory Road, and then footage was shown of Rhino training Jesse Neal Before the main event the MEM charged into Foley’s office and attacked he and Lashley After a commercial break Booker & Scott Steiner were seen brawling backstage with Beer Money The main event was then Foley & Lashley vs Angle & Nash, which was taped on July 22:
Hernandez pinned Samoa Joe (w/ Taz) after hitting a top-rope Splash Joe later threw a hissy fit backstage until Taz calmed him down
Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams (w/ Eric Young, Rob Terry, Sheik Abdul Bashir, & Kiyoshi) defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles in a Tables match Before the match Eric Young came out and announced the establishment of a new stable called World Elite, featuring himself, the British Invasion, Sheik Abdul Bashir, & Kiyoshi Young then called out Team 3D and demanded a Title shot for the Brits, which Team 3D accepted with the Tables stipulation The two teams brawled all over the arena until referee Earl Hebner was knocked out Terry then interfered but Devon managed to put Magnus through a table However, Young attacked Devon and rolled Magnus off of the broken table, putting Devon in it instead When Hebner regained his senses he saw Devon on the broken table and called for the bell
ODB (w/ Cody Deaner), Tara, & Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha Saeed) defeated Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & Madison Rayne in a 6-woman tag team match when ODB pinned Love with a rollup after Deaner interfered and kissed Love During the match the Motor City Machine Guns walked through the fans carrying signs that read “Yes, we still work here” and “Conspiracy Victims”
iMPACT – 8/6/09:
Matt Morgan pinned AJ Styles in the second match in a Best-of-3 Series
Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated Traci Brooks & Alyssa Flash when Sarita pinned Flash After the match the losers attacked the winners from behind
Sting pinned Brutus Magnus After the match Sting was attacked by World Elite until Mick Foley and Bobby Lashley made the save The Main Event Mafia then came down to join the fight and beat on the faces until Hernandez cleared the ring by swinging a chain around
iMPACT – 8/13/09:
TNA Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner (w/ TNA Tag Team Champion Booker T & Sharmell) pinned Brother Ray (w/ Brother Devon) in a No DQ match when the British Invasion attacked Devon as Steiner & Booker put Ray through a table with a Double Chokeslam
Eric Young & Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated Rhino & Jesse Neal After the match Rhino yelled at Neal for not tagging him in Neal apologized, but Rhino still slapped and Gored him

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 22, 2009
August 13 iMPACT – Hernandez defeated IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Doug Williams (w/ IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Brutus Magnus & Rob Terry) After the match the British Invasion attacked Hernandez and Terry knocked him out with the Feast-or-Fired briefcase
July 30 iMPACT – Mick Foley & Bobby Lashley defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash when Foley pinned Nash after Lashley hit him with the Spear Both Angle’s and Nash’s Titles were on the line, and Foley won the Legends Title The Main Event Mafia attacked Foley & Lashley before the match, and Foley started the bout by himself The lights went out and Sting appeared in the crowd He pointed his baseball bat at Angle before the lights went out again When they came back on Lashley was in the ring, his head bandaged
Xplosion – Rhino defeated Jethro Holiday by DQ
August 13 iMPACT – Tara defeated Awesome Kong, Angelina Love, and ODB in a 4-way match when she pinned Kong with a rollup
August 6 iMPACT – Matches were taped out of order as TNA recorded four episodes of iMPACT and Xplosion matches in three days Opened with Kurt Angle and Eric Young arriving at the Impact Zone together in a limosine Angle then led the Main Event Mafia to the ring and said that it was Sting and Bobby Lashley’s fault that Mick Foley “won” the TNA Legends Title last week He said hte match was “null and void” because of interference, but “TNA management” decided to let the decision stand and just give Kevin Nash a rematch at Hard Justice Angle said that he wanted to protect his family and struck a deal Young then brought out World Elite and said that together they were the greatest group in wrestling history Young called Angle “the greatest professional wrestler ever” and said that the US never treated them like stars He yelled “Let the cleansing begin!” and the members of the two groups all shook hands Jeremy Borash then interviewed Foley, who said that nobody would ever forget this night Lashley & Sting showed up and took him away Lauren then interviewed Christopher Daniels, who said that Young was screwing American fans The Motor City Machine Guns appeared and joked that they didn’t know what the camera was because they hadn’t been on TV in weeks Daniels told them to stop goofing off and come help him fight After the Daniels vs Young match Lauren talked to Team 3D and Beer Money, who said they put aside their witnesses to “go to war” with World Elite Robert Roode said that he and Young came into TNA together but he wouldn’t let Young dictate TNA’s future After that 8-man tag team match and the subsequent brawl Taylor Wilde & Sarita faced Traci Brooks & Alyssa Flash (taped on June 21) and the Beautiful People challenged ODB & Cody Deaner to a match at Hard Justice Hernandez then arrived at the building He found Kip James sweeping and asked what was going on James said, “There was a big brawl around here and now I have to clean all of this shit up!” After a brief Lauren interview with AJ Styles, Hernandez sat down for an interview with Mike Tenay He talked about getting attacked by the British Invasion and sitting out for three months He discussed his background and LAX’s early days as American haters Hernandez said his dad refused to speak to him after the flag-burning segment and then wished former partner Homicide well Lauren then talked to TNA X-Division Champion Homicide, who refused to talk about Hernandez and ran down Samoa Joe Styles vs Morgan was next, and after that the MEM announced that they were leaving the building because “things are out of control” Borash then talked to Abyss, who was hiding in the parking lot because of Dr Stevie’s $50,000 bounty Consequences Creed & Jay Lethal attacked Abyss, but he fought them off and left them laying The main event was Sting vs Brutus Magnus, which was filmed on July 21
Eric Young (w/ Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi) pinned Christopher Daniels (w/ Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) after hitting a Piledriver The Motor City Machine Guns read video game magazines during the match and did not see Bashir & Kiyoshi interfere to help Young win After the match Bashir & Kiyoshi kicked the Guns in the face with twin baseball slides
Rob Terry, Doug Williams (w/ Brutus Magnus), & TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated Brother Ray, Brother Devon, James Storm, & Robert Roode in an 8-man tag team match when Terry pinned Roode after Traci Brooks interfered and shoved Roode off the top rope, allowing Terry to hit a Chokeslam Bomb After the match a huge 18:00 brawl erupted involving all the members of the Main Event Mafia, World Elite, and the Frontline The brawl finally ended when Orlando police officers arrived
August 13 iMPACT – Matches were taped out of order as TNA recorded four episodes of iMPACT and Xplosion matches in three days Opened with Christy Hemme vs Sojo Bolt, followed by a Lauren backstage interview with Taz Taz said that Hernandez didn’t beat Samoa Joe, because Joe beat himself because he showed remorse Taz promised to get Joe’s “head straight” so he could win the X-Division Title Hernandez vs Doug Williams was next, followed by a Mike Tenay sit-down interview with Bobby Lashley Lashley talked about his MMA training and loving pro wrestling Jeremy Borash then interviewed Dr Stevie & Daffney, who said they’d discovered that “thousands of people hate Abyss” and wanted to collect the $50,000 bounty Stevie said it wasn’t about pinning Abyss, but ending his career Abyss attacked Stevie and called him “a worthless bitch” for not doing his own dirty work Jethro Holiday attacked Abyss and beat him with a metal folding chair World Elite vs Rhino & Jesse Neal was aired after a brief Tara promo, and after that match Rhino told Lauren that training Neal was a mistake Rhino vowed that he would die in the ring, while Neal made a joke out of it The Knockouts 4-way was next, and then brief backstage comments from AJ Styles and Team 3D hyped up Hard Justice Scott Steiner vs Brother Ray (taped July 21) was next, followed by the contract signing for Kevin Nash vs TNA Legends Champion Mick Foley Foley said that Nash was all about money, and Nash said that losing the Title was costing him cash at autograph signings Foley said he gives autographs for free Nash noted that Foley was a best-selling author with a beautiful wife and family and asked why he keeps wrapping himself in barbed wire Foley said he loved wrestling and challenged Nash to use his intelligence and size to fight Foley’s passion Nash called Foley “a pathetic wrestler” and Foley said he was proud of being a wrestler Foley then joked that they were having a contract signing yet nobody had gone through the table Nash said he wouldn’t get paid any more to put someone through the table Foley said he would do it for free, or he’d put himself through it for free Nash asked Foley if he was serious, and Foley bounced off the ropes and threw himself through the table Nash backed up the ramp looking nervously at Foley After a short Lauren interview with Matt Morgan he defeated AJ Styles in the main event
Christy Hemme pinned Sojo Bolt with the FFG
Matt Morgan (w/ TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle) pinned AJ Styles (w/ Sting) in the third and final match in a Best-of-3 Series After the match the rest of the Main Event Mafia came out to celebrate with Morgan & Angle Angle told Morgan that he needed to do him one last favor to get in the MEM, which confused Morgan since he thought he was already in Angle asked him to lay down at Hard Justice, but Morgan refused and said he would not pass up his opportunity

TNA @ Bossier City, LA – CenturyTel Center – July 23, 2009
Homicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Awesome Kong defeated Taylor Wilde
Rhino defeated Kip James
Scott Steiner defeated Abyss
Hernandez defeated Samoa Joe
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a #1 contenders match

TNA @ Monroe, LA – Civic Center – July 24, 2009
TNA X Division Champion Homicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Awesome Kong pinned Taylor Wilde with the Implant Buster
Rhino pinned Kip James with the Gore
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams when Roode pinned Magnus with the DWI; stipulations stated the winners would become the #1 contenders to the TNA Tag Team Champions
Abyss pinned Scott Steiner with the Black Hole Slam
Hernandez pinned Samoa Joe with a diving headbutt TNA @ Southaven, MS – DeSoto Civic Center – July 25, 2009 (1,500)
After the main event TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle came to the ring and took photos with fans in the ring for $20 as James Storm, Taylor Wilde, Abyss, and Kip James signed autographs at ringside Angle was unable to compete due to injury Backstage passes were handed out before the show and at intermission
Homicide pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the 187
Awesome Kong pinned Taylor Wilde after hitting the Implant Buster
Rhino pinned Kip James after hitting a Gore
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams by pinfall in a #1 contenders match after hitting Williams with the DWI
Abyss pinned Scott Steiner after hitting the Black Hole Slam
Hernandez defeated Samoa Joe by DQ after Scott Steiner interfered

TNA @ Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum – August 7, 2009 (1,500)
After the main event TNA Legends Champion Mick Foley came to the ring and said that wrestlers would come to ringside for an autograph session with fans Instead Eric Young came to the ring, and said that TNA was biased against World Elite He and Foley then brawled, with Kiyoshi & Sheik Abdul Bashir attempting to interfere, but Foley chased off the World Elite members The autograph session then began, and Foley took photos with fans in the ring for $20
Suicide defeated Shark Boy
Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed defeated TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Homicide defeated Christopher Daniels and Consequences Creed in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Hernandez defeated Eric Young
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe

TNA @ Baton Rouge, LA – River Center – August 8, 2009 (1,700)
After the main event, TNA Legends Champion Mick Foley came to the ring and said that wrestlers would come to ringside for an autograph session with fans Instead Eric Young came to the ring, and said that TNA was biased against World Elite He and Foley then brawled, with Kiyoshi & Sheik Abdul Bashir attempting to interfere, but Foley chased off the World Elite members The autograph session then began, and Foley took photos with fans in the ring for $20
Suicide defeated Shark Boy
Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed defeated TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Homicide defeated Christopher Daniels and Consequences Creed in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe Mick Foley was the special enforcer

TNA @ Alexandria, LA – August 9, 2009 (700)
Suicide defeated Shark Boy
Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed defeated TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Homicide defeated Christopher Daniels and Consequences Creed in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Hernandez defeated Eric Young
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe Mick Foley was the special enforcer

Hard Justice 2009 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 16, 2009 (1,100, all freebies)
Pay-per-view bouts – Included a segment in the Main Event Mafia locker room where Kurt Angle presented Matt Morgan with a MEM contract Angle said he would sign it if Morgan helped him take out Sting Morgan agreed to work with Angle and shook his hand
Christopher Daniels won a 16:33 Steel Asylum match over Suicide, Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, the Amazing Red, and D’Angelo Dinero when he escaped through the hole in the top of hte dome-roofed cage After the match Daniels dedicated his win to AJ Styles and said he hoped to face Samoa Joe for the X-Division Title, though Homicide “would be okay, too” (Dinero’s TNA debut)
Abyss pinned Jethro Holiday (w/ Dr Stevie) in 8:49 after avoiding a brass knuckles shot and hitting the Black Hole Slam Holiday was trying to collect the $50,000 bounty placed on Abyss by Dr Stevie
Hernandez pinned Rob Terry (w/ IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams) in 0:09 to regain possession of his Feast-or-Fired briefcase with the TNA World Heavyweight Title shot inside Hernandez fought off the British Invasion before the bell and then hit Terry with a big running shoulderblock for the win
Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated James Storm & Robert Roode in 8:45 to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles when Eric Young distracted Storm as Magnus hit Roode with a low blow and then rolled him up for the pin
ODB & Cody Deaner defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky (w/ Madison Rayne) in 7:26 when Deaner pinned Sky with a rollup after Rayne accidentally blinded her with a can of hairspray By virtue of the win, ODB took Love’s TNA Knockout Title Deaner, however, decided that he must be the Champion because he scored the fall and he ran away with the belt as ODB persued Love & Sky heaped verbal abuse on Rayne for costing them the match and the Title
Samoa Joe (w/ Taz) defeated Homicide by submission with the Kokina Clutch for the TNA X-Division Title in 8:56
Booker T (w/ Sharmell) & Scott Steiner defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions in a 13:08 Falls Count Anywhere match The match required two referees, and one official made a 3-count for Steiner (rolled-up Ray) as the other made a 3-count for Devon (after a 3D on Booker) Mike Tenay announced that the decision would go to instant replay, and it was determined that Steiner’s fall came just before Devon’s
Kevin Nash (w/ Traci Brooks) pinned Mick Foley in 10:38 to win the TNA Legends Title Late in the match both wrestlers were bleeding heavily and the referee was about to stop the match when he was squashed in the corner by Foley (accidentally) and knocked out Foley then brought a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire to the ring, but when he ran off the ropes to get some momentum behind his wing he bumped into Brooks and knocked her to the floor Foley stopped to see if she was alright, and when he turned around Nash hit him with a boot to the face for the pin After the match Nash hit Foley with his own bat until Abyss ran to the ring with his own barbed wire bat to make the save Foley clutched his eye, and Don West said it lookd like he was “holding his eyeball in place”
Kurt Angle defeated Sting and Matt Morgan in an 11:22 3-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title Morgan did work with Angle to take Sting out for most of the match, but then Angle double-crossed Morgan and attacked him At the end of the bout Angle swung a metal folding chair at Sting, but Sting ducked and Angle knocked Morgan out instead Angle shrugged and pinned Morgan for the win

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 17, 2009
Shark Boy pinned Q2 after hitting the Stunner
Jay Lethal pinned Slugga with a Sunset Flip
August 20 iMPACT – Taz’s debut as TNA color commentator, and the first Don West-less broadcast in TNA history Opened with the Main Event Mafia coming to the ring with every TNA men’s championship belt, and Matt Morgan storming the ring to confront TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle with an axehandle in his hand Angle explained that he was woozy from Morgan kicking him in the head outside the ring, and hit Morgan with a metal chair by mistake He then announced the main event Tables match with Team 3D, which Morgan eventually accepted Featured the announcement that a tournament would begin the next week to crown the first TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions, and Mick Foley telling ODB and Cody Deaner that he would decide who the TNA Knockout Champion was after Deaner scored the pinfall at Hard Justice to take the Title from Angelina Love After ODB and Deaner walked away, Foley presented Abyss with a blue flannel shirt to thank him for chasing off Kevin Nash at Hard Justice Also featured AJ Styles announcing that he would leave professional wrestling to focus on his family life Before he could leave the ring, Sting came to the ring in street clothes and without face paint to call Styles a quitter He told Styles that his entire campaign about bringing back respect in professional wrestling was aimed at Styles, and that he is “the chosen one” Styles then turned around and hugged Sting, who walked up the ramp with him and told him to “be the man” Other segments included the Motor City Machine Guns offering to hang out with their fans for $2,000 per hour since they weren’t being used on iMPACT; Eric Young trying to convince Hernandez to join the World Elite; and Bobby Lashley announcing that TNA President Dixie Carter would make her iMPACT debut the next week After the taping, fans were invited to take a photo with the Beautiful People in the ring for $20
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title Street Fight when Roode pinned Magnus Referee Earl Hebner sent Rob Terry, Sheik Abdul Bashir, & Kiyoshi backstage before the match, giving Beer Money Inc the chance to attack their opponents before the bell Williams and Roode both bled heavily, and Roode eventually pinned Magnus after Beer Money hit him with the DWI on a trash can
Angelina Love pinned Madison Rayne after attacking her outside the ring before the bell and then throwing her into the ring After the match, Velvet Sky came to the ring and put a paper bag on Rayne’s head Tara & Christy Hemme then chased the Beautiful People away before they could further attack Rayne After the commercial break, footage was shown of Love & Sky attacking Rayne backstage as security broke up the altercation
Samoa Joe pinned Homicide after hitting the Muscle Buster to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Traci Brooks defeated Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, and Sarita in a 4-way match when she pinned Hemme after she was laid out by an Implant Buster from Kong After taking out Sarita, Kong was prepared to hit a splash from the top-rope when Brooks snuck into the ring and scored the pin After the match, Kong angrily stalked Brooks up the rampway and threw chairs at her and the other knockouts Each competitor in the match was accompanied by her partner in the upcoming TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament: Brooks with Sharmell, Kong with Raisha Saeed, Hemme with Tara, and Sarita with Taylor Wilde
D’Angelo Dinero pinned Consequences Creed after hitting the D’Angelo Dinero Express (running double knee lift into the corner) After the match, Suicide’s music hit and he ran to the ring to attack Dinero (“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero’s iMPACT debut)
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & Matt Morgan in a Tables match after throwing Morgan through a table with a double press slam Angle & Morgan argued as the show came to a close
Xplosion – ODB pinned Alyssa Flash after hitting a Running Powerslam

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 18, 2009
Xplosion – Homicide pinned Kiyoshi (w/ Sheik Abdul Bashir) after hitting the Gringo Cutter
Xplosion – Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated Shark Boy
August 27, 2009 iMPACT – Opened with Sting & AJ Styles arriving together in the parking lot Lauren asked Styles why he was there and Styles said he brought his gear Kip James walked up and offered to valet park Sting’s car Sting told James that he didn’t need to do that and drove off James told Lauren, “You know, I used to have one of those cars when I was over” After the opening match Lauren interviewed Eric Young, who said Hernandez would join World Elite He then came to the ring with World Elite and Sheik Abdul Bashir ranted against the war in Iraq Young then called out Hernandez and asked when he’d ever worn US colors to the ring (Answer: never) Young said the fans viewed Hernandez as a common thief because he’s Mexican, but Hernandez said that hte US “is our country” and told Young to “love it or leave it” Later Lauren interviewed the Motor City Machine Guns as Alex Shelley took over the camera He zoomed in on Lauren’s chest as Sabin laughed, but Dr Stevie walked up and asked if they wanted to make $50,000 by taking out Abyss The Knockouts tag team match followed, and then Matt Morgan busted into the Main Event Mafia locker room and accused TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle of costing them their match last week Angle said that Morgan was young and needed to learn, so he put him in a 6-man tag team match with Booker T & Scott Steiner Morgan said that Dixie Carter put him in the 4-way World Title match at No Surrender, and “I’ll have your back just like you had my back at Hard Justice” Morgan hugged Angle, who looked stunned, and walked out After the Rhino vs Jesse Neal match Jeremy Borash covered Mick Foley’s ruling on the issue of who rightfully deserved the TNA Knockout Title Foley wore a judge’s robe and old powdered wig Abyss interrupted and returned Foley’s barbed wire-covered baseball bat Foley gave Abyss a bag full of groceries, and Abyss thanked him and left with the food Foley then heard arguments from ODB & Cody Deaner, and Deaner claimed that he’d knocked out Mike Tyson and Chuck Norris Foley decided to hold up the Title and let ODB & Deaner wrestle for it at the PPV After Abyss vs the Guns, Lauren asked Daffney how she would prepare for an all-new opponent (Hamada) Daffney said she was incapable of planning She added that when she counted sheep at night she would attack the sheep, drain their blood, skin them, and then wear them to the supermarket Yep, that happened After that match Angelina Love & Velvet Sky accosted Madison Rayne in the locker room and called her names Rayne shoved Love and they had a brief catfight After the X-Division tag team match Borash covered Dixie Carter’s announcement that TNA signed a new three-year contract with SpikeTV Bobby Lashley was there also and talked about wrestling and fighting at the same time Dixie said that Lashley did not have “a traditional contract” and would bring exposure to TNA by becoming the biggest name in MMA Dixie announced that Lashley’s first official match would be against Rhino at No Surrender TNA X-Division Champion Samoa Joe vs Suicide in a non-title match was a no contest when D’Angelo Dinero interfered to brawl with both men Christopher Daniels did guest commentary during the match but left the table to join the brawl “TNA Management” put the four men in a tag team match for later in the show
Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed defeated Traci Brooks & Sharmell when Saeed pinned Sharmell after Kong hit a Big Splash Kong was not pleased that Saeed tagged herself in The match was the first in the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament
Jesse Neal defeated Rhino by reverse decision Rhino originall won by pinfall after hitting a Spinebuster, but the referee reversed the decision when Rhino hit the Gore on Neal after the match Rhino beat on Neal more until Brother Devon made the save Abyss defeated Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (w/ Dr Stevie) in a Handicap match when he pinned Sabin after hitting the Black Hole Slam The Motor City Machine Guns were trying to collect Stevie’s $50,000 bounty After the match Abyss grabbed a metal folding chair to hit Stevie with, but TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash came out and distracted him Stevie got angry with the Guns for failing and so they laid him out Nash then got a mic and said that he’d take Abyss out for $50,000 because Abyss stuck his nose in Nash’s business at Hard Justice
Hamada pinned Daffney with a Michinoku Driver in a No DQ match During the bout Hamada put Daffney through a table with a Moonsault (Hamada’s TNA debut)
Christopher Daniels & Suicide defeated TNA X-Division Champion Samoa Joe & D’Angelo Dinero when Suicide pinned Dinero with a rollup
Sting, Hernandez, & AJ Styles defeated Matt Morgan & TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner in a 6-man tag team match when Styles pinned Morgan after hitting a Springboard High-Crossbody Block That move was set up when Morgan got knocked head-first into a metal chair that Steiner was holding in the corner After the match Morgan argued with Booker & Steiner, eventually laying them out

TNA @ Robstown, TX – Richard M Borland Regional Fairgrounds – August 21, 2009 (1,600)
After the show, fans could take a picture in the ring with Hernandez for $20 while Homicide, Sarita, Kip James, and Beer Money Inc signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission
Homicide pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the Gringo Killer
Sarita pinned Angelina Love after hitting a Tornado DDT
Matt Morgan pinned Kip James after a kick to the face
Hernandez pinned Eric Young Before the match, Young offered Hernandez a spot in World Elite and Hernandez declined
Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated James Storm & Robert Roode to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions when Steiner pinned Roode
AJ Styles pinned TNA X-Division Champion Samoa Joe in a non-title match

TNA @ Laredo, TX – Laredo Entertainment Center – August 22, 2009 (1,100)
Homicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Sarita defeated Angelina Love
Matt Morgan defeated Kip James
AJ Styles defeated TNA X-Division Champion Samoa Joe in a non-title match
Hernandez defeated Eric Young
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner in a non-title match

TNA @ San Angelo, TX – San Angelo Coliseum – August 28, 2009 (700)
Suicide pinned Shark Boy after hitting the Suicide Solution
Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed when Kiyoshi pinned Lethal after spraying green mist into his face and hitting him with a spin kick
Sarita & Hamada defeated Angelina Love & Madison Rayne when Sarita pinned Love
Bobby Lashley pinned Eric Young after hitting a Spear Before the match, Young tried to talk Lashley into joining World Elite
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title Tables match when Williams was put through a table with the 3D After the match, Team 3D invited a little girl into the ring and autographed a piece of the broken table for her When Ray asked, “Are you having a good time tonight?” the girl said “no” and ran out of the ring
Kurt Angle pinned Abyss to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title after hitting the Angle Slam After the match, Angle put the Ankle Lock on Abyss until Mick Foley came in the ring and distracted Angle long enough for Abyss to recover and hit the Black Hole Slam After the show, fans were invited into the ring to have a picture taken with Foley for $20 Other wrestlers came to ringside to sign autographs as well

TNA @ Abilene, TX – Taylor County Expo Center – August 29, 2009 (1,200)
Shark Boy defeated Kiyoshi
Hamada & Sarita defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
Suicide defeated Consequences Creed
Bobby Lashley defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Eric Young defeated Jay Lethal
Abyss, Brother Ray, & Brother Devon defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams with Mick Foley as the guest enforcer

TNA @ Belton, TX – Bell County Expo Center – August 30, 2009
Shark Boy defeated Kiyoshi
Suicide defeated Consequences Creed
Bobby Lashley defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Eric Young pinned Jay Lethal after hitting a Piledriver After the match Young attacked Lethal and gave him another Piledriver, and security had to help Lethal to the locker room
Abyss, Brother Ray, & Brother Devon defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a No DQ match with Mick Foley as the guest enforcer

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 31, 2009
September 3, 2009 iMPACT – After the opening match Lauren interviewed the Main Event Mafia in their custom dressing room TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle complained that TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner “messed up” with Matt Morgan last week and now Angle would have to “reprogram him” Sharmell began yelling at Kip James, who was installing a telephone line in the back of the room Booker told James that he “used to be somebody” and James went nose-to-nose with him until Angle broke it up James walked out as Steiner walked in, and when Steiner started throwing his things all around the room Angle called the room “a zoo” and left After another match Hernandez complained to Lauren that he was put against Homicide in the #1 contender tournament Eric Young interrupted and again recruited Hernandez for World Elite He said that “American dreams are reserved for Americans only” while immigrants’ dreams were crushed He promised to show Hernandez that they were “familia” Next Christopher Daniels came to the ring and called out TNA X-Division Champion Samoa Joe Daniels talked about their history in the X-Division and told Joe that the MEM was scared of him He noted that when Joe was World Champion he beat every member of the MEM, so they paid Taz to get Joe out of their way Daniels said “I don’t even know who you are anymore” and asked how Joe’s wife and son could respect him Joe then took Daniels out with a T-bone Suplex after Daniels turned to yell at Taz Backstage Matt Morgan mockingly told Lauren that he and Angle were fine and still watching each other’s backs After another match Lauren interviewed the Beautiful People, who siad they did not care about Madison Rayne’s mystery partner Angelina Love told Lauren that “we don’t speak UGLY” and said Lauren should team with Rayne so they could kick her ass After the Knockouts match Jeremy Borash warned Angle that he thought Morgan was “working you” Angle called it ridiculous and said Morgan needed him They then ran into Morgan and he enthusiastically talked about looking forward to teaming with Angle Angle asked “are you screwing with me right now?” and Morgan said that would be “career suicide” He said there should be no questions asked about their relationship and condensendingly patted Angle on the shoulder before walking away Before the first tournament semifinal match Doug Williams told Lauren that he rated AJ Styles highly, though not as highly as himself Borash then interviewed Styles, who said he was coming back up from rock bottom Before the next semifinal match Lauren interviewed Team 3D and Jesse Neal Brother Ray put Neal over as an American hero and recapped his history in the Navy and on the USS Cole Ray talked about how bad Rhino was when he was in training and said that Neal was now under Team 3D’s tutelage and protection They then warned that they were still coming for the British Invasion
Sting defeated Rhino in a #1 contender tournament match After the bout Rhino hit the Gore on Sting and beat on him until referees pulled him away as a trainer checked on Sting’s injured ribs Later Sting’s ribs were taped up as AJ Styles looked on with concern, and later still Jeremy Borash reported that Sting had up to three cracked ribs and should not compete again that night
AJ Styles defeated Chris Sabin in a #1 contender tournament match Alex Shelley did guest commentary during the bout
IWGP Tag Team Champion Doug Williams pinned Suicide with the Rolling Chaos Theory Suplex in a #1 contender tournament match after D’Angelo Dinero came to ringside and Suicide leapt from the top rope to take him out
Tara & Christy Hemme defeated Sojor Bolt & Hamada After the match Hamada hit Bolt with the Hamada Driver
Hernandez defeated Homicide in a #1 contender tournament match After the match the former partners shook hands
AJ Styles pinned IWGP Tag Team Champion Doug Williams in a #1 contender tournament semifinal match when he countered the Rolling Chaos Theory Suplex into a rollup TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle did guest commentary during the match
Sting defeated Hernandez by DQ in a #1 contender tournament semifinal match when Eric Young (dressed as Homicide) interfered and hit Sting in his injured ribs with a baton After the match Hernandez was irate at Young’s interference and called him back to the ring All of World Elite came to the ring and beat down Hernandez AJ Styles tried to make the save but was also attacked, and then Beer Money made the save and cleared the ring Team 3D came down the ramp behind World Elite and kept them from getting away, leading to a huge brawl Team 3D had Sheik Abdul Bashir in position to put him through a table when TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner joined the fray and attacked them Beer Money went after the Champions, but the British Invasion took Roode out and then the Main Event Mafia put Storm through the table with a Double Chokeslam

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 1, 2009
September 10, 2009 iMPACT – After the opening match and backstage segment, TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle came to the ring and called out Matt Morgan He called their relationship ” a bumpy ride” and said that Morgan misunderstood him He said he always acted in Morgan’s best interest and the entire Main Event Mafia agreed that he needed to do one more thing before he could join the group Sting & AJ Styles interrupted and Sting tried to talk Morgan into standing up to Angle Angle then told Styles that Sting did not want to “pass you the torch, he wants to burn you with it!” Angle accused Sting of using Styles to get to the World Title and get his “last shot at glory in the sun” Angle siad he could admit that’s what he was doing, and Morgan perked up and challenged Angle to “use me” tonight Later Jeremy Borash interviewed Mick Foley, who talked about his matches with Kevin Nash Dr Stevie came in and Foley talked about their past He told Stevie to be a wrestler and put him in a match with Abyss as Foley’s two sons play wrestled on the couch in his office After the Knockouts match World Elite had a team meeting and Young said that Angle should understand what it’s like to be hungry Young invited Angle to come “have a chat” any time Lauren then talked to Suicide, who said D’Angelo Dinero targetted him because “the dark saviour” was a threat to him Back in the Impact Zone the Motor City Machine Guns came out and unveiled their own announce table, which they then used to do commentary over Taz & Mike Tenay After the Pope’s match with Jay Lethal, the MEM busted into the World Elite locker room and Angle read them the riot act Young reiterated that Magnus did what he had to do to win and that the two groups still needed to stick together Angle and Young shook hands and the MEM walked away, but on the way out Scott Steiner spat at the British Invasion and said “That’s what I think about foreigners” World Elite later came out and Young repeated yet again that he wanted Hernandez in the group Young called him “brainwashed” and called him out, but instead Hector Guerrero came to the ring and said he told Hernandez to go home before he hurt someone Guerrero asked Young to “stop the madness” and Young put over the Guerrero family He then said that he would give Hernandez a reason to come talk to him Before the main event footage was shown of Rhino attacking Bobby Lashley at his gym, screaming “Welcome to TNA!” as he attacked the MMA star After the main event match the World Elite attacked Homicide backstage and drug him to the ring as Young yelled “The blood is on your hands, Hernandez!” They brought him to the ring and continued to assault him as Young again called Hernandez out He ran to the ring and cleared it, but Homicide popped up and hit Hernandez with a metal chair Homicide then joined World Elite in attacking Hernandez, and Homicide laid the Mexican flag over him and was lifted on the shoulders of the British Invasion to celebrate his joining the group
IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon, James Storm & Robert Roode, and TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner in a non-title 4-way Gauntlet match when Magnus pinned Steiner The match kicked off the show in progress with Booker and then Storm joining the match as the 7th and 8th entrants Once all 8 men were involved falls were legal The World Elite and Main Event Mafia teams worked together through the whole match until Magnus got the sneaky win over Steiner After the match the MEM members confronted the British Invasion about the trickery as MEM Godfather Kurt Angle through a fit backstage, where he was watching on a monitor After a commercial the MEM berated the Brits backstage until Eric Young came in to defend his team Angle called World Elite “a bunch of rookies” and said he’d deal with them later
Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated Alyssa Flash & Daffney in a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament match
D’Angelo Dinero pinned Jay Lethal after hitting the DDE
Angelina Love & Velvet Sky defeated Madison Rayne & Roxxi (mystery partner) in a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament match
Abyss pinned Dr Stevie after hitting the Black Hole Slam Mick Foley did guest commentary during the bout, and Abyss debuted his new Foley-esque look with an unbuttoned, sleeveless flannel shirt After the match TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash attacked Abyss until Foley made the save
Cody Deaner defeated Tara by KO after Awesome Kong interfered while the referee was down and hit Tara with the Implant Buster When the referee came to he found Tara lying unconscious on the mat and awarded the match to Deaner Deaner requested a “tune up match” against a Knockout earlier in the show to prepare for his TNA Knockout Title match with ODB at No Surrender
AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle & TNA Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner when Styles pinned Angle after knocking him into a metal chair held up by Matt Morgan Morgan was supposedly trying to give the chair to Angle, but he did so very slowly and allowed Styles to recover and score the win After the match Morgan sarcastically apologized to Angle, who slapped Morgan in response Morgan angrily hit Angle with the Hellevator and left the ring

TNA @ Augusta, GA – James Brown Arena – September 11, 2009 (700)
After the show, fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission Intermission also included a brief tribute to US military servicemembers in attendance
Suicide pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the Suicide Solution
Taylor Wilde pinned Daffney with a rollup
Hernandez pinned Homicide after hitting a Dominator Sheik Abdul Bashir interfered on Homicide’s behalf during the match
Samoa Joe pinned Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Musclebuster
Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated James Storm & Robert Roode to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions when Steiner pinned Roode after hitting him with one of the championship belts
Kurt Angle pinned AJ Styles to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title after hitting the Olympic Slam

TNA @ Dalton, GA – Northwest Georgia Trade & Convention Center – September 12, 2009 (1,000)
Suicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Taylor Wilde defeated Daffney
Hernandez defeated Homicide
Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated James Storm & Robert Roode to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions
Kurt Angle defeated AJ Styles to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Gainesville, GA – Georgia Mountains Center – September 13, 2009 (1,300)
Consequences Creed defeated Suicide and Sheik Abdul Bashir
Taylor Wilde defeated Daffney
Hernandez defeated Homicide
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner in a non-title match
Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA X-Division Title
AJ Styles defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle in a non-title match

No Surrender 2009 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 20, 2009
Pay-per-view bouts – featured an announcement following the opening match that Suicide would face D’Angelo Dinero in a falls count anywhere match later in the night; included Jeremy Borash conducting a backstage interview with Eric Young, alongside Homicide, Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kiyoshi, Rob Terry, IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Douglas Williams, about his upcoming bout against Hernandez, during which Young said he wanted Hernandez to join the World Elite and he would not fight back in the match to prove his point; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Matt Morgan regarding his match later in the night against Sting, AJ Styles, and TNA World Champion Kurt Angle; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with Mick Foley regarding being the guest commentator for the upcoming Abyss vs. TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash, during which Foley showed that his cartoon drawing of himself and Borash was destroyed and he would find out who did it; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Angle regarding his upcoming title defense; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with TNA Tag Team Champions Scott Steiner & Booker T regarding their upcoming Lethal Lockdown match, during which Steiner said he didn’t like the British Invasion and Booker questioned who they had even beaten; featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Rhino regarding his upcoming bout against Bobby Lashley; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with Sting and Styles regarding their title match in the main event:
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals: Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne at 4:51 when Wilde pinned Rayne with a springboard dropkick / German suplex into a bridge double team; prior to the bout, it was announced Angelina Love had left TNA; following the entrances, referee Earl Hebner came out and sent referee Slick Johnson backstage because of Johnson’s history with the Beautiful People; after the contest, Lauren conducted a backstage interview with the new champions
Hernandez pinned Eric Young at the 49-second mark with the Border Toss; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two; Young came out to the ring wearing a suit
TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe defeated Christopher Daniels via submission with the Coquina Clutch at 13:48; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two dating back to 2005; early in the bout, there were dueling chants for both men
D’Angelo Dinero pinned Suicide in an unadvertised falls count anywhere match at 12:21 after moving out of the way as Suicide hit a legdrop off the stage and crashed through a table set up at the entrance; prior to the bout, Lauren conducted a backstage interview with Dinero regarding his upcoming bout, with Suicide eventually jumping Dinero from behind to start the match
ODB pinned Cody Deaner at 7:17 with a TKO; stipulations stated the winner would win the vacant TNA Knockouts Title; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the history between the two; after the bout, Lauren conducted an interview with ODB in the aisle about her title win
TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash pinned Abyss at 8:24 after Nash used a Taser on the challenger’s groin behind the referee’s back, as Mick Foley looked to give a barbed wire baseball bat to Abyss; Foley provided guest commentary for the match; during the bout, Stevie Richards appeared ringside, distracting the referee as Daffney slid in the ring with the Taser in an attempt to use it on Abyss; moments later, Abyss dropped her with the Black Hole Slam without first noticing who it was; after the bout, Richards tried to get out of his deal to pay Nash $5,000 for beating Abyss, with Nash dropping Richards with the powerbomb and leaving with his bag full of the money
Brother Ray, Brother Devon, James Storm, & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner, IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a Lethal Lockdown match at 21:40 when Storm pinned Williams with the DWI; order of entry: Williams (0:00); Storm (0:00); Magnus (5:50); Roode (7:22); Steiner (9:29); Devon (11:27); Booker (13:58); and Brother Ray (18:12); upon Ray’s entrance, Rob Terry appeared and attacked him; minutes later, Ray took a steel chair and hit Terry in the face with it before officially entering the match; late in the bout, the crowd chanted “TNA” and “This is awesome”
Bobby Lashley pinned Rhino in 7:05 with a punch as Rhino attempted the Gore (Lashley’s in-ring debut)
AJ Styles defeated TNA World Champion Kurt Angle, Sting, Matt Morgan, and Hernandez to win the title when he pinned Angle at 15:10 with a springboard 450 splash after Morgan dropped Angle with the Carbon Footprint and was then knocked to the floor; prior to the bout, a video package recapped the histories between Styles, Angle, Sting, and Morgan and vignettes aired on them before their respective entrances; Jeremy Borash was the ring announcer for the match; during the ring entrances, Hernandez walked out with a mic and said he was cashing in his Feast or Fired title shot; moments later, Angle slapped Hernandez, with Hernandez dropping him with a delayed suplex and knocking him to the floor; Hernandez was taken out of the match at the 2-minute mark after Eric Young attacked him at the entrance stage and dropped him with a piledriver; after the contest, Christopher Daniels and several fans celebrated with Styles in the ring as confetti dropped from the ceiling; moments later, Jeremy Borash attempted to interview Styles in the ring but the audio didn’t work

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 21, 2009
Xplosion – The Amazing Red pinned Kiyoshi after hitting a Shooting Star Press
September 24, 2009 iMPACT – Opened with footage of the World Elite arriving in a limo and Hernandez attacking Kiyoshi & Sheik Abdul Bashir as they got out of the car Cut “live” to the ring, where the Main Event Mafia members were ready to comment on No Surrender Kurt Angle said that he was the only one in the MEM not still holding a championship, but that is because he was screwed by Matt Morgan and NOT because he was beaten by new TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles Angle said that he saved Morgan many times during the match and he had no idea why Morgan KOed him with the Carbon Footprint Angle said he would wrestle Morgan at Bound For Glory Angle called the MEM “the most dominant force in the history of the business,” which cued World Elite to come out Eric Young objected to this and reminded Angle that Hernandez tried to Border Toss him off the stage and kill him Young said that he saved Angle’s life and bailed him out, “and tonight you are going to return the favor” He said that Hernandez attacked “an unarmed man” and now Young should be out for 6 weeks Young asked Angle to help him take Hernandez out, but Booker T interrupted and said “the Mafia rules TNA, you just live here” Booker said he never liked World Elite and told them to leave Young said he didn’t care what anybody in the MEM thought except for Angle Angle called himself “a man of integrity” and agreed that Young helped him at the PPV, so he agreed to tag with Young After the opening match Team 3D told Lauren that Rhino cheap-shotted them and Devon challenged him to a fight After a commercial Lauren interviewed TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash, and Lauren said Nash “wasn’t very Champion-like” when he tasered Abyss in the crotch Nash asked Lauren why she was fascinated with “the freak” and said that he liked freaky women, so he poured Lauren a glass of wine Nash continued to flirt with Lauren about “getting freaky” as two midgets walked up Nash said “imagine how big it will look in their small hands” and Lauren ran away disgusted After the Rhino vs Devon match Lauren interviewed Hernandez, who said he did not need a tag team partner against Angle & Young Matt Morgan walked up and volunteered his services Jeremy Borash & Mick Foley then discovered their smashed “Tweet n Tweet Connected” drawing and Borash plugged the new TNA trading cards, one of which featured the drawing Foley some how concluded that the guy selling the cards on the Internet (Don West) might have been responsible for destroying the charicature Cut to the ring, where Styles came out to celebrate his World Title win and dedicate it to Sting Sting came out sans face paint and told Styles not to share his spotlight Sting went to leave and Styles stopped him “I know what you did,” Styles said Styles said that Sting could have pinned Angle to become Champion, but instead he took out Morgan so that Styles could pin Angle himself Styles thanked Sting for passing the torch and offered him a Title shot at Bound For Glory in Sting’s home state of California They shook hands, apparently making the match official After the Knockouts match, Foley & Borash interrogated Lethal Consequences about the smashed drawing, and when that nowhere Foley made Alex Shelley a suspect Later they interrogated Shelley & Chris Sabin, who reminded Foley that he had Kip James install security cameras in his office weeks ago Next some footage taped before the show was aired Lauren tried to interview Hamada through an interpreter, but Alyssa Flash interrupted and asked what she had to do to get some camera time Hamada challenged her to a match and Flash attacked her, tossing her down the Impact Zone bleachers Cut back to “live,” with Nash hitting on Daffney backstage Daffney acted like she was going to do something nasty to Nash but then elbowed him in the groin instead Dr Stevie then showed up and tasered Nash in the crotch while yelling at Nash for “stealing” his $50,000 at No Surrender After the Bobby Lashley match Lauren talked to Abyss, who said that winning the TNA Tag Team Champions with Foley would be the greatest night in his life Suicide pinned D’Angelo Dinero in a Street Fight after he hit the Suicide Solution on a trash can
Brother Devon vs Rhino was a double countout The two started to fight even before the bell rang as Devon ambushed Rhino on his way to the ring, and Devon bled profusely TNA security eventually tried to break up the fight but were unable to do so, so Brother Ray came down to make piece He said that people wanted to see them fight together and told Rhino and Devon to shake hands They did so, but then Rhino hit the Gore on Ray and headed backstage
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated TNA Knockout Champion ODB & Tara in a non-title match when ODB was pinned as Tara fought with Awesome Kong at ringside ODB & Tara had a confrontation after the match
TNA X-Division Champion Samoa Joe defeated Homicide and Christopher Daniels in a non-title 3-way match when he made Homicide submit with the Kokina Clutch
Matt Morgan & Hernandez defeated Kurt Angle & Eric Young when Hernandez pinned Young after Morgan hit the Carbon Footprint on him The kick was meant for Angle, who pulled Young in the way Kiyoshi & Sheik Abdul Bashir did guest commentary during the match and confronted Angle afterward Angle took them out with punches and then left the ring with Booker T & Scott Steiner as the British Invasion checked on their comrades in the ring
Bobby Lashley defeated Jethro Holiday by submission
Booker T & Scott Steiner defeated Mick Foley & Abyss to retain the TNA Tag Team Champions when Steiner pinned Abyss after Foley turned on Abyss and hit him with the Double-Arm DDT After the match Foley announced that the surveillance footage showed Abyss smashing up his office and destroying the “Tweet n Tweet Connection” charicature of him and Jeremy Borash Foley smashed the VHS tape over Abyss’ head and blamed Abyss for costing him the TNA Legends Title Borash came to the ring to reason with Foley, who grabbed a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire and hit Abyss with it “Now he’s learned his lesson,” Foley yelled Abyss sat in the ring with blood pouring from his forehead and repeatedly screamed “Why!?” to end the show

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 22, 2009
Colt Cabana pinned Puma after hitting the Colt 45
October 1, 2009 iMPACT – Opened with Mick Foley calling Abyss out and telling him that he never needed his help Abyss called Foley his hero and the reason he became a wrestler, but Abyss then got angry and screamed at Foley about busting him open Foley said that he also spent time in the emergency room getting sharts of the VHS tape removed from his hand Foley offered peace and pulled out the Tweet n Tweet Connection charicature of himself and Jeremy Borash, which was reframed Abyss was happy that he fixed it, but Foley then admitted that “it’s a reprint, a copy, a cheap knockoff” and then called Abyss a wanna-be Mick Foley Foley smashed the framed drawing over Abyss’ head and walked away surrounded by security Abyss fought the security guards as Foley headed back to his office Lauren tried to calm him down and then abandoned her post as the backstage interviewer to look after him After the opening match Jeremy Borash interviewed Dr Stevie & Daffney about Foley, and Stevie said that Foley “smartened up” on his own Stevie yelled at Kevin Nash (through the camera) that he stole the $50,000 bounty because he did not end Abyss’ career Stevie vowed to end Nash’s career After that match Eric Young told Borash that Kurt Angle owed him an apology, and after a commercial Young led World Elite in confronting Angle and the Main Event Mafia Angle said that Young’s group shouldn’t have gotten in his face and Young said all would be forgiven if Angle would just apologize Young said the MEM needed World Elite more than vice versa because they were young and hungry Booker T got in Young’s face and Young told Angle to watch him “handle” Matt Morgan that night After the Playboy match, Abyss found Foley and got hit with a barbed wire-covered baseball bat for his trouble Abyss tossed Foley into a dumpster before TNA security could break it up Mike Tenay then had a sit-down interview with TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles & Sting about their upcoming Bound For Glory match Sting talked about his career as if it was ending, so Styles fired him up by questioning his resolve Sting said “I love you man” and walked off So Cal Val then interviewed the Motor City Machine Guns, who said they’d debut new entrance music next week after Mick Foley called their music “the worst in the history of wrestling” Back in the ring the Beautiful People called out new TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita Velvet Sky noted that Angelina Love was no longer with TNA because of “contractual issues” (her work visa expired) and that she had been a terrible influence on Sky & Madison Rayne Sky apologized for their “nasty, rude, and inconsiderate” actions and Rayne said that Love turned them into “monsters” They apologized to the Champions and asked for forgiveness so they could have a competitive match at Bound For Glory Wilde & Sarita agreed, but then Sky & Rayne went for a sneak attack The Champs caught them and fought them off until Lacey Von Erich debuted and took Sarita out with the famous Von Erich Claw Hold Backstage Val interviewed Morgan, who said he didn’t care about the MEM vs World Elite feud and would hurt Young that night After a commercial break Val interviewed the new version of the Beautiful People, who introduced Von Erich as “wrestling royalty”:
The Amazing Red defeated Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Sheik Abdul Bashir, and Kiyoshi in a 5-way match to earn a shot at the TNA X-Division Title next week After the bout Lethal accused Red of “stealing” the win
TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash defeated Dr Stevie (w/ Daffney) in a non-title match
Christy Hemme defeated Traci Brooks in a “Battle of the Playboy Models” Brooks attacked Hemme after the match
ODB pinned Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha Saeed) with a rollup to retain the TNA Knockout Title Tara did guest commentary and talked about wanting to wrestle Kong and fight Kim Couture in MMA Saeed confronted Tara, who then chased Saeed back to the ring Kong grabbed Tara from the ring but the distraction allowed ODB to win The Champion then got mad at Tara for interfering in her match and they exchanged blows until Kong took them both out with Implant Busters
Kurt Angle vs Hernandez ended in a double countout when the two brawled around the ring World Elite came out and attacked both men, dragging them backstage The Main Event Mafia showed up to save Angle and a big fight ensued until security broke it up
Matt Morgan vs Eric Young was a no contest when the Main Event Mafia interfered and attacked both men Kurt Angle actually dressed up like Abyss as a fan in the crowd and held up a metal folding chair with a sign taped to it that read “Abyss use my chair” When the combatants got close to him Angle hit Morgan with the chair and then ripped off the mask to reveal himself Samoa Joe & Scott Steiner attacked Young as Booker T & Kevin Nash slowly walked to the ring, and then the rest of World Elite joined the brawl as Angle continued to attack Morgan The brawl lasted through a commercial break until security and agents broke it up
Bobby Lashley, Brother Ray, & Brother Devon defeated Rhino & IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams (w/ Rob Terry) in a 6-man tag team match Beer Money did guest commentary and drank beer with Team 3D after the match Lashley gave high fives to fans at ringside until he was attacked from behind by Samoa Joe and put in the Kokina Clutch to end the show
Xplosion – Christopher Daniels pinned Jethro Holiday after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever

TNA @ Nurnberg, Germany – Arena Nurnberger Versicherung – September 25, 2009 (1,000)
Absolute Andy defeated Murat Bosporus
Jay Lethal defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Awesome Kong defeated Taylor Wilde
Hernandez defeated Rhino
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title match
Samoa Joe defeated Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Brother Ray, Brother Devon, & Abyss defeated Kurt Angle, Booker T, & Scott Steiner in a 6-man tag team match

TNA @ Chemitz, Germany – September 26, 2009
Steve Douglas defeated Absolute Andy
Suicide defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Velvet Sky defeated Awesome Kong and Taylor Wilde in a 3-way match
Rhino defeated Hernandez
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title match
Samoa Joe defeated Jay Lethal to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Brother Ray, Brother Devon, & Abyss defeated Kurt Angle, Booker T, & Scott Steiner by pinfall in a No Disqualification 6-man tag team match with Mick Foley as special enforcer

TNA @ Linz, Austria – September 27, 2009
Cancelled

TNA @ Dortmund, Germany – September 29, 2009
Bad Bones defeated Karsten Kretschmer (Tryout match for both men)
Jay Lethal defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Awesome Kong defeated Taylor Wilde and Velvet Sky in a 3-way match
Rhino defeated Hernandez
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title match
Samoa Joe defeated Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Brother Ray, Brother Devon, & Abyss defeated Kurt Angle, Booker T, & Scott Steiner in a 6-man tag team match with Mick Foley as special enforcer

TNA @ Hannover, Germany – September 30, 2009 (1,000)
Murat Bosporous defeated Axel Dieter Jr (Tryout match for both men)
Hernandez defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Velvet Sky defeated Taylor Wilde
Samoa Joe defeated Jay Lethal and Suicide in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title match
Rhino defeated Abyss
Brother Ray, Brother Devon, & Awesome Kong defeated Booker T, Scott Steiner, & Sharmell in a 6-person mixed tag team match with Mick Foley as special enforcer

TNA @ Zurich, Switzerland – Winterthurm – October 2, 2009 (1,000)
Included an incident where Scott Steiner tore up a Swiss flag and was bombarded with trash and bottles by fans Things got so bad that Booker T and Sharmell refused to come to the ring for their match and left the arena
Michael Kovac & Chris Colen vs Helvetic Warriors ended in a time limit draw
Jay Lethal defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Awesome Kong defeated Taylor Wilde
Rhino defeated Abyss
Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams
Samoa Joe defeated Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Hernandez, James Storm, & Robert Roode defeated Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, & Sheik Abdul Bashir in a 6-man tag team match

TNA @ Dublin, Ireland – O2 Arena – October 3, 2009 (1,800)
Hernandez defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir by pinfall with a Sit-out Powerbomb
Taylor Wilde defeated Awesome Kong and Velvet Sky in a 3-way match by pinning Sky with a Northern Lights Suplex
Samoa Joe defeated Jay Lethal by submission with the Kokina Clutch to retain the TNA X-Division Title
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams by pinfall after hitting the DWI
Suicide pinned Rhino with a rollup
Abyss, Brother Ray, & Brother Devon defeated Kurt Angle & TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner in a 6-man tag team match where tables and chairs were legal Team 3D put Steiner through a table with the 3D for the victory After the match, Ray gave a piece of a broken table to a young fan and Devon kissed the child’s mother as the fans chanted for Team 3D to put them through tables

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – October 5, 2009
Xplosion – Rhino pinned Kip James after hitting the Gore
Jay Lethal pinned Maverick after hitting the Big Elbow Smash
October 8, 2009 iMPACT – Opened with Abyss coming to the ring and covering it in barbed wire, thumbtacks, and broken glass so he could “feel comfortable” Abyss said that he would make Mick Foley bleed like never before at Bound For Glory in a Monster’s Ball match Foley did not get to answer before Abyss started screaming about Foley’s “cheap knockoff” insult Abyss asked if he was a “cheap carbon copy” when he main evented the first Lockdown or got 122 stitches in the first TNA Barbed Wire Massacre match with Sabu Abyss said that while he was bleeding, Foley was writing children’s books and playing with sock puppets Abyss called Foley a “cheap knockoff” of himself Foley put Abyss over as hardcore and ordered the $50,000 bounty eliminated He promised to bring his A game and then banned thumbtacks from their Monster’s Ball match He also named Dr Stevie the guest referee, so Stevie & Daffney came out and shook hands with Foley Stevie said that nobody ever cared about Abyss, not even his mom Lauren came out to tend to Abyss and get him away, and Stevie called her “a $20-a-night streetwalker” Abyss prepared to Chokeslam Stevie but Daffney hit him with a low blow and Foley attacked him with a barbed wire-covered baseball bat until Matt Morgan made the save Jeremy Borash then interviewed World Elite, who declared victory over the Main Event Mafia He added that Hernandez was dead to him and was not in his league Borash then headed over to the MEM locker room and stooged on Young to Kurt Angle Angle put a $30,000 bounty on Young After the opening match Abyss thanked Morgan for his help and they agreed to trust each other “for only one night” Later a contract signing was held for the 4-way IWGP/TNA Tag Team Title Ladder match at Bound For Glory Of course a brawl broke out and Robert Roode and Devon were put through tables Booker T & Scott Steiner celebrated until the British Invasion attacked them from behind and then celebrated with both sets of belts After a couple of short backstage segments Sting came to the ring and talked about always bringing his best to the ring Sting said that if he didn’t perform up to expectations at Bound For Glory then he would retire Kurt Angle came out and taunted Sting, saying he should’ve retired before No Surrender instead of handing AJ Styles the TNA World Heavyweight Title Angle joked that the show name should be change dto “The View” so Styles and Sting could “kiss each other’s asses for two hours” Angle said he wasn’t through with Styles and noted that Styles did not pin him to win the Title Angle told Sting to retire now and give him the Title shot Sting dared Angle to “retire me right now” and they went nose-to-nose before security pulled them apart Angle then attacked Sting from behind and put him in the Ankle Lock until Styles made the save Styles accepted Angle’s challenge for a match next week Styles then told Lauren that he “wasn’t thrilled” with the way he won the Title, so he had a lot to prove against Angle Next the Motor City Machine Guns introduced their new entrance music, but they were attacked by Samoa Joe until Bobby Lashley made the save Joe and Lashley brawled all over the building until Joe hit a low blow and then put Lashley through a desk
Hernandez defeated Kevin Nash by DQ in a TNA Legends Title match when Eric Young interfered and hit a Piledriver on Hernandez Young then told Nash that he owed him, since Nash retained the Title Later Nash tracked Young down backstage and asked what he was doing Young said that he understood what made Nash tick: money and information Young told Nash about Kurt Angle’s $30,000 bounty and Nash asked why he shouldn’t snap Young’s neck and collect the money Young promised to double the money if Nash would enter Young’s match with Hernandez at Bound For Glory to make it a 3-way Young said they’d take out Hernandez together, and Nash agreed Angle later confronted Nash about this and said he was supposed to be loyal to the Main Event Mafia before storming off Nash quipped that Nash should have offered him $90,000
The Amazing Red pinned Samoa Joe to win the TNA X-Division Title after hitting a Corkscrew Twisting Plancha Joe had control of the match but was continuously distracted by Bobby Lashley at ringside Eventually Joe invited Lashley into the ring and ordered referee Earl Hebner to allow it Lashley tossed Joe with a Half Nelson Suplex, allowing Red to score the win Joe later declared war on Lashley and promised he would not survive Bound For Glory
D’Angelo Dinero & Homicide defeated Christopher Daniels & Suicide when the Pope pinned Daniels after hitting the DDE During the finish Suicide was saving Spanish announcers Hector Guerrero & Willy Urbina from Homicide, who’d attacked them Mike Tenay explained that Homicide thought Urbina “stooged” to TNA management on what Homicide was saying in Spanish on the show, words that got him suspended by TNA
Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne (w/ Lacey Von Erich), Alyssa Flash, & Traci Brooks defeated Hamada, Christy Hemme, & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita in an 8-woman Elimination tag team match Eliminations were as follows: Hemme (by Brooks); Flash and Hamada were double counted-out; Wilde (by Sky); Brooks (by Sarita); Sky (by Sarita); Sarita (by Rayne) The final fall came when Flash returned to the ring to distract the referee while Von Erich hit Sarita with the Claw Slam
ODB pinned Tara after hitting the TKO to retain the TNA Knockout Title Tara was distracted when Awesome Kong came to the ring and threatened to smash Poison the tarantula with a sledgehammer
NOT AIRED – Abyss & Matt Morgan defeated Dr Stevie & Daffney when Morgan slammed Stevie into a pile of thumbtacks The match was originally to be Abyss & Morgan vs Kurt Angle & Mick Foley, but Foley subbed Stevie in for him When Angle got disgusted and walked out on the match, Foley made Daffney take Stevie’s place The original match was taped the next night with Angle & Foley losing to Morgan & Abyss

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – October 6, 2009
October 8, 2009 iMPACT – Abyss & Matt Morgan defeated Kurt Angle & Mick Foley when Morgan pinned Foley after hitting the Carbon Footprint
Xplosion – Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi when Shelley pinned Bashir after hitting Kryptonite Krunch After the match Kiyoshi attacked the Guns
Xplosion – TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Taylor Wilde (w/ TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Sarita) pinned Traci Brooks with a Northern Lights Suplrex
October 15, 2009 iMPACT – Opened with the Main Event Mafia coming out Kurt Angle talked about facing TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles and noted it was the anniversary of the MEM’s formation He gave a pep talk to his team and predicted they’d all win at Bound For Glory Angle vowed to turn Matt Morgan “from a giant into a mouse” and then tack back the World Title Styles then came out with Morgan, Bobby Lashley, Hernandez, Beer Money, and Team 3D Brother Ray said everyone was sick of listening to Angle and then Styles called BFG “a make or break night” for the MEM Morgan led the group to the ring for a brawl with the MEM, but they retreated as security held the good guys back After the opening match Lauren interviewed the Pope about the Ultimate X match at BFG and then interviewed Bobby Lashley, who was attacked with a Gore by Rhino After Hernandez’s Gauntlet series Mike Tenay had a sit-down interview with Brother Ray, Booker T, Brutus Magnus, and Robert Roode (all being filmed in different parts of the building) about the 4-way Full Metal Mayhem match at BFG Tenay suddenly said that all four partners were brawling in catering, so the four interviewees left their stations to join the backstage fight Lauren then interviewed Styles and suggested that he shouldn’t wrestle Angle 3 days before BFG Styles called himself a fighting champion After the Pope vs Daniels match, Mick Foley came to the ring wearing a cardboard mask and said he wore a mask for three years until he found out anyone could buy one and pretend to be him like Abyss Foley said that Abyss was at least a “pretty good Mick Foley knockoff” and showed a video package of him doing hardcore things Abyss interrupted and choked Foley with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire until the video board switched to footage of Dr Stevie holding Lauren hostage backstage Foley told Abyss to “run to her” After the Knockouts Falls Count Anywhere match Borash interviewed Angle, who said he was still focused on Matt Morgan After the stretcher match So Cal Val interviewed Bobby Lashley about Samoa Joe, who snuck up from behind and choked Lashley out with the Kokina Clutch Abyss then found Lauren backstage, but she turned around to reveal herself as Daffney in a blonde wig Dr Stevie and Foley attacked Abyss and Foley warned him not to “be fooled by cheap imitations” Daffney danced and laughed in the background as Foley hit Abyss with the wire-covered bat The show ended with several video packages hyping the BFG card
Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, & Lacey von Erich defeated TNA Knockout Champion ODB, Tara, & Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha Saeed) in a 6-woman tag team match when Sky pinned ODB after Tara hit a Superkick on her pown partner Kong walked out on the match early on and Tara got angry with ODB when she made a blind tag as Tara had Sky set up for the Widow’s Peak
The Amazing Red (w/ Don West) vs Suicide for the TNA X-Division Title was a no contest when D’Angelo Dinero interfered and attacked Suicide Red knocked the Pope out of the ring and then celebrated with West After the match West called himself “the biggest Amazing Red fan in the history of wrestling” and said he was Red’s new promoter
Hernandez defeated IWGP Tag Team Champion Doug Williams in match #1 of a Gauntlet Eric Young did guest commentary
Hernandez defeated IWGP Tag Team Champion Brutus Magnus in match #2 of a Gauntlet Eric Young continued on commentary and claimed there was “a bigger plan in motion
Hernandez defeated Rob Terry in match #3 of a Gauntlet After the match Eric Young attacked Hernandez with a kendo stick and went after his neck The British Invasion then hit Hernandez with their finisher to further weaken him
Christopher Daniels pinned D’Angelo Dinero after hitting Angel’s Wings After the match Suicide cornered the Pope but then turned around and hit Daniels with the Gringo Cutter He pulled off his mask to reveal himself as the suspended Homicide Homicide later told Jeremy Borash that he stold Suicide’s outfit and knew his secret identity Security showed up and dragged Homicide out of the Impact Zone
Hamada pinned Alyssa Flash after putting her through a table with a Moonsault to win a Falls Count Anywhere match
Bobby Lashley defeated Rhino in a Stretcher match The two brawled into the backstage area and into the parking lot, right next to the ambulance Lashley managed to toss Rhino on the stretcher and then push it into the ambulance for the win
TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle in a non-title match went to a 20:00 time limit draw Angle had Styles in the Ankle Lock as the clock reached 0:00 After the bout Sting came to the ring to congratulate Styles, who brushed off the kudos and shook his head in frustration Angle later told Jeremy Borash that everyone knew who won that match, and later Styles told Borash that he had to learn from the match

TNA @ La Crosse, WI – La Crosse Center – October 9, 2009 (750)
Christopher Daniels defeated Shark Boy
ODB defeated Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Hernandez defeated Homicide
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Eric Young & Sheik Abdul Bashir
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ St Cloud, MN – National Hockey Center – October 10, 2009 (450)
Hernandez defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
Homicide pinned Christopher Daniels with his feet on the ropes
Matt Morgan pinned Eric Young after hitting the Carbon Footprint
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams and Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley in a 3-way Elimination match
ODB pinned Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Title
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title after hitting the Pele Kick

TNA @ Mankato, MN – Alltel Center – October 11, 2009 (300)
Hernandez defeated Eric Young
ODB defeated Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Christopher Daniels vs Homicide vs Alex Shelley vs Chris Sabin in a 4-way match
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams
Matt Morgan pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

Bound for Glory V – Irvine, CA – Bren Events Center – October 18, 2009 (2,400; mostly freebies)
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed when Shelley pinned Creed with the Skull & Bones; stipulations stated the winning team would earn a spot in the Ultimate X match later in the night
Pay-per-view bouts – featured an opening segment in which Zakk Wylde performed the national anthem; included Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky, & Lacey Von Erich regarding their upcoming match against TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita; featured Jeremy Borash conducting a backstage interview with Wilde & Sarita regarding the upcoming match; included a video package hyping the upcoming TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash vs. Hernandez vs. Eric Young match; featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Young and Nash about the upcoming Legends Title match; included a backstage segment in which Lauren attempted to interview James Storm & Bobby Roode, with Scott Steiner & Booker T having to be held back by security; moments later, IWGP Tag Team Champions Douglas Williams & Brutus Magnus stopped the fight and said the three teams had to focus on taking out Brother Ray & Devon in their upcoming contest; featured a backstage split screen of Samoa Joe and Bobby Lashley preparing for their upcoming bout; included Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Matt Morgan regarding his upcoming bout against Kurt Angle; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Mick Foley regarding his upcoming Monster’s Ball match against Abyss; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with Angle regarding his upcoming bout against Morgan:
TNA X Division Champion Amazing Red defeated Homicide, Christopher Daniels, Suicide, Chris Sabin, and Alex Shelley in an Ultimate X match at 15:16 after knocking Sabin off the top of the X as Sabin and Shelley both vied for the belt; after the match, Don West came out to congratulate Red on his win (TNA: Best of 2009)
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne when Wilde pinned Sky after the springboard dropkick/German Suplex combo at 2:59; Lacey Von Erich escorted the challengers to the ring before the match; prior to the bout, referee Jamie Tucker was about to eject Von Erich from ringside, but Lacey kissed him and he instead got her a ringside seat; moments later, referee Earl Hebner came out, with Lacey kissing him as well before he ejected her from ringside
Eric Young defeated TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash and Hernandez to win the title at 8:53 by pinning Nash after ramming Hernandez’s head into Nash’s groin as Nash attempted the powerbomb on Hernandez
Brother Ray & Devon defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Douglas Williams, TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner, and James Storm & Bobby Roode to win the titles in a Full Methal Mayhem match to win the IWGP titles at 13:05 when Devon grabbed the title belt; during Ray & Devon’s entrance, Ray hugged Zakk Wylde at ringside; at the 5-minute mark, Booker sustained the DWI from Storm & Roode, with Sharmell then appearing ringside and Booker being taken backstage on a stretcher a the 6-minute mark; during the closing moments, Rhino came out and assaulted Ray with a steel chair, then attacking both Ray & Devon with repeated shots with the chair after the fall
Brutus Magnus & Douglas Williams defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T & Scott Steiner, IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Devon, and James Storm & Bobby Roode to win the TNA titles in a Full Metal Mayhem match at 4:09 (total time of the match: 17:14) when Williams grabbed the title belt; late in the fall, Rob Terry came out and press slammed Roode from the ladder through a table set up on the floor; moments later, Terry put Williams on his shoulders and walked him up the ladder to get the belt
TNA Knockouts Champion ODB defeated Awesome Kong and Tara at 7:35 by reversing a powerbomb attempt into a facebuster, onto a steel chair slid into the ring by Raisha Saeed; prior to the bout, a video package hyped the upcoming match; Saeed appeared ringside during the final moments of the match, sliding the chair into the ring for Kong to use but Kong twice kicking it out of the way and opting not to use it; after the bout, Kong stared at Saeed
Bobby Lashley defeated Samoa Joe in a submission match at 8:06 when the referee stopped the bout as Joe was caught in a sleeper; prior to the bout, a video package aired hyping the match, with comments from Lahsley, Joe, and Taz; Lashley’s ribs were heavily taped for the match; the decision drew boos from the crowd; after the fall, Kristal Lashley was shown celebrating in the crowd
Abyss pinned Mick Foley in a Monster’s Ball match at 11:04 following a chokeslam onto a table wrapped in barbed wire; Stevie Richards was the guest referee for the match; prior to the bout, a video package hyped the match; Daffney appeared ringside at the 8-minute mark until Abyss dropped her with a chokeslam from the top rope through a table wrapped in barbed wire on the floor; moments later, Abyss dropped Richards with a Black Hole Slam onto thumbtacks; during the closing moments of the match, Abyss dragged Richards over to Foley’s body and slapped his hand to the mat three times to end the contest (Mick Foley: Hardcore Legend)
Kurt Angle pinned Matt Morgan with a victory roll at 14:45; prior to the bout, a video package hyped the match, with comments from Angle, Morgan, and Dixie Carter; after the match, Angle shook Morgan’s hand before leaving the ring and allowing Morgan to take the applause from the crowd
iMPACT – 12/31/09: TNA World Champion AJ Styles pinned Sting at 13:53 with a Pele Kick from the apron and springboard splash into the ring; prior to the bout, a video package aired on the match with comments from Taz, Mike Tenay, Styles, Sting, and Dixie Carter about the match and whether it would be Sting’s last; during the ring introductions, Styles received a mixed reaction; there were dueling chants for both men to start the bout; after the match, Sting shook Styles’ hand and left the ring, but Styles called him back to the ring and told him the ring is his spotlight, and “Your time is now;” Styles then left the ring as Sting thanked the fans for their support and said that if he had to lose, he was happy to lose to Styles in California; Sting said, “I don’t know if I will be back, but from what I heard yesterday and the way you fans reacted tonight, I want to stay forever” (TNA: Best of 2009)

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – October 20, 2009
Xplosion – Sheik Abdul Bashir (w/ Kiyoshi) defeated Kip James
October 22 iMPACT – Opened with Kurt Angle coming to the ring and talking about the Main Event Mafia’s mission to preserve respect for the veterans and respect for “the game” Angle said that the group was misunderstood and it was never about securing one’s “spot” or making money or ego Angle said that he used to see a bunch of “young punks looking for handouts” in the locker room, but he made a mistake He called the younger talent “boys that have grown into men” and praised Eric Young, TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles, and Matt Morgan He was interrupted by Rhino, who was shocked by Angle’s face turn Rhino noted that Booker T “is gone” and said that TNA management wanted to get rid of the veterans “What aboue us, Kurt? What about me?” asked Rhino Team 3D showed up and tried to push past security to get at Rhino, but he tried to talk to them and warn them that TNA was bringing in new guys to replace them Brother Ray called him paranoid and Rhino noted that they did not have a match on the show Rhino invited them to cheer him on in his match with Hernandez Ray broke through security and tried to get at Rhino, but Angle held him back Next Lauren interviewed Styles & Christopher Daniels, and Styles called Angle’s comments ” a huge step for TNA” Lauren announced the Turning Point main event as Styles vs Daniels vs Samoa Joe in a rematch from Unbreakable 200? Daniels noted that he “almost died” in the ring at Bound For Glory when he took a bad fall from the Ultimate X cables but said he was ready to compete Lauren then interviewed Raisha Saeed, who called Awesome Kong ungrateful and “my puppet” After the opening match she interviewed Scott Steiner, who refused to admit that the MEM was dissolved Steiner still wore MEM gear and refused to give “the young punks” credit After Steiner’s match with Matt Morgan, Lauren interviewed Kong She simply said, “Raisha, no more orders! Tonight finish” Next Bobby Lashley said that Steiner needed to apologize to his wife for putting his hands on her, and after the Styles & Daniels match TNA Legends Champion Eric Young told Jeremy Borash that he outsmarted Kevin Nash and would have an “earth-shattering” announcement next week Lauren next talked to the Motor City Machine Guns, who talked about their Ultimate X match with Lethal Consequences The Beautiful People then debuted their new “Mean Girls” segment and started a big food fight in catering with TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita After a couple of matches Borash talked to Angle in the locker room, and he put over the younger talent some more Desmond Wolfe (Ring of Honor’s Nigel McGuinness) made his surprise debut and introduced himself to Angle He called himself a huge fan of Angle’s and Angle welcomed him to TNA Wolfe then removed his sunglasses and beat the snot out of Angle After the Ultimate X match Lauren interviewed the British Invasion, who talked about their “dominance” of the tag team division Brutus Magnus said it would be Beer Money’s last Title shot in their Steel Cage match Borash then talked to Beer Money, who said they only needed one shot After the Steel Cage main event Lauren asked AJ Styles why Daniels was acting strange, and Styles asked her to “stop stirring the pot” Styles was suddently attacked by a mystery man in a mask Back in the ring Angle walked out and called “whatever your name is” to come out and look him in the eye Wolfe didn’t show up, so Angle went looking for him Wolfe attacked him from behind and the two brawled until Wolfe hit a low blow and then the Tower of London Wolfe put a metal folding chair across Angle’s throat and said, “It would be this easy, but I want you to think about it” He tossed the chair aside and reminded Angle of his name to end the show
Homicide pinned TNA X-Division Champion the Amazing Red (w/ Don West) in a non-title match after hitting the Cop Killer The match started as brawl backstage and the two fought into the ring to start the match
Matt Morgan pinned Scott Steiner after hitting the Carbon Footprint During the match Steiner hit on Bobby Lashley’s wife Kristal, who sat at ringside Steiner forced her to touch his chest, leading an irate Lashley to come out and attack Steiner He rolled Steiner back into the ring, setting him up for Morgan’s finisher
Samoa Joe & Kevin Nash defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels when Nash pinned Daniels after hitting a Chokeslam Daniels was distracted by Styles hitting a Moonsault onto Joe out on the floor Styles & Daniels hugged after the match even though Daniels seemed annoyed that Styles distracted him
Awesome Kong pinned Raisha Saeed after hitting the Implant Buster After the match Kong took Saeed up to the entrance stage and Powerbombed her through a section of the set Saeed was stretchered out by paramedics
Hernandez pinned Rhino after hitting a splash from the top rope After the match they continued to fight until Team 3D, who did guest commentary, stopped Hernandez from hitting the Border Toss on Rhino Hernandez asked Team 3D for an explanation and they asked him to leave Rhino to them Brother Ray then got on the mic and told Hernandez that he was the future and Rhino was just “a piece of crap”
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams by DQ in a Steel Cage match for the TNA Tag Team Champions when Magnus punched referee Slick Johnson after Beer Money hit the DWI on Williams
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed in an Ultimate X match to earn a shot at the TNA Tag Team Champions when Sabin pulled down the X

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – October 21, 2009
October 29 iMPACT – The final segment featured footage from the press conference where Dixie Carter announced the signging of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff to TNA Opened with Desmond Wolfe coming to the ring and introducing himself to the crowd as “the only thing” and “the world’s greatest fighter” Wolfe said that Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal on points “because they felt sorry for him” and said that it only took him one night to make his mark in TNA Angle interrupted and admitted that he now knew Wolfe’s name Angle put over young guys like Hernandez, Matt Morgan, and TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles for “earning my respect” and said that Wolfe earned nothing Angle challenged Wolfe to a Street Fight, which Wolfe accepted Lauren then interviewed Styles, who was watching footage of himself getting attacked last week by a mystery man Samoa Joe walked up and said it wasn’t him, but maybe it was Christopher Daniels Joe said that Daniels was jealous of Styles and warned that Styles was so mad at Joe he couldn’t see his own friend betraying him Footage was then shown of Awesome Kong destroying things backstage because, as Mike Tenay said, she no longer had Raisha Saeed controlling her After the opening match Rhino walked up to Team 3D backstage and asked if they now understood him Rhino noted that he faced Hernandez last week and Matt Morgan this week, two of TNA management’s favorites Brother Ray called it a stupid conspiracy theory and said they stopped Hernandez last week because they saved him from himself Devon said they didn’t need help against the Motor City Machine Guns and Rhino told them to watch their backs After Team 3D lost that match Lauren asked Scott Steiner about Bobby Lashley’s demand for an apology Steiner apologized to Kristal for “not knowing what it’s like to be with a real man” He said he had a big surprise for Lashley A “Hermie’s Hotseat” segment then aired with Hermie Sadler interviewing TNA X-Divisoin Champion the Amazing Red & Don West Red & West put each other over After the Lashley match World Elite came to the ring in new matching gear and Brutus Magnus announced that he and Doug Wiliams were suspended until Turning Point because of their shenanigans in last week’s Steel Cage match Magnus said that TNA called it a suspension, while they called it “a vacation” Eric Young then said he just handed Lashley his first defeat (he didn’t) and renamed the TNA Legends Title, making it the TNA Global Championship Young said he would never defend the belt on American soil and never against an American wrestler Kevin Nash came out to the entrance stage with a metal folding chair and told Young to pony up the $60,000 he promised for joining Young’s match at Bound For Glory Nash quesitoned the way Young did business, and Young said Nash was doing the same thing for years Young said “we both knew that one of us would screw the other” and he invited Nash to come to the ring to chat Beer Money then snuck in through the crowd and attacked World Elite with weapons as Young & Homicide retreated Next Daniels confronted Styles about believing Samoa Joe’s charges, and Daniels said he was going to go “settle this with Joe” After the Rhino vs Morgan match Daniels did confront Joe, who said he was trying to show Styles the truth Daniels said he’d never attack Styles, and Joe said that Styles didn’t think Daniels was in his league Joe walked away smirking as Daniels looked angry Don West was then shown shilling TNA merchandise until Homicide badgered West into giving him a shot at Red’s X-Division Title Homicide still took West’s wallet Borash then interviewed Angle and suggested that somebody brought Wolfe to TNA to take Angle out Lauren then found medics tending to Styles, who was bleeding from the head and unconscious on the floor backstage Styles was taken away in an ambulance
Tara pinned Alyssa Flash after hitting Widow’s Peak After the match Awesome Kong hit a big boot on Tara and then the Implant Buster, slamming Tara on top of Flash
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Brother Ray & Brother Devon when Shelley made Devon submit to a Half Crab The announcers noted that Devon did not appear to actually tap out or say “I quit,” yet the referee called for the bell Sabin was concussed during the bout when Ray hit a stiff Uranage kick to the back of his head
Bobby Lashley defeated Eric Young by DQ in a TNA Legends Title match when Scott Steiner interfered and hit Lashley with a metal chair as Lashley had Young in a Dragon Sleeper Steiner then put Lashley in the Steiner Recliner
Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, & Lacey Von Erich defeated TNA Knockout Champion ODB, Hamada, & Christy Hemme in a 6-woman tag team match when Von Erich pinned Hemme after hitting a Claw Slam Awesome Kong came out after the match but was cut off by Tara and the two brawled around the entrance area until security broke it up
Abyss pinned Dr Stevie in a No DQ match after hitting the Shock Treatment backbreaker After the match Stevie attacked Abyss with a kendo stick until Mick Foley made the save Jeremy Borash tried to get answers from Foley later, but he just said “no comment”
Matt Morgan pinned Rhino after hitting the Carbon Footprint After the match Rhino hit the Gore on Morgan and was set up to hit another one until Hernandez made the save
Kurt Angle vs Desmond Wolfe was a no contest when the referee stopped the match after Angle suffered a Rebound Lariat and was stretchered to the back
Xplosion – The Amazing Red (w/ Don West) defeated Jay Lethal to retain the TNA X-Division Title

TNA @ Chicago, IL – The Odeum – October 23, 2009 (450)
After the show, fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while Alex Shelley, Matt Morgan, ODB, and Jay Lethal signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission
Alex Shelley pinned Shark Boy after hitting a Frog Splash
Rhino pinned Kip James after hitting the Gore
ODB pinned Alyssa Flash to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting a TKO ODB was accompanied to the ring by Chicago Sun Times columnist Elliot Harris
Matt Morgan pinned Scott Steiner after hitting the Carbon Footprint
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi by pinfall after a combination Vertical Suplex / High Cross-Body move After the match, Creed invited a US serviceman to the ring and thanked him for serving his country
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe after hitting a Pele Kick to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Racine, WI – Racine Civic Centre – October 24, 2009 (600)
After the show, fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission
Alex Shelley pinned Kip James after hitting Slice Bread #2
Kiyoshi pinned Shark Boy with a rollup as his feet were on the ropes
ODB defeated Alyssa Flash to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Rhino pinned Matt Morgan after hitting a Gore After the match Rhino attempted to hit Morgan with a metal folding chair, but was stopped by the Carbon Footprint
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi by pinfall after Lethal hit the Lethal Combination on Kiyoshi
AJ Styles pinned Scott Steiner after hitting the Flying Forearm to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Green Bay, WI – Time Warner Cable Theatre – October 25, 2009 (800)
Alex Shelley defeated Shark Boy
Rhino defeated Kip James
ODB defeated Alyssa Flash to retain the TNA Knockout Title
Matt Morgan defeated Scott Steiner
Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

October 27, 2009 – TNA announced the signing of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff to contracts at a press conference at Madison Square Garden in New York City

TNA @ Clovis, NM – Curry County Events Center – October 29, 2009
Eric Young vs Suicide for the TNA Legends Title
Abyss vs Rhino
AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe for the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Rio Rancho, NM – Santa Ana Star Center – October 30, 2009 (600)
After the show fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission
Hernandez pinned Kip James after hitting the Border Toss
Awesome Kong pinned Hamada after hitting the Awesome Bomb
Suicide pinned TNA Global Champion Eric Young with a rollup in a non-title match
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Homicide & Kiyoshi when Roode pinned Kiyoshi after he suffered the DWI
Abyss pinned Rhino after hitting the Black Hole Slam
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe after hitting the Pele Kick to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Loveland, CO – Budweiser Events Center – October 31, 2009 (app 500)
After the show fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission
Suicide pinned TNA Global Champion Eric Young after hitting a Missile Dropkick in a non-title match
Awesome Kong pinned Hamada after hitting the Awesome Bomb
Hernandez pinned Kip James after hitting the Border Toss
Abyss pinned Rhino in a Monster’s Ball match after Chokeslamming him on a trash can
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Homicide & Kiyoshi when Roode pinned Kiyoshi after he suffered the DWI
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe after hitting the Pele Kick to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 2, 2009
November 5 iMPACT – Matches were taped out of order Opened with footage of TNA President Dixie Carter’s pre-show meeting with all TNA wrestlers, agents, and writers Carter talked about the coming changes to the company and asked for everyone’s support She said that she put her reputation on the line when she invested in TNA and it was “time to swing for the fences” by bringing in Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff The first “live” segment saw TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles come to the ring and talk about the positive changes in his life and in TNA since he won the Title He said that he’d dreamt about taking TNA “to another level” for years but his joy was tempered by the masked man who kept attacking him from behind Styles asked the mystery attacker to show himself, and Christopher Daniels came out He got angry with Styles for thinking it could be him behind the mask and then claimed that TNA management handed Styles everything on a silver platter and pampered him Samoa Joe then came out, smiling at the disseion he sowed between the friends Joe said “I don’t need to attack you backstage like some cowardly punk,” implying that Daniels would, and Daniels angrily defended himself Styles challenged Daniels to a 1-on-1 match for that night Beer Money vs World Elite was the opening match, followed by the Beautiful People’s second “Mean Girls” segment They entered the Knockouts dressing room looking for TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita but found TNA Kockout Champion ODB instead They made fun of ODB, who called them “the STD sisters,” and ODB said she was making her own movie and needed some “slut doubles” The BPs actually got excited about this opportunity, and ODB said th eleading man in her movie played for the Yankees “Alex Jeter?” asked Lacey Von Erich “No,” replied ODB, “yank deez nuts!” ODB then attacked Von Erich but was beaten down by the three BPs and given a rough makeover Next Lauren interviewed “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal, who promised to be the first to welcome Hulk Hogan and announced the first Black Machismo Invitational for next week Mick Foley then complained to Jeremy Borash about not being kept in the loop about Hogan and hinted that he caught Borash doing something bad or dumb on his office video cameras Foley then said he had a surprise for Abyss Desmond Wolfe vs Cody Deaner was next, and then Lauren interviewed Suicide about Homicide’s claim that he knew his identity Next she talked to Team 3D, and Brother Ray talked about Hogan’s arrival and Dixie Carter’s “grapefruits” Rhino walked up and said that a referee screwed him last week and then noted that Team 3D was facing Matt Morgan & Hernandez that night, the same guys who TNA had just booked against Rhino Ray put them over as great young talents and walked away The Styles vs Daniels match was supposed to be next, but Styles was attacked backstage by the masked man Daniels, who was already in the ring, tried to run backstage to help but was hit with a Muscle Buster by Samoa Joe Tara vs Hamada was next, and then Foley brought Abyss to the ring and apologized for calling him “a cheap knockoff” Foley said Abyss was as tough as he thought and presented him with a drawing of them together Abyss was grateful for the gift and then Foley booked Abyss in a match with Dr Stevie where Stevie would be “gone from TNA forever” if he lost, which made Abyss ecstatic Borash then interviewed Scott Steiner, who talked about his history with Hogan in the nWo and his delusion that Kristal Lashley wanted to “get with” him Matt Morgan then praised Hogan as his childhood idol, followed by Bobby Lashley vs Homicide and Madison Rayne vs Taylor Wilde After Lauren interviewed Morgan & Hernandez about Rhino’s conspiracy theory the Styles vs Daniels match actually happened and then Lauren told Dr Stevie & Daffney that Foley “has been playing you” for the last month Stevie said he’d take Abyss out himself Morgan & Hernandez vs Team 3D was the main event
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Taylor Wilde pinned Madison Rayne with a rollup After the match the Beautiful People attacked Wilde until TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Sarita and TNA Kockout Champion ODB made the save
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Global Champion Eric Young & Rob Terry when Roode pinned Terry after Young accidentally hit his partner with his championship belt After the match the British Invasion ran to the ring and attacked Beer Money until security broke up the brawl The Motor City Machine Guns then snuck in and attacked the Brits until security broke up that brawl as well Young and the Brits all blamed Terry for the loss
Bobby Lashley (w/ Kristal) pinned Homicide in about 1:45 after hitting a Chokeslam Before the match referee Earl Hebner ordered Kristal to head backstage After the bout Homicide attacked Lashley, who eventually got the upper hand but was distracted when the video board aired backstage footage of Scott Steiner trying to force himself on Kristal Lashley ran to the back and attacked Steiner, a brawl that was finally broken up by other wrestlers While all this confusion was going on Homicide attacked Hebner until TNA X-Division Champion the Amazing Red made the save
TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles pinned Christopher Daniels with the Styles Clash in a non-title match Samoa Joe was the guest referee and choked Styles out with the Kokina Clutch after the match
Matt Morgan & Hernandez defeated IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon by DQ in a non-title match when Ray took Morgan & Hernandez out with a metal chair handed to him by Rhino Ray had repeatedly told Rhino to leave ringside and then knocked him off the apron when Rhino tried to hand him the chair, but Ray then turned around and used the weapon Ray then looked confused about his actions, but Rhino got in the ring and reassured he and Devon that they did the right thing Rhino hit the Gore on both Morgan & Hernandez and then left with Team 3D
November 12 iMPACT – Awesome Kong, Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, & Lacey Von Erich defeated TNA Kockout Champion ODB, Tara, & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita in an 8-woman tag team match when Kong pinned Wilde after hitting the Implant Buster After the match Von Erich tried to hug Kong after the match but was held back by Sky & Rayne
Xplosion – Suicide pinned Kiyoshi (w/ Sheik Abdul Bashir) after hitting the Suicide Solution Bashir was banished from ringside after he grabbed Suicide’s leg

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 3, 2009
November 12 iMPACT – Opened with a recap of Dixie Carter’s talent meeting and then Mick Foley welcomed stuntman “Super” Dave Osbourne to iMPACT Osbourne talked about his upcoming SpikeTV special on December 1 and asked Foley to be part of the show Osbourne thought he got to run to the show (a la WWE’s Monday Night Raw celebrity guest host concept) but Foley said he could only book one match Foley left Osbourne in his office and told Jeremy Borash to supervise him “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal barged in looking for Hulk Hogan, asked who his opponent would be, and then left Abyss vs Dr Stevie was next, and then Mike Tenay announced that Sting would break his silence in a week Alyssa Flash vs Traci Books was next, followed by the Black Machismo Invitational Lauren then interviewed Bobby Lashley, who said he left his wife Kristal at the hotel for her own safety A production assistant took Lashley to the truck and showed him a video shot by Scott Steiner Steiner was at Kristal’s hotel and said “the husband is always the last one to figure out that his wife is in love with another man” Lashley hopped in his car and sped away while a camera crew got in a second car and followed After the 8-Knockout tag team match (taped the night before) aired next, and then Osbourne called the X-Division wrestlers to his office and asked them to do “something special” and dedicate the match to Foley Lashley and the TNA camera crew arrived at Kristal’s hotel and Lashley found her unharmed in their room Steiner then burst in and attacked Lashley, breaking a lamp over his head as Kristal screamed Back in the ring Kurt Angle talked about Desmond Wolfe going after his surgically-repaired neck and promised to end Wolfe’s career at Turning Point Wolfe showed up on the video board, filming from “a safe and secluded area,” and said he was going to take Angle’s place in TNA Angle quickly figured out that the video wasn’t live and caught Wolfe when he tried to sneak in the ring They brawled around ringside until Wolfe DDTed Angle on the floor and then KOed him with a metal chair The X-Division match was next, and then Wolfe told Lauren that he was “a younger, better-looking, more determined, and healthier version of Kurt Angle” Team 3D then came out and Brother Ray talked about Dixie’s pep talk about changes Ray said that after reflecting on his actions he was glad that he hit Matt Morgan & Hernandez with a chair because Rhino was right about TNA trying to force veterans out of the company Morgan & Hernandez came to the entrance stage and dared Team 3D to come meet them there Ray insulted them and challenged them to a 6-man tag team match at Turning Point if they could find a partner They said they could handle it themselves, but then D’Angelo Dinero came out to join their team Lauren then interviewed World Elite and announced that the suspension on the British Invasion had been lifted so they could wrestle Beer Money Magnus argued that they should still be suspended and Young asked “what kind of company makes a suspension and doesn’t stand behind it” Young added that he had no problem with Hulk Hogan and was a big fan of his “when I was 3” Jeremy Borash then talked to TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles about Christopher Daniels, and Styles apologized for thinking Daniels was the masked man who kept attacking him Styles said that he and Daniels let Samoa Joe “work his magic” on them but it wouldn’t help Joe win the Title Beer Money vs the British Invasion was next, and then Dinero told Morgan & Hernandez that “where I’m from there is a code of respect” and gave his word that they could trust him Lauren then talked to Daniels, who again said that if TNA supported him the way they supported Styles it would be him, not Styles, who held the World Title Joe vs Styles was the main event
Dr Stevie (w/ Daffney) pinned Abyss (w/ Mick Foley) after the lights went out and an unknown assailant attacked Abyss Abyss had just hit the Black Hole Slam on Richards and was about to win, but when the lights came back on Abyss was out cold and Richards crawled over him for the win After the match Stevie put a metal folding chair around Abyss’ neck and was about to stomp on it before Foley interfered The lights went out again, and the Impact Zone was suddenly lit up as a fireball flew into Foley’s face The lights came back on and the fire thrower was revealed as Raven He then hit the Raven Effect DDT on Abyss and posed with Richards and Daffney
Alyssa Flash defeated Traci Brooks by submission with an armbar During the match Mike Tenay revealed that Brooks had a birth defect in her right arm After the bout Brooks attacked Flash for “breaking the code” by going after her handicap
Jim Neidhart pinned Jay Lethal in a Black Machismo Invitational match after hitting a Running Powerslam
TNA X-Division Champion the Amazing Red, Chris Sabin, & Alex Shelley defeated Homicide, Sheik Abdul Bashir, & Kiyoshi in a 6-man tag team match when Sabin pinned Bashir after hitting Made in Detroit Homicide tried to introduced a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire to the match but was stopped by TNA security Stuntman “Super” Dave Osbourne did guest commentary during the match to hype his new SpikeTV series
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams (w/ Rob Terry) in a non-title match to earn a shot at the Titles at Turning Point Pre-match stipulations said that Storm & Roode would be added to the British Invasion’s match with the Motor City Machine Guns even if they were DQed or counted-out Terry tried to interfere at one point with a metal chair but was stopped by Williams Magnus then tried to use the chair, but Williams stopped him as well Beer Money took advantage of the dissension and hit the DWI on Magnus for the pinfall victory
Samoa Joe defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles by KO with the Kokina Clutch in a non-title match During the match Christopher Daniels came to the ring and accidentally caused Styles to lose his balance while he was on the top turnbuckle Styles then hit Daniels, allowing Joe to sneak up from behind and slap on the Rear Naked Choke Joe posed with Styles’ Title after the match
Xplosion – Rob Terry pinned Kip James after hitting a jumping roundhouse kick

TNA @ Murray, KY – Regional Special Events Center – November 6, 2009 (668)
After the show fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission Featured a segment before the main event where TNA Tag Team Champion Doug Williams came to the ring to insult the fans and sing the United Kingdom’s national anthem He was interrupted by James Storm, who led the crowd in some cheers before brawling with Williams
Suicide pinned D’Angelo Dinero after hitting the Suicide Solution
Rob Terry pinned Kip James in about 8:00 after hitting a roundhouse kick Doug Williams accompanied Terry to the ring and interfered in the match
Alyssa Flash pinned Sojournor Bolt in about 9:00 after hitting a Sit-out Slam Flash and Bolt received a standing ovation after the match
Hernandez pinned Homicide with a Sit-out Powerbomb after about 7:00
Rhino pinned Abyss in about 9:00 after hitting the Gore
AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe in about 9:00 after hitting the Pele Kick to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Tupelo, MS – Bancorpsouth Arena – November 7, 2009
Show was cancelled at the last minute with no explanation given

TNA @ Jackson, TN – Oman Arena – November 8, 2009 (650)
Suicide defeated D’Angelo Dinero
Tara defeated Velvet Sky
Rhino defeated Kip James
Hernadez defeated Homicide
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champion Doug Williams & Rob Terry
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Nashville, TN – Wildhorse Saloon – November 9, 2009
Special charity event with Kyle Vanden Bosch of the Tennessee Titans that raised $130,000 for the Boys & Girls Club TNA auctioned off an event chair, replica championship belt, and a trip to Orlando for a future iMPACT taping After the main event, the wrestlers signed autographs and took pictures with fans
Suicide defeated Homicide and D’Angelo Dinero in a 3-way match Titans cornerback Courtland Finnegan was the special guest enforcer
Hernandez defeated Kip James after Vanden Bosch punched James
Tara pinned Velvet Sky after hitting the Widow’s Peak Titans defensive end William Hayes was the guest timekeeper
Abyss defeated Rhino in a Monster’s Ball match Titans quarterback Vince Young interfered in the bout, striking Rhino with a trash can
Bobby Lashley defeated Scott Steiner after Vanden Bosch interfered
James Storm, Robert Roode, and Frank Wycheck defeated Eric Young, Brutus Magnus, & Doug Williams by pinfall
TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe in a Lumberjack match after hitting the Pele Kick The lumberjacks were all Titans players

November 11, 2009 – Sojournor Bolt was released

November 13, 2009 – Jethro Holliday (Trevor Murdoch) was released

TNA @ Wayne, NJ – The PAL – November 13, 2009 (450)
After the show fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside Backstage passes were given out before the event and during intermission
JAPW Women’s Champion Sara Del Ray defeated Alyssa Flash
Daffney pinned Hamada
Suicide defeated Chris Sabin
D’Angelo Dinero defeated TNA Global Champion Eric Young
The Amazing Red defeated Homicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Tag Team Titles
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyewight Title

TNA @ Scranton, PA – Ice Box Complex – November 14, 2009 (500)
After the show, fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside
Chris Sabin defeated Suicide
Hamada defeated Daffney
D’Angelo Dinero defeated TNA Global Champion Eric Young
The Amazing Red defeated Homicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Tag Team Titles
AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyewight Title

Turning Point 09 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 15, 2009 (1,100; all freebies)
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Jeremy Borash conducting a backstage interview with Desmond Wolfe regarding his upcoming bout against Kurt Angle; included the announcement Mick Foley would appear on the following Thursday’s iMPACT, despite having his face burned at the hands of Raven; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Kevin Nash, in possession of the TNA Global Title, in which he said “Hulk” was in on his actions earlier in the show and he would reveal more if he said he could; included a video package recapping the recent announcement by Dixie Carter that Hulk Hogan was joining the company, with comments from Hogan, Angle, and Matt Morgan; featured Lauren conducting a backstage interview with Scott Steiner regarding his stalking of Kristal Lashley and facing Bobby Lashley in what was now a falls count anywhere match; included a video package hyping the Lashley vs. Steiner match; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Angle regarding his upcoming bout against Wolfe; included a video package hyping the Angle vs. Wolfe match; featured Borash conducting a backstage interview with Joe regarding his upcoming bout against TNA World Champion AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels; included a video package hyping Styles vs. Joe vs. Daniels:
TNA X Division Champion Amazing Red (w/ Don West) pinned Homicide with the Code Red at 10:09 after knocking the challenger off the top
TNA Knockouts Champion ODB, TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, & Lacey Von Erich at 5:58 when ODB pinned Rayne with the powerslam; stipulations stated if ODB was pinned then the winner would earn her title and if either Wilde or Sarita was defeated, the winner would earn their championship
TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams defeated James Storm & Robert Roode and Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley at 10:21 when Magnus pinned Roode after the elbow off the top double team from the champions; late in the bout, TNA Global Champion Eric Young came out and yanked Storm off the apron; moments later, Kevin Nash came out and confronted Young, took the title belt, and – as Storm began attacking Young – Nash hit Storm with the belt before leaving ringside with it
Tara pinned Awesome Kong in a Six Sides of Steel match at 7:54 with a crossbody off the top of the cage; after the bout, Lauren conducted an interview in the aisle about her win, with an emotional Tara then issuing a challenge to TNA Knockouts Champion ODB
Rhino, IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Brother Devon defeated Matt Morgan, Hernandez, & D’Angelo Dinero at 14:27 when Rhino pinned Hernandez with the Gore after Devon hit Hernandez with a steel chair behind the referee’s back as Hernandez had Rhino up for the Border Toss
Scott Steiner pinned Bobby Lashley in a falls count anywhere match at 11:26 after hitting him in the face with a steel pipe as the two fought near the crowd; after the bout, referees helped Steiner away before others tended to Lashley on the floor; moments later, Lashley shoved the referees away and went backstage under his own power
iMPACT – 12/31/09: Kurt Angle defeated Desmond Wolfe via submission with a side triangle choke at 16:21 as Wolfe fought off an attempt at a cross armbreaker; throughout the bout, the crowd chanted “This is wrestling;” late in the match, there were dueling chants for both men (TNA: Best of 2009)
iMPACT – 12/31/09: TNA World Champion AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels at 21:49 by pinning Joe after Daniels hit the Best Moonsault Ever on Joe, with Styles hitting a 450 splash onto both men; there were chants for all three men to start the match; after the bout, Styles and Daniels argued as the show ended (TNA: Best of 2009) TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 16, 2009
November 19 iMPACT – Opened with Mick Foley and Abyss coming to the ring and Foley complaining about Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter as Abyss tried to get him to focus on Raven and Dr Stevie Raven, Stevie, & Daffney then came to the ring and joked about throwing a fireball at Foley, and Raven said that he wanted “the old Foley back” Raven goaded Foley into booking them in a match that night despite Foley’s injured face Next Jeremy Borash conducted a backstage interview with TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles and Kurt Angle about teaming together against their Turning Point opponents Styles said he would give Christopher Daniels a Title shot at Final Resolution, which amazed Angle Styles said he refused to back down from a challenge, and Angle said that he wanted a shot of his own Styles offered to give it to him immediately, but Borash reminded them of their tag team match and they stormed off in opposite directions Matches were taped out of order, with the Amazing Red vs Scott Steiner as the actual first bout After that Kevin Nash praised TNA Global Champion Eric Young for “out-thinking the smartest man in wrestling” to win the belt He said that it made him “want to party with” Young and they shook hands Nash said that he would call Hulk Hogan and give Foley some answers that night The 8-man tag team match was next, followed by a backstage conversation between Nash and Foley Foley got angry with Nash, calling him “Hogan’s boy” and asking him what “Hogan’s up to” Nash called him paranoid and said “He’s here for business and business only” Nash added that Hogan would not come alone Cut to another backstage segment with Foley, Borash, and Abyss Abyss tried to convince Foley not to wrestle because he could be blinded Foley joked that he could then become a referee Abyss continued to beg Foley, who said he had no choice After the Hamada vs Taylor Wilde match Abyss actually locked Foley in his office to keep him from wrestling After that match ODB held her “Trash Talk” segment with Homicide and they drank tequila together Homicide said that Suicide had crabs and was mad because Homicide saw him without his mask He then hit on ODB and a hook-up was implied After a commercial Lauren interviewed the returning Tomko until the Beautiful People interrupted and made fun of her Sarita vs Alyssa Flash was next, and after that Foley went looking for Raven & Stevie They snuck up from behind and attacked him, with Daffney telling Foley to “have a nice day!” before they walked away Before the main event of Styles & Angle vs Daniels & Desmond Wolfe, Wolfe & Daniels put each other over in a backstage interview with Lauren
Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, James Storm, & Robert Roode defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kiyoshi, & TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams when Sabin pinned Magnus after the Motor City Machine Guns hit a Neckbreaker/top-rope splash combination TNA Global Champion Eric Young did guest commentary during the match, and Rob Terry interfered repeatedly
TNA X-Division Champion The Amazing Red defeated Scott Steiner by disqualification in a non-title match when Steiner attacked Red with a metal pipe Bobby Lashley then ran to the ring to chase Steiner off
Hamada pinned TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Taylor Wilde after hitting a Ki Krusher
Abyss defeated Raven & Dr Stevie by DQ in a handicap match when Raven tried to throw a fireball at Abyss Mick Foley was supposed to be Abyss’s partner, but he never came to the ring After the watch Raven & Stevie beat Abyss down and choked him out with a television cable
Christopher Daniels & Desmond Wolfe defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles & Kurt Angle when Daniels pinned Styles after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever as Angle and Wolfe brawled up the ramp
Rhino, Brother Ray, & Brother Devon defeated Matt Morgan, Hernandez, & D’Angelo Dinero in a 6-man tag team Street Fight when Rhino pinned Hernandez after Jesse Neal snuck into the ring and smashed Hernandez over the head with a metal folding chair Later Jeremy Borash interviewed Team 3D, Rhino, and Neal Ray put Neal over as “a bad MF” and the future of pro wrestling
Sarita pinned Alyssa Flash after a roundhouse kick to the face After the match Flash was attacked by Traci Brooks
December 3 iMPACT – Matches were taped out of order on both November 16 & 17 Opened with Desmond Wolfe standing in a Steel Cage explaining that Kurt Angle did not really defeat him at Turning Point, because Angle used an illegal choke hold and left Wolfe still standing He then challenged Angle to a Three Stages of Pain match at Final Resolution Angle then came to the ring and climbed over the cage to attack Wolfe, with Wolfe eventually pulling brass knuckles out of his tights and knocking Angle out with them He then dangled the key to the cage door over Angle’s face and mocked him Backstage Mick Foley complained to Jeremy Borash that Dixie Carter was not returning his calls Borash tried to calm him down as Foley envisioned a future TNA where Brutus Beefcake was sitting in his chair and Brian Knobs was the ring announcer Angle then burst in the room and demanded a match with Wolfe that night Foley said he’d make the match if Angle would share information on Hogan Angle accused Foley of jealousy and stormed out, angering Foley Alex Shelley vs Doug Williams was the opening match, followed by a backstage segment where D’Angelo Dinero offered a truce to Suicide and asked him to join his Final Resolution team Suicide that his trust “comes at a higher price” than the trust of Matt Morgan & Hernandez, but the Pope asked him to think about it Next Foley questioned TNA agent D-Lo Brown about Hogan and D-Lo said nice things about the Hulkster Foley was angry that nobody would tell him anything After the Suicide vs Homicide match the Beautiful People announced that they were ready to film a new episode of “Mean Girls” Christopher Daniels walked up and said he had a suggestion for the plot, leading to the BPs attacking Lauren in the bathroom later during Daniels’ match with Abyss The next segment was ODB’s “Trash Talkin'” interview with Tara ODB insulted WWE Divas and accused Tara of using sex to move up through the ranks in TNA Tara noted that she broke her WWE contract to come to TNA and actually teared-up as she put over the Knockouts division ODB apologized but then slapped Tara and said “You’ll always be nothing but a Diva to me!” The Pope vs Jesse Neal and Kevin Nash & Eric Young vs Beer Money aired next, after Foley and Nash’s post-match chat Bobby & Kristal Lashley came to the ring Kristal called Scott Steiner “sick, dillusional, and obsessed” and noted that she’d never been harrassed or disrespected at Bobby’s MMA fights “When I bark,” she warned, “he bites” Next Lauren interviewed Daniels, who raved that he got what he wanted in a TNA World Heavyweight Title match with AJ Styles Lauren warned him to concentrate on his match with Abyss, and Daniels laughed and said they deserved each other After the Daniels vs Abyss match, Mike Tenay interviewed Dixie Carter She talked about suspending Jeff Jarrett, though she wouldn’t say why, and about waiting for Sting to call her to negotiate a new contract She then talked about the deal with Hogan and said he would lead TNA “to the next level” After that interview aired Foley called Jarrett and asked him to come to iMPACT and help him “put the kibosh” on Hogan Jarrett screamed “Screw you and screw TNA!” before hanging up Hamada vs Sarita was next, followed by the main event of Kurt Angle vs Raven & Stevie
Kevin Nash & TNA Global Champion Eric Young defeated James Storm & Robert Roode when Young pinned Storm after hitting a Piledriver After the match Mick Foley came to the ring and asked Nash for information on Hulk Hogan’s pending arrival in TNA Foley asked what Hogan “is up to” and who he was bringing with him Nash scoffed at Foley and said he would be out of the job soon Foley said he deserved to know what was going on as the executive shareholder, and Nash called him paranoid Nash told Foley to just call Hogan but then refused to give him the phone number Nash finished the segment by saying, “I’m thinking about getting the band back together”
Suicide pinned Homicide with a Backslide Homicide attacked Suicide after the match and tried to remove his mask, prompting D’Angelo Dinero to run to the ring and chase Homicide off
Alex Shelley (w/ Chris Sabin) pinned TNA Tag Team Champion Doug Williams (w/ TNA Tag Team Champion Brutus Magnus and Rob Terry) after hitting Sliced Bread #2 During the match Sabin was attacked at ringside by Magnus and Terry
Kurt Angle defeated Raven & Dr Stevie in a Handicap match when he made Raven submit to the Ankle Lock Abyss interfered during the match, hitting Stevie with a Black Hole Slam on the entrance ramp After the match Desmond Wolfe attacked Angle

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 17, 2009
November 26 iMPACT – Thanksgiving night show Opened with the announcement of the TNA Championship Series Tournament where the winner would get a Title shot in their division (Heavyweight, X-Division, or Tag Team) After the opening match of Abyss vs Bobby Lashley, Mick Foley was shown in his office fretting about Hulk Hogan’s impending arrival Foley decided to find Kurt Angle and enlist his help Foley later entered the Main Event Mafia locker room and Angle told him that Hogan was coming to TNA to make the company better Foley wondered who Hogan was bringing with him, based on Kevin Nash’s comments last week, and Angle told Foley not to listen to Nash After the Knockouts Battle Royal, Foley tried to call Dixie Carter but was unable to reach her Scott Steiner walked in complaining about the lack of MEM jackets (huh?) and Foley asked him about Hogan Steiner told Foley to think of the smartest guy he knew Foley’s response was censored Steiner said that Hogan “is like that times ten” Steiner said that Nash never lies and walked off Foley then found Nash, who egged him on and taunted him as if he knew who Hogan was bringing with him to TNA Before the main event TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles came to the ring and asked Sting to call him Christopher Daniels interrupted and called Styles “a terrible friend” for preventing him from pinning Samoa Joe at Turning Point The exchange set up a one-on-one match between the two at Final Resolution
Bobby Lashley (w/ Kristal) pinned Abyss after hitting a Spear in a TNA Championship Series first round match Kristal was knocked off the apron accidentally by Abyss, and she then faked an ankle injury to distract Abyss long enough to set up Lashley’s spear
Desmond Wolfe pinned Suicide in a TNA Championship Series first round match after hitting the Tower of London
Kurt Angle pinned D’Angelo Dinero in a TNA Championship Series first round match after hitting the Angle Slam Angle shook Dinero’s hand after the match
Robert Roode pinned Homicide in a TNA Championship Series first round match after hitting the Double-R Spinebuster
Tara won a Battle Royal that also involved Alyssa Flash, Hamada, Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky, Lacey Von Erich, Traci Brooks, Daffney, Sarita, and Taylor Wilde TNA Knockout Champion ODB was the guest referee, and the winner earned a shot at the Title at Final Resolution
December 3 iMPACT – Christopher Daniels pinned Abyss with a rollup after hitting a low blow Abyss was distracted when a video played of the Beautiful People accosting Lauren in the women’s bathroom TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles did guest commentary during the match and was briefly attacked by a masked man after it
Bobby Lashley defeated Desmond Wolfe by DQ in a TNA Championship Series semifinal match when Wolfe refused to release a submission hold even though Lashley was grabbing the ropes
Robert Roode defeated Kurt Angle by countout in a TNA Championship Series semifinal match when Desmond Wolfe came to ringside and distracted Angle
December 3 iMPACT – D’Angelo Dinero pinned Jesse Neal Neal attacked Dinero after the match, prompting Suicide to appear and take out Neal Suicide and Dinero then shook hands
December 3 iMPACT – Hamada pinned TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Sarita after hitting the Falcon Arrow
Bobby Lashley pinned Robert Roode to win the TNA Championship Series tournament and earn a future TNA World Heavyweight Title shot
Xplosion – Kiyoshi defeated Kip James

TNA @ Portland, ME – Cumberland Civic Center – December 4, 2009 (500)
After the show, fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside
The Amazing Red pinned Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Code Red
Awesome Kong & Hamada defeated Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne when Kong pinned Sky after hitting an Implant Buster
Abyss pinned Dr Stevie after a Black Hole Slam
Kurt Angle pinned Desmond Wolfe after hitting an Angle Slam
Matt Morgan, James Storm, & Robert Roode defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir, Brutus Magnus, & Doug Williams when Roode pinned Magnus after he and Storm hit the DWI
AJ Styles pinned Christopher Daniels with the Styles Clash to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Amherst, MA – The Mullins Center – December 5, 2009 (800)
After the show, fans could take a picture in the ring with AJ Styles for $20 while other babyface wrestlers signed autographs at ringside Abyss and Earl Hebner signed autographs before the show and backstage passes were handed out throughout the show
The Amazing Red pinned Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Code Red
Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne defeated Awesome Kong & Hamada when Sky pinned Hamada After the match, Kong hit an Implant Buster on her partner
Matt Morgan pinned Sheik Abdul Bashir after hitting the Carbon Footprint
Kurt Angle pinned Desmond Wolfe after hitting an Angle Slam
Abyss pinned Dr Stevie after hitting a Black Hole Slam in less than a minute After the match, Abyss hit the move a second time
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title match by pinfall
AJ Styles pinned Christopher Daniels with the Styles Clash to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title

TNA @ Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center – December 6, 2009 (450)
The Amazing Red defeated Suicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne defeated Awesome Kong & Hamada
Matt Morgan defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a non-title match
Abyss defeated Dr Stevie
TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles & Kurt Angle defeated Christopher Daniels & Desmond Wolfe

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 7, 2009
December 10 iMPACT – Opened with Mick Foley finding Kevin Nash in his office Nash said that he arranged for Foley to “meet with Hulk” and handed him his airplane tickets He asked Foley to put him in charge for the night and Foley excitedly agreed He grabbed Jeremy Borash and went out the door after handing Nash a DVD to play After Foley & Borash left, Nash picked up the phone and requested the last three months of security tape from the office After the opening video Nash & TNA Global Champion Eric Young came to the ring and Nash several matches for the card Nash also said that he would book a TNA World Heavyweight Title shot for the highest bidder After Nash announced a mud wrestling match between Velvet Sky and Lacey Von Erich he joked that he had “two hours left on my viagara, so I may make a run-in tonight!” Part 1 of Foley’s DVD then aired, showing his search for Jeff Jarrett in Nashville He went to the TNA offices and interrupted a creative team meeting where he quipped that they should write a scene where he got to talk to Dixie Carter Foley was told by a TNA employee that he hadn’t heard from Jarrett in months and suggested that Foley look at a restaurant After the opening match Christy Hemme interviewed Scott Steiner, who said he would find “a freak” to be his partner against the Lashleys Steiner wore a T-shirt with Kristal’s face on it and warned the Lashleys’ 2-year old son not to mess with him That match took place after part 2 of Foley’s search for Jarrett, where Ruby (of Ruby’s Restaurant) said she hadn’t seen Jarrett in a month Next Lauren talked about the Feast or Fired match at Final Resolution and introduced Samoa Joe as the first entrant Joe said that somebody in TNA was trying to keep him from the World Title but he’d win a shot in the FoF match Beer Money walked in and James storm noted that Joe could get fired instead Robert Roode entered them in the match as well and said it was worth the risk After a commercial the Beautiful People complained about the mud wrestling match, with Madison Rayne seemingly upset that she was left out Nash walked up and said he wanted to get big ratings and millions of eyes would be glued to them He gave Rayne a cut-off referee shirt and got the BPs very excited about the match Video was then shown of Hulk Hogan announcing a 3-hour live iMPACT on January 4 before Lauren interviewed Tara Tara called herself “a world-class athlete” and complained about being forced to drink beer before a match Tara vowed to “destroy” ODB but was clearly already rather drunk Next Christy Hemme interviewed TNA Global Champion Eric Young about his match with Hamada Young said he’d break his own rule about defending the Title on American soil for Kevin Nash Young said that World Elite had its eyes on Hamada After that match the BPs had another meeting and Rayne suggested that they stage a “wardrobe malfunction” to pop a bigger rating Lacey Von Erich said they should “have a straight-up wrestling match with no gimmicks,” but all three women broke into laughter and Velvet Sky suggested that they kiss Next was part 3 of Foley’s search for Jarrett, where Foley found Jarrett in a bar called Barefoot Charlie’s After another commercial Hemme interviewed ODB, who said that a Trailer Park Throwdown match was just business as usual for her Part 4 of the search for Jarrett, who had a scruffy beard and looked like a homeless person Jarrett said he’d been living in hell and Foley said that he couldn’t stay away from wrestling “Are you kidding me?” asked Jarrett “After what she did to me?” Jarrett asked the bartender for another drink and told Foley to leave The 8-man tag team match and the mud wrestling “match” were next, followed by more footage of Foley trying to talk Jarrett into coming back Jarrett complained about having TNA taken from him and Foley said he brought that on himself “The punishment did not fit the crime,” Jarrett retorted Foley chided Jarrett for “hiding his problems at the bottom of the bottle” and said he should just find somebody else to raise his two kids Jarrett looked at Foley and said, “It’s three, Mick Sit down, we need to talk” After the Styles vs Desmond Wolfe main event we saw more of this chat Jarrett said he hadn’t talked to Dixie in 5 months and he added “What about Kurt?” Foley said they’d deal with Angle later but Jarrett needed to talk to Dixie because they shared mutual respect Foley said that Jarrett should come to Orlando with him next week “with your head held high and a clean slate” Jarrett agreed and shook Foley’s hand to end the show
Chris Sabin defeated Rob Terry & TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a Handicap match Magnus & Williams blamed Terry for the loss after the match
Scott Steiner & Awesome Kong defeated Bobby & Kristal Lashley in an intergender tag team match when Steiner pinned Kristal after Kong took her out Kong was Steiner’s mystery partner
Eric Young pinned Hamada with his feet on the ropes to retain the TNA Global Title Before the match, Young said that World Elite was scouting Hamada to be their female member
TNA Knockout Champion ODB pinned Tara in a non-title Trailer Park Throwdown match where both wrestlers were forced to drink a six pack of beer before the Hardcore bout and Tara stumbled around and fell off the ropes because she was drunk ODB then slammed Tara into a metal folding chair with a Facebuster for the win
Rhino, Jesse Neal, Brother Ray, & Brother Devon defeated Matt Morgan, Hernandez, D’Angelo Dinero, & Suicide in an 8-man tag team match when Neal pinned Hernandez Dinero was attacked before the match, whichcarried the stipulation that the wrestler who took the losing fall would have to face the other team alone in a 4-on-1 handicap match for 5 minutes at Final Resolution before the other three members of his team could join the match After the match Team 3D and friends attacked the faces until Dinero limped to the ring and made the save
AJ Styles pinned Desmond Wolfe with a rollup to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title Wolfe appeared to have Styles pinned late in the match, but Christopher Daniels came to ringside and pulled Wolfe off the Champion to break up the pin Kurt Angle did guest commentary during the match
Velvet Sky pinned Lacey Von Erich in a mud wrestling match with Madison Rayne as the guest referee The match was held in a large inflatable swimming pool located by the entrance ramp
Xplosion – The Amazing Red defeated Homicide to retain the TNA X-Division Title
Xplosion – Consequences Creed defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 8, 2009
Alex Shelley pinned Jesse Godderz after hitting the Air Raid Crash
December 17 iMPACT – Opened with footage “from earlier today” of Mick Foley and Jeremy Borash arriving at the Impact Zone Foley angrily stormed toward the ring, apparently because Kevin Nash had set up a fake meeting with Hulk Hogan just to get Foley out of the building Foley found Nash in the empty arena and attacked him until World Elite broke up the fight Next Lauren interviewed the returning Roxxi, who said she’d taken time off to train and enter fitness competitions Borash then interviewed Kurt Angle, who noted that he was undefeated since September “My job won’t be done until I regain the TNA World [Heavyweight] Title,” Angle said Borash asked for Angle’s thoughts on Jeff Jarrett’s return, and Angle stormed off without saying anything After the opening match footage was shown of Foley & Borash arriving in Los Angeles for their meeting with “the Hulk,” which turned out to be a meeting with actor Lou Ferrigno Ferrigno starred in the 1970s TV show “The Incredible Hulk” Foley got angry and realized that Nash had tricked him Back to “live” footage of Borash interviewing Nash, who said Foley “just made the biggest mistake of his life” and “signed his own death warrant” Nash said that Foley would be unemployed when Hogan arrived on January 4 After a commercial break Borash interviewed Foley, who briefly talked about Nash and Jarrett Abyss then limped into Foley’s office (selling burns to his leg from a Raven & Stevie Richards attack) and yelled at Foley for obsessing about Hogan instead of helping Abyss Foley apologized and said he had not forgotten about Raven & Richards but was focused on the company as a whole Foley promised to watch Abyss’ back and Abyss said he would watch Foley’s Later Foley greeted Jarrett in the parking lot and led him into the building as everyone stared at Jarrett Lauren then interviewed all of the participants in the Feast or Fired match TNA Global Champion announced that the other members of World Elite would all be in the match to keep Beer Money from winning a shot at the British Invasion’s TNA Tag Team Champions After the Knockouts match Foley and Jarrett talked backstage as Jarrett started to doubt his decision to come back Foley cautioned Jarrett not to scream and get tossed out and Jarrett said “I’m only here so I can feed my three daughters” Later they arrived at Dixie’s office and Dixie asked what Jarrett wanted to discuss Jarrett said he wanted to talk about “returning to the company I founded” Dixie noted that Jarrett put the entire company “in a difficult position” and said she suspended him in the hopes that “time would heal this mess” Jarrett apologized for disrespecting Dixie, and she said he needed to meet with Angle before he could return Jarrett promised to take responsibility for his actions and thanked Dixie Later Jarrett and Foley arrived at Angle’s dressing room and Foley took him in Jarrett apologized “if I did anything to disrespect you in any way” but Angle wouldn’t look at him Jarrett repeatedly apolgoized, but Angle said “I have a match” and walked out the door
Roxxi pinned TNA Knockout Champion ODB with a rollup in a 2:45 non-title match After the bout ODB attacked Roxxi until Tara made the save
Brother Ray pinned Matt Morgan in a Lumberjack match after hitting a DDT Morgan was prepared to hit the Hellevator on Ray, but Jesse Neal interfered and hit a low blow on Morgan to set Ray up for the victory The other lumberjacks were Hernandez, D’Angelo Dinero, Suicide, Brother Devon, Rhino, and Neal
Awesome Kong & Hamada defeated Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne (w/ Lacey Von Erich) and TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita in a 3-way non-title match when Kong pinned Rayne after hitting an Implant Buster After the match Lauren tried to interview the Beautiful People, but Von Erich called her a “skank” Lauren slapped Von Erich and then stormed off
Tatanka pinned Jay Lethal in a Black Machismo Invitational match after hitting a Samoan Drop
Desmond Wolfe vs Christopher Daniels went to a 10:00 time limit draw Wolfe and Daniels briefly brawled after the contest
TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Tomko, Bobby Lashley, & Abyss defeated Scott Steiner, Raven, Dr Stevie, & TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams in a 10-man tag team match that quickly broke down into a 3-on-2 handicap match Steiner and Lashley brawled outside the ring and then through the backstage area, while Abyss did the same with Raven & Dr Stevie That left Styles, Angle, & Tomko to battle Magnus & Williams Styles pinned Magnus with a Small Package and then had a stare-down with Angle before they were attacked by Daniels and Wolfe to end the show
Xplosion – Daffney (w/ Stevie Richards) pinned Traci Brooks with a rollup and a handful of tights
Xplosion – The Amazing Red (w/ Don West) pinned Chris Sabin with a Hurricurana to retain the TNA X-Division Title

Final Resolution 2009 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 20, 2009 (1,200; all freebies)
Pay-per-view bouts – the ring ropes were red and green; featured a video package hyping Hulk Hogan’s appearance on TNA on the 3-hour iMPACT special on Jan. 4; included Christy Hemme conducting a backstage interview with TNA World Champion AJ Styles and Kurt Angle regarding their respective matches later in the night against Christopher Daniels and Desmond Wolfe, respectively, during which Styles and Angle discussed facing each other again soon; featured Jeremy Borash conducting a backstage interview with Samoa Joe regarding his winning a TNA World Title shot, during which Joe teased cashing in his title shot later in the night or on Jan. 4; included Borash conducting a backstage interview with Foley regarding his win earlier in the night and sent a message to Hogan that he would answer to him on Jan. 4:
TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Douglas Williams defeated Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley at 11:43 when Magnus pinned Sabin following an eye gouge from Williams behind the referee’s back, followed by an uppercut off the top by Williams as Sabin was on Magnus’s shoulders
Tara pinned TNA Knockouts Champion ODB at 5:40 with a reversal into a roll up to win the title; after the bout, Christy Hemme conducted an interview with Tara in the aisle in which she thanked the fans for their support and said the title is why she came to TNA
Samoa Joe, Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kevin Nash, and Rob Terry co-won a Feast or Fired match at 9:19; other participants included: Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Cody Deaner, James Storm, Bobby Roode, TNA Global Champion Eric Young, Kiyoshi, Kevin Nash, and Homicide; Bashir claimed case #2 at 4:51; Terry claimed case #4 at 5:00; Nash claimed case #1 at 7:14; Joe claimed case #3 after kicking Deaner off the top rope to the floor; after the bout, Jeremy Borash said the fans would soon find out which of the three earned title shots and which received a pink slip; moments later, he and SoCal Val stood beside Joe, Nash, Bashir, and Terry at the entrance stage; Nash earned a TNA Tag Team Title shot, Joe earned a TNA World Title shot, Terry earned a TNA X Division Title shot, and Bashir was fired; Bashir then threw the briefcase across the stage and returned backstage
Hernandez, Matt Morgan, Suicide, & D’Angelo Dinero defeated Rhino, Jesse Neal, IWGP Tag Team Champions Brother Ray & Devon in an elimination match at 16:30; stiuplations stated Hernandez had to wrestle the first 5 minutes by himself and if he was defeated the match would end; Hernandez pinned Rhino with a roll up at 4:03 after avoiding a Gore attempt; Hernandez was disqualified for hitting Neal over the head with a steel chair at 8:08; Devon pinned Suicide with the 3D at 8:58; after Neal was helped backstage, it was noted he too had been disqualified for using the chair, though the referee didn’t appear to make the call; Devon pinned Dinero with the 3D at 11:12; Morgan pinned Devon with the boot to the face at 14:44; Morgan pinned Brother Ray with the boot to the face, into a steel chair as Ray attempted to use the chair as a weapon
Bobby Lashley defeated Scott Steiner in a last man standing match at 9:14 after hitting him in the head with his own steel pipe; prior to the bout, Kristal Lashley escorted her husband to the ring; Kristal returned ringside late in the bout to toss Lashley Steiner’s pipe to use as a weapon
Mick Foley & Abyss defeated Raven & Stevie Richards in an anything goes match at 9:32 when Abyss pinned Raven with the Black Hole Slam; Raven & Richards brought weapons to the ring before the match, with Foley then taking a mic during his entrance and saying he would make the match an anything goes match as a result; late in the bout, Foley wrapped Richards in barbed wire, laid him on a table, and hit an elbow drop from the stage through the table on the floor; moments later, Daffney came out and hit Abyss with a steel chair but he fought her off
Kurt Angle defeated Desmond Wolfe in a Best 2 out of 3 falls Six Sides of Steel match at 26:14, 2-1; fall #1: Wolfe pinned Angle in a pinfall match at 12:41 with a lariat and the Tower of London after avoiding a moonsault off the top; during the second fall, the crowd chanted “This is wrestling;” fall #2: Angle defeated Wolfe in a submission match at 19:57; Jason Williams of the Orlando Magic was shown in attendance during the match; fall #3: Angle won by escaping over the top of the cage, moments before Wolfe crawled out the door; stipulations, which were only explained on commentary, said if either man used the cage as a weapon in the first two falls then they would be disqualified
TNA World Champion AJ Styles pinned Christopher Daniels at 21:01 with a Styles Clash from the middle turnbuckle; late in the bout, the crowd chanted “This is awesome” and “This is wrestling” TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 21, 2009
December 31 New Year’s Knockout Eve iMPACT – The 4-hour special featured multiple segments with TNA Knockout Champion Tara, who was interviewed by Christy Hemme about being the Champion and also introduced the three top TNA matches of 2009 “as selected by the fans” The matches aired were Kurt Angle vs Desmond Wolfe from Turning Point, AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels for the TNA World Heavyweight Title from Turning Point, and AJ Styles vs Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Title from Bound For Glory V
Hamada pinned Madison Rayne after hitting the Hamada Driver in a New Year’s Knockout Eve Tournament quarterfinal match Later in the show, Christy Hemme interviewed the Beautiful People about Rayne’s loss and Velvet Sky said that Rayne’s job was simply to soften Hamada up for her During the segment Lacey Von Erich pointed out that Lauren had been fired from her job as a backstage interviewer at TNA because she slapped Von Erich on the previous iMPACT
ODB pinned Traci Brooks after hitting the TKO in a New Year’s Knockout Eve Tournament quarterfinal match
Roxxi pinned Velvet Sky after hitting the Voodoo Drop in a New Year’s Knockout Eve Tournament quarterfinal match After the match, Roxxi was attacked in the aisle by Lacey Von Erich while she was being interviewed by Jeremy Borash Von Erich struck her in the ribs repeatedly with her “ugly stick,” a pink nightstick
Awesome Kong pinned Daffney after hitting the Implant Buster in a New Year’s Knockout Eve Tournament quarterfinal match
TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde & Sarita defeated April Hunter & Lorelei Lee in a non-title match when Sarita pinned Lee after the Champions hit the Back Drop / Moonsault combination TNA Tag Team Champions Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams did color commentary during the match and joked that they were scouting the competition
Hamada pinned Roxxi with a rollup in a New Year’s Knockout Eve Tournament semifinal match
ODB pinned Awesome Kong in a New Year’s Knockout Eve Tournament semifinal match after smashing a liquor bottle over Kong’s head as she was about to hit the Awesome Bomb
ODB pinned Hamada after hitting the TKO in the New Year’s Knockout Eve Tournament championship match Hamada set up a table on the outside of the ring and attempted to put ODB through it with a Moonsault, but ODB rolled out of the way and Hamada crashed to the floor, giving ODB an easy pinfall After the match, ODB insulted TNA Knockout Champion Tara until she came into the ring and fired back at the #1 contender The show came to a close with the two women throwing punches on the mat