TNA – 2011 Results

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom V – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome – January 4, 2011 (42,000)
Tama Tonga, Tiger Mask IV, Tomoaki Honma & Wataru Inoue defeated Gedo, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii & Yujiro Takahashi when Inoue pinned Gedo at 7:33
Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Kenny Omega & Taichi at 8:04 when Taguchi pinned Taichi
IWGP Tag Team Champions Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson defeated James Storm & Robert Roode and Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man at 8:36 when Anderson pinned Roode
Mascara Dorada & La Sombra defeated Jushin Liger & Hector Garza at 7:42 when La Sombra pinned Liger
Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Takashi Iizuka at 11:13; stipulations stated the match could only be won by choking your opponent unconscious
Rob Van Dam defeated Toru Yano in a hardcore match at 11:28
Yuji Nagata defeated Minoru Suzuki at 16:15
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt defeated Kota Ibushi at 16:22
Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada at 12:08 when Takayama pinned Okada TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy defeated Tetsuya Naito at 11:04
Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Go Shiozaki at 14:17
Togi Makabe defeated Masato Tanaka at 12:46
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima at 21:57 to win the title TNA @ Wallingford, CT – The Dome at Oakdale – January 6, 2011 (900)
TNA X Division Champion Jay Lethal defeated Kazarian and Robbie E. (w/ Cookie)
TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne defeated Mickie James
Mr. Anderson defeated D’Angelo Dinero
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore
Jeff Jarrett pinned Tommy Dreamer after hitting the Stroke in a Falls Count Anywhere match
TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy defeated Matt Morgan

TNA @ Westbury, NY – The Theater at Westbury – January 7, 2011 (1,000)
Before the show Mr. Anderson signed autographs in the lobby, and Mickie James and Earl Hebner did the same during intermission. Taz made a surprise appearance in the ring and talked about being from Long Island. After the show fans could have their picture taken in the ring with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy for $20 while other wrestlers signed autographs at ringside.
Jay Lethal defeated Kazarian to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne defeated Mickie James to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
D’Angelo Dinero defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie).
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Tommy Dreamer in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
Jeff Hardy defeated Matt Morgan and Mr. Anderson in a 3-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title.

Genesis 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 9, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts – Jeremy Borash was the ring announcer for the show; featured a backstage segment with Ric Flair, alongside AJ Styles, in which he told Eric Bischoff that Styles was unable to wrestle on the show; Styles said he hurt his leg helping one of his kids after they wrecked on their 4-wheeler, with Bischoff saying he didn’t care but now had to deal with Styles being out 6-8 weeks; after Bischoff said “Just limp your ass on out of here,” Styles tossed items off Bischoff’s desk before leaving; moments later, Flair said Bischoff was clever and could find a way around Styles’ injury; included Christy Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Flair, Bischoff, TNA X Division Champion Frankie Kazarian, James Storm & Bobby Roode regarding Kazarian’s title win and Storm & Roode’s upcoming TNA Tag Team Title shot; moments later, Hemme questioned Bischoff as to who would face Rob Van Dam and who would replace Styles later in the night, with Bischoff saying Abyss would fill in for the injured Styles and RVD’s opponent would be named later in the night; Bischoff went on to guarantee his group would win all the gold during the night; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Devon regarding his upcoming bout against Bully Ray; included Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Jeff Jarrett regarding his upcoming MMA exhibition against Kurt Angle, during which Jarrett said he was in the best physical condition of anyone in the history of wrestling, including Bob Backlund and Angelo Poffo; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Angle regarding his upcoming bout against Jarrett, with Angle saying Jarrett should ask his wife how in shape Angle was and that he would have a “great time kicking your ass;” included Hemme conducting a backstage interview with TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy regarding the Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson match that would determine the #1 contender, with Hardy praising both men before saying anything can happen:
Frankie Kazarian pinned TNA X Division Champion Jay Lethal at 11:37 with the Fade to Black after crotching Lethal on the top turnbuckle behind the referee’s back
TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne pinned Mickie James at 10:29 when, after Tara came ringside and distracted the challenger and referee, Madison hit Mickie with a loaded glove; prior to the bout, a video package hyped the contest; after the bout, Tara and Madison celebrated in the ring
James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin to win the titles at 17:57 when Roode pinned Sabin with a roll up and grabbing the tights for leverage after Sabin accidentally hit a running Yakuza Kick on Shelley in the corner when Roode moved out of the way; prior to the bout, a video package hyped the match Bully Ray defeated Devon via disqualification at 8:46 when Devon stole away Ray’s chain and repeatedly hit him with it; prior to the bout, a video package hyped the upcoming match; following the ring entrances, Ray went to the floor and held up SoCal Val as a sheild, with Devon then attacking him on the floor for several minutes before the match officially began; after the contest, referee Jackson James called for more referees to break up Devon’s attack, with the crowd chanting “Let them fight;” moments later, Ray landed several shots before D-Lo Brown, Pat Kenney, and security came out to hold the two men apart; Ray then kicked Devon between the legs before leaving the ring
Abyss (sub. for an injured AJ Styles) pinned TNA TV Champion Douglas Williams to win the title with a standing Black Hole Slam at 9:46 after Styles limped out and struck Williams in the head with the title belt as the referee and Abyss were on the floor; Williams’ left hand and wrist was heavily taped for the bout after a recent injury sustained at the hands of Styles; Styles appeared to be in great pain during the few moments he was in the ring
Matt Hardy (mystery opponent) pinned Rob Van Dam at 11:50 with the Twist of Hate, with referee Jackson James not noticing RVD’s leg under the bottom rope during the cover; prior to the bout, RVD confronted Eric Bischoff backstage and said he didn’t matter who Bischoff had lined up to face him, with RVD saying unless the match was against TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy then it was a waste of everyone’s time; Bischoff then said RVD would get “Hardy” in the ring; during the final moments of the match, RVD hit the Five Star Frog Splash but the referee stopped the count after noticing Hardy’s hand under the bottom rope during the cover (Matt Hardy’s surprise debut) Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett (w/ Gunner, Murphy, & Team Jarrett) via disqualification in a MMA exhibition at 6:06 when Jarrett repeatedly punched Angle after Angle began bleeding from the head; prior to the contest, a video package hyped the upcoming bout; following the ring entrances, Angle took the mic and threatened to break the neck of any member of Team Jarrett that attempted to interfere; late in the contest, the crowd chanted “Angle’s gonna kill you;” late in the contest, Jarrett used a weapon passed to him by Gunner and Murphy to make Angle bleed; after the bout, Angle continued to bleed from the head as Jarrett yelled he was retiring from MMA and said “All three of us are going to the retirement party. You, me, and you know who else;” moments later, Jarrett approached the commentary desk and bragged that he left Angle in a pool of his own blood as Angle was tended to in the ring
Mr. Anderson pinned Matt Morgan at 15:23 with a cradle after the two collided heads; stipulations stated the winner would become the #1 contender to the TNA World Title; moments after the match, Eric Bischoff came out, sat down in a chair in the ring, and said he was so impressed by Anderson that he was going to grant him his world title shot then and there
Mr. Anderson pinned TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy in an impromptu match to win the title at 9:07 by reversing the Twist of Hate into the Mic Check; prior to the match, Hardy came out in street clothes and smoking a cigarette; early in the match, Matt Morgan, who was still ringside after the previous match, dropped Hardy with a discuss clothesline on the floor before going backstage; at the 6-minute mark, Hardy went for a steel chair outside the ring, with Mick Foley coming out to steal it away, prompting Ric Flair to appear; moments later, security sent Foley and Flair backstage; at the 8-minute mark, Jeff called for Matt Hardy to come out, with Rob Van Dam then appearing and brawling with Matt all the way backstage; moments later, Eric Bischoff slid in the ring with a chair to hit Anderson with, with Anderson then dropping Bischoff with the Mic Check; after the bout, AJ Styles, James Storm, Bobby Roode, TNA X Division Champion Frankie Kazarian appeared ringside and watched as a bloody Anderson held up the title belt inside the ring; after Bischoff and his men returned backstage, Anderson had the mic lowered into the ring as he announced himself as the new champion

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 10, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Shannon Moore defeated T.J. Perkins
1/13/11 – Opened with a montage of post-match comments from Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan, and Mr. Anderson from Genesis. Anderson looked at the Immortal version of the TNA World Heavyweight Title that he’d just won and said, “This is not the TNA World Heavyweight Title. This is just a piece of crap that Jeff Hardy drew.” Jeff Jarrett was then shown arriving at the Impact Zone with wife Karen Jarrett (formerly Angle) in tow, and Mike Tenay & Taz hyped the fact that Kurt Angle was also scheduled to be on Impact! Cut to the ring, where Jeremy Borash introduced the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Mr. Anderson. Anderson talked about working hard for over 6 years on the independent circuit to get to the WWE, succeeding there before having Triple H cut off his push, and now becoming a World Champion for the first time. He then called out Matt Morgan and thanked him for helping him with Jeff Hardy at Genesis. Morgan said that he hadn’t slept or eaten all week because he let himself down and not won the World Title, and he asked for the first Title shot. They shook hands, and Morgan left the ring so that Anderson could enjoy his moment. Eric Bischoff came out and said there was a bullseye on Anderson’s back and Jeff Hardy would take his Title back in 3 weeks. He also announced that on the February 3 Impact! Hulk Hogan would make his return to TNA, and that they would make Anderson “go back to being a nobody.” Hardy then appeared on the big screen and said “the family made a mistake,” but he would take his belt back. Hardy was suddenly attacked backstage by Rob Van Dam, who beat on him until Matt Hardy made the save. Anderson ran to the back to assist RVD, but the rest of Immortal/Fortune came in to make it a 6-on-2 assault. Later on Anderson and RVD picked up weapons and decided to pick off Immortal member-by-member, and they found Beer Money in the Immortal office and apparently assaulted them behind closed doors. Bischoff, Ric Flair, and A.J. Styles later walked into the office and were stunned and angered by the carnage, especially after Beer Money revealed their attackers. Styles said that he wanted a chance to soften Anderson up for Jeff Hardy, but Flair told him his job was to heal. After a commercial break the Jarretts were shown entering the Immortal locker room, and Jeff asked Karen if she was ready “for this.” She said she’d been sitting at home for two years and she was more than ready. They were shown several more times throughout the night, and Kurt Angle was shown arriving at the Impact Zone and saying of his ex-wife, “I guess we have some catching up to do.” Jarrett asked her not to lose her temper. Later Jarrett came to the ring with his MMA entourage for his retirement ceremony as an undefeated MMA fighter. When Jarrett asked Karen to come to the ring, Kurt Angle appeared instead and took out all the members of Team Jarrett one-by-one. He was about to assault Jarrett until Karen came to the entrance ramp and distracted him, allowing Jarrett to escape. She said that the next week she would reveal her side of the story, and it would be a night that Angle would never forget. After a commercial break Angle was seen trashing the backstage area and cursing to himself about Karen’s announcement. In another segment D’Angelo Dinero came to the ring and said he’d forgiven Samoa Joe for invading his privacy, but asked if Joe could be so forgiving. Dinero revealed that he had filmed Joe and his wife “doing the unthinkable,” and then showed a picture of two rhinos mating on the “Dixietron.” Pope said he also filmed Joe’s wife giving birth to their child, and showed a picture of a mother pig nursing her piglets. This brought Joe to the ring as Pope hopped out of it. “For a guy who says he’s pimpin’,” Joe said, “you sure do run like a bitch and I don’t chase bitches.” He promised to get Pope at some point when he least expects it. A later segments had Matt Hardy’s first words on joining TNA, and he talked about “learning what this business is really all about” — stepping on people and looking out for yourself. Jeff called the Hardy bloodline “immortal” and Tenay & Taz put over the Hardy Boys as possibly the greatest tag team ever. After the Abyss/Morgan match, Amazing Red’s brother (now called Crimson) attacked Abyss backstage and choked him with a cord. He told Abyss that “they” were coming on February 3 and would take out every member of Immortal. Abyss, gasping for breath and obviously scared, interrupted an Immortal pep rally with the news. Bischoff and Flair dismissed Abyss and reminded him that “they” were, in fact, Immortal, and Abyss was just having flashbacks.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Roode pinned Shelley after hitting the DWI. Just before the match the Machine Guns were interviewed backstage about their rematch, and Sabin promised to win back the Titles. Shelley then sarcastically said “as long as I don’t get kicked in the face again,” referring to Sabin’s accidentally hitting him at Genesis. At the end of the match Shelley accidentally hit a Superkick on Sabin when Storm ducked, and a frustrated Shelley then turned around into the DWI.
Angelina Love & Winter defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles when Winter made Tara lose consciousness with a Rear Choke / Camel Clutch combination. Tenay & Taz put over how Winter would completely change her personality and become a crazy person whenever Love was threatened, and Love looked visibly shocked at Winter’s behavior after the match.
Matt Morgan pinned TNA Television Champion Abyss (with Ric Flair) after hitting the Carbon Footprint in a non-Title match. Flair tried to interrupt the count and pull referee Earl Hebner from the ring, but Hebner hung on to complete the 3-count. After the match Flair attacked Morgan, but when Morgan got the upper hand Rob Terry ran to the ring and a 3-on-1 assault on Morgan ensued.
Jeff & Matt Hardy defeated TNA World Champion Mr. Anderson & Rob Van Dam at around the 12-minute mark when Jeff pinned Anderson with the Swanton after Matt hit the Twist of Hate; late in the bout, TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Bobby Roode attacked Anderson & RVD as the referee was down, with Anderson sustaining a catapult DDT and Storm hitting the Last Call on RVD on the floor (the Hardys’ first match as a team in 3 years) (Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy Vol. 2) TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 11, 2011
Stevie Richards quit TNA after meeting with Terry Taylor and Vince Russo. Richards had not appeared on TNA programming in two months.
The Amazing Red defeated El Generico. (Tryout match for Generico.)
Angelina Love defeated Divina Fly. (Tryout match for Fly, who was later signed and debuted as Rosita on the Febuary 10 Impact!)

January 20 Impact! (1.15) – Opened with a recap of the Kurt Angle / Jeff Jarrett storyline, followed by Angle arriving at the Impact Zone and asking somebody to hit his entrance music. Angle came to the ring and said that despite what Karen thinks, it really is about Kurt and Jeff, not Kurt and Karen. He talked about bringing her into TNA only to watch her “hang out with Jeff whenever I turned my back.” He said he never had any evidence of cheating, but but Jarrett “threw it in my face every chance he got.” Angle got teary-eyed when he called himself “a great husband and an incredible father,” and said that he didn’t spend enough time with his family because he was on the road taking care of them. He then told Karen that they could make amends for the sake of the kids, or they could do it the hard way and provoke him to “pull out every skeleton in your closet.” Team Jarrett came out and got beaten up by Angle as Mike Tenay explained that the Jarretts has not arrived yet. Eric Bischoff & Ric Flair then came out and had police officers arrest Angle and take him out of the building. After commercial the Jarretts did arrive and pretended to be disappointed that Angle was ejected. A couple of short backstage segments followed where Beer Money vowed to get revenge on Rob Van Dam & TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson, and Samoa Joe gave instructions to his camera man, identified as Okada, about following the Pope around. A video package on the NJPW / TNA Tokyo Dome show was aired, followed by a backstage conversation between A.J. Styles and TNA X-Division Champion Kazarian. Kaz asked Styles why Bischoff was treating him so badly, and Styles said it wasn’t important. After Kazarian walked away Crimson attacked Styles from behind and choked him with a wire while telling him that “they” are coming in 2 weeks. Angle was then shown stalking the outside of the Impact Zone and tossing trash cans around. After a short segment where Anderson, RVD, and Tommy Dreamer all agreed to take Jeff Hardy out together, a mystery person opened a door and allowed Angle back into the building just as the Jarretts were coming to the ring. Karen said that she married the part-owner of TNA, making her a part-owner as well. She added that back in 1997 after Angle won his Olympic gold medal “he was a lost little puppy with nowhere to go,” but was then interrupted when Angle snuck into the ring and hit the Angle Slam on Jarrett. Karen slapped Angle, who backed her into a corner before Jarrett hit him with a low blow from behind. He then hit Angle with punches from a mount position as Karen taunted him, and after Angle got to his feet Jarrett kicked him in the groin again before heading backstage. After a couple shots of Angle trashing the backstage area D’Angelo Dinero stole some random guy’s laptop, and then Styles finally made it to Flair to tell him about the Crimson attack. Flair told Styles, as he told Abyss last week, that “they” were them, and they were already in TNA. Flair then iced Styles, laughing about waiting 6 months to get him back. As Styles chugged the Smirnoff Ice he was attacked by Angle with a baseball bat. Angle then put Flair in a choke and told him to make sure that Jarrett met him in the ring for a fight. Angle warned that if Jarrett did not show, he would come after Flair. After the main event Brother Ray, who demanded to be called Bully Ray, put Brian Kendrick into a locker, and Brother Devon came into the ring and told Ray to come out and finish what they started. Ray refused to get in the ring, but Kendrick hit him from behind and tossed him into the ring. Devon beat on Ray until security pulled him off, allowing Ray to get in a cheap shot and whip him with a chain. After the final commercial break Angle was seen back in the ring waiting for Jarrett, who showed up with Gunner & Murphy. Jarrett sent the goons after Angle, but they eventually managed to get the upper hand. Jarrett then got in the ring and made it a 3-on-1, but Angle took out the goons and put Jarrett in a Kokina Clutch. Most of Immortal & Fortune came out to help and beat Angle down. Abyss came down last, slowly staggeirng his way toward the ring. He then fell face-first on to the ramp, revealing Janice embedded in his back. Crimson showed up on the entrance stage dressed in a suit and warned Immortal that “they” were coming on February 3. While the heels were distracted Angle grabbed Flair and put him in the Ankle Lock until Fortune pulled him to safety out on the floor. Kevin Nash later revealed in an interview with X-Pac radio that this segment convinced him to not return to TNA.
Mickie James defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky, and Sarita in a 4-way non-title match when she pinned Sarita with a rollup. Late in the match Tara interfered and hit James with her elbow brace, and Rayne put on her loaded glove as the referee was distracted by Tara. Rayne accidentally hit Sarita instead of James, setting up the finish.
Matt Morgan pinned Rob Terry (with Ric Flair) in about :05 after hitting the Carbon Footprint. After the match Morgan went after Flair, but TNA World Television Champion Abyss made the save. Morgan managed to fight them off until Terry recovered and joined the 3-on-1 beatdown, with Abyss & Terry eventually hitting a Double Chokeslam on Morgan.
Kazarian pinned Jay Lethal to retain the TNA X-Division Title by blocking a Sunset Flip and holding on to the second rope. Referee Jackson James did not see this.
Jeff Hardy pinned Tommy Dreamer after hitting the Twist of Hate.
TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson & Rob Van Dam when Storm pinned RVD after Matt Hardy interfered and hit the Twist of Hate on Van Dam as Jeff Hardy distracted referee Jackson James.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 12, 2011
January 27 Impact! (1.28) – Opened with Kurt Angle coming to the ring, talking about the personal issues being drug up by Jeff & Karen Jarrett, and asking the fans if they would like to see him in the ring one more time to “kick the living shit out of Jeff Jarrett.” Eric Bischoff and Immortal then came out and Bischoff told Angle to stick to his promise and retire. He then sent Immortal to the ring to gang attack Angle until Crimson cleared the ring with a baseball bat. An irate Ric Flair then lifted Angle’s ban from the TNA roster and put he and Crimson in a Handicap match against all of Immortal. After a commercial break Bischoff got on Flair’s case for letting Angle out of his retirement, but Flair promised that Angle would go down. After the opening match Angle was seen on his cell phone backstage asking somebody to “speed up the process” and show up that night. Later on Jeff Hardy came to the ring looking depressed and told the fans that he was “troubled” because he destroyed himself for them and yet they didn’t care about him. He told TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson that he would get his belt back next week, so of course Anderson came to the ring and reminded Hardy that he was holding the belt with Hardy’s very own face on it. Anderson said that he would continue to be “the Total Nonstop Asshole … Champion.” A while later D’Angelo Dinero came to the ring and offered a mock apology to Samoa Joe. he then said of Joe, “I don’t like you, I don’t like who you are, and I don’t like what you stand for.” He scolded the fans for chanting “Joe’s gonna kill you” and said that he would save the Congregation one confession at a time. Cut back to the Immortal locker room, where Flair gave the group a pre-match pep talk. Eric Young was for some reason in the room behind Beer Money. As Immortal filed out Flair finally noticed Young and asked him what he was doing there. Young held up the old TNA World Heavyweight Title belt and said, “I’m the champ!” Flair called the belt “a piece of crap that we threw out” and threw Young out of the room. Mike Tenay & Taz then heard comments from Dixie Carter and then Bischoff about the lawsuit. Both expressed confidence that their side would win.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & Mickie James defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne, Tara, & Sarita in a 6-woman elimination tag team match when Love pinned Sarita with a rollup to be the last knockout standing. Sarita pinned Sky with a rollup for the first elimination, then James pinned Rayne after she fell on her own loaded glove and knocked herself out. Sarita almost immediately pinned James with a rollup after that, and Love eventually pinned Tara after hitting the Botox Injection. Sarita immediately tried to pin Love with an O’Connor Roll, but Love reversed it. During the later part of the match Sky was shown backstage writhing in pain on the floor as if she’d been attacked, and she later told Love that she was attacked by a jealous Winter. Sky later came back to the ring and called Winter out. The two women brawled around the ring until Love broke it up and told Winter to get lost. Sky was still angry with Love and stormed off, leaving Love in the ring.
Max Buck (with Jeremy Buck) defeated the Amazing Red and Chris Sabin in a 3-way match when he pinned Red after hitting a DDT from the top rope. Red had gone up top to hit a move on Max, but Jeremy tripped Red while the referee was distracted.
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson pinned Matt Hardy with a rollup. After the match Jeff Hardy attacked Anderson until Rob Van Dam made the save.
Jeff Jarrett, TNA X-Division Champion Kazarian, Rob Terry, Gunner, Murphy, & TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Kurt Angle & Crimson in a Handicap match when Jarrett pinned Angle after hitting the Stroke. Jarrett did not join the match until a couple of minutes had passed. After the match Immortal celebrated and continued to beat on Angle & Crimson until Matt Morgan came out to make the save. Immortal got the upper hand on him as well, but then the lights went out and Scott Steiner’s music played. When the lights came back on Steiner, wearing a Main Event Mafia-style suit, was in the ring with a pipe and he chased Immortal out of the ring. Steiner and Angle exchanged knowing smiles as the show ended.

TNA @ Reading, PA – Sovereign Performing Arts Center – January 14, 2011 (app. 1,000)
Kazarian defeated Brian Kendrick and Robbie E. in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne defeated Mickie James to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Abyss defeated Douglas Williams to retain the TNA Television Title.
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Max & Jeremy Buck.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
February 1 Xplosion – Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Jarrett to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Kurt Angle was the special guest referee.

TNA @ Upper Marlboro, MD – Show Place Arena- January 15, 2011 (1,688)
Kazarian defeated Brian Kendrick and Robbie E. in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne defeated Mickie James to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Abyss defeated Douglas Williams to retain the TNA Television Title.
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Max & Jeremy Buck.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Jarrett to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Kurt Angle was the special guest referee.

TNA @ Hagerstown, MD – The Maryland Theatre – January 16, 2011 (1,350, sellout)
Kazarian defeated Brian Kendrick and Robbie E. in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne defeated Mickie James to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Abyss defeated Douglas Williams to retain the TNA Television Title.
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Max & Jeremy Buck. Shelley suffered a broken collarbone during the match and was out for 3 months.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Jarrett to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Kurt Angle was the special guest referee.

TNA @ Lyon, France – Halle Tony Garnier – January 21, 2011 (550)
Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Angelina Love & Mickie James defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Tara.
Matt Morgan defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
James Storm & Robert Roode (with Ric Flair) defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Jeff Jarrett & Matt Hardy defeated Shannon Moore & Mark Haskins with Kurt Angle as the special referee.
Mr. Anderson defeated Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy in a 3-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title.

TNA @ Paris, France – Le Zenith – January 22, 2011 (1,500)
Earlier in the day Kurt Angle flew home when doctors were forced to induce labor on his fiancee. Their daughter, Giuliana Marie Angle, was born later that day.
Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin and Mark Haskins in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title. Kazarian pinned Haskins after hitting the Reverse Tombstone Piledriver.
TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Angelina Love & Mickie James defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Tara in about 8:00 when James pinned Rayne after hitting a DDT.
Rob Van Dam defeated Matt Hardy.
James Storm & Robert Roode (with Ric Flair) defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Roode pinned Williams after hitting the DWI.
Matt Morgan & Shannon Moore defeated Jeff Jarrett & D’Angelo Dinero when Morgan pinned the Pope after a Discus Clothesline.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Hardy after hitting the Mic Check to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Hardy got a huge babyface reaction from the crowd but used typical heel antics to change that. After the match Anderson brought a child into the ring to announce him as the winner and then called out the locker room for an autograph party.

TNA @ Dublin, Ireland – Dublin National Stadium – January 24, 2011 (1,800, sellout)
Dixie Carter signed autographs in the crowd during intermission, and before the main event she read a message from Kurt Angle apologizing to the Irish fans for leaving the tour early.
Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin and Mark Haskins in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title. Kazarian pinned Haskins after hitting the Reverse Tombstone Piledriver.
TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Angelina Love & Mickie James defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Tara when James pinned Rayne after a DDT.
Rob Van Dam pinned Matt Hardy after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash.
James Storm & Robert Roode (with Ric Flair) defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Roode pinned Magnus after hitting the DWI. The Irish crowd forced the British Invasion to play the heels in the match, and Beer Money played up their temporary face turn. Before the match Flair said the Irish are “better beer drinkers than James Storm.”
Matt Morgan & Shannon Moore defeated Jeff Jarrett & D’Angelo Dinero when Morgan pinned the Pope after hitting a Discus Clothesline.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Hardy after hitting the Mic Check to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Matt Hardy interfered late in the match, but Jeff missed a Swanton Bomb and allowed Anderson to hit his finisher for the win. After the match Anderson pulled a child from the audience to announce him as the winner. Anderson then wondered aloud where he could “get some beer,” which brought Beer Money, Ric Flair, and the babyface wrestlers to the ring for a beer bash.

TNA @ Berlin, Germany – 02 World – January 25, 2011 (3,500)
Ric Flair missed the show after refusing to board the TNA bus in Dublin. Flair demanded an up-front on his money guarantee and was left behind. Later reports indicated that Flair was owed money from TNA.
Kazarian defeated Shannon Moore, Chris Sabin, and Mark Haskins in a 4-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Angelina Love & Mickie James defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Tara.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Murate Bosporus (with Martin Kesici.)
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Matt Morgan defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson & Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff & Matt Hardy.

January 26, 2011 – TNA issued a press release inviting Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco to face his coach, Marvin Lewis, in a Steel Cage match at Lockdown. Ochocinco was engaged in a war of words with his coach that included a Tweet where he wrote, “Me and Marvin Lewis in a cage match, set it up.” According to the TNA press release “If Ochocinco and Lewis agree to settle their differences, TNA Wrestling officials will work with their representatives to sanction the bout, as well as train both combatants in the weeks leading up to the match.”

TNA @ Glasgow, Scotland – Braehead Arena – January 27, 2011 (2,600)
Before the show Ric Flair reportedly apologized to the locker room for the events that led to him being left behind in Dublin three days earlier. Backstage passes were handed out throughout the show, primarily to children, and during intermission Jeremy Borash went into the crowd looking for a guest ring announcer. He came to a fan named Frasier, who dropped to one knee and proposed to his girlfriend. (She accepted.) Borash and TNA President Dixie Carter also repeatedly mentioned TNA’s new TV deal in the United Kingdom throughout the night.
Kazarian defeated Shannon Moore, Chris Sabin, and Mark Haskins in a 4-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Angelina Love & Mickie James defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Tara.
Jeff Jarrett pinned Lionheart after smashing a guitar over his head. Local comedian Greg Hemphill was the special guest referee, but he was knocked out late in the match and Earl Hebner ran to the ring to count the 1-2-3. After the match Lionheart and Hemphill posed in the ring for photos with Dixie Carter.
James Storm & Robert Roode (with Ric Flair) defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. The Scottish crowd forced the British Invasion to play the heels in the match.
Matt Morgan defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson & Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff & Matt Hardy.

TNA @ Manchester, England – Manchester Evening News Arena – January 28, 2011 (5,000)
Shannon Moore defeated Mark Haskins to become #1 contender to the TNA X-Division Title.
Mickie James pinned TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Angelina Love with Tara as the guest referee.
Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
James Storm & Robert Roode (with Ric Flair) defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. The British Invasion again played the heels in the match despite being in their home country.
Matt Morgan & Rob Terry defeated Jeff Jarrett & D’Angelo Dinero when Morgan pinned the Pope after hitting the Carbon Footprint. Terry’s temporary face turn was not explained.
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson & Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff & Matt Hardy.

January 28, 2011 – TNA President Dixie Carter released Kevin Nash from a signed TNA contract so that he could return to the WWE and participate in the Royal Rumble. This news was reported by Dave Meltzer and confirmed by Carter herself.

TNA @ London, England – Wembley Arena – January 29, 2011 (6,000)
Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin and Shannon Moore in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Matt Morgan, TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Angelina Love, & Mickie James defeated D’Angelo Dinero, TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne, & Tara in a 6-person mixed tag team match when Morgan pinned the Pope after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
Jeff Jarrett pinned Johnny Moss after hitting the Stroke. Moss was a local British wrestler.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Magnus & Mark Haskins to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Rob Van Dam pinned Matt Hardy.
Ric Flair defeated Douglas Williams by submission with the Figure Four Leglock. Flair suffered a torn rotator cuff during the match.
Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Hardy to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title.

January 30, 2011 – Kevin Nash and Booker T appeared in the WWE Royal Rumble, forcing TNA writers to scramble to rewrite the Immortal vs. Main Event Mafia storyline that was to debut on the February 3 Impact! taped the next day. Booker was signed to a longer-term deal by the WWE, while Nash signed a “Legends” deal and made himself open to further involvement with the company.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – January 31, 2011
Robbie E. (with Cookie) defeated Josh Daniels.

February 3 Impact! (1.31) – Opened with Immortal standing in the ring. Eric Bischoff invited Scott Steiner to come out, which he did, and Bischoff noted that Dixie Carter’s lawyers got a continuance in their court case, keeping Hulk Hogan out of TNA for another month. Bischoff said the good news was that there was no “they” coming to take out Immortal. He referred to Kevin Nash, Booker T, and Sting by name. Bischoff said that Nash called him about returning to the WWE, and Bischoff told him to dye his hair, get his new action figure, and take the money and run. He said that Sting was never coming back and “who cares” what Booker is doing. Bischoff said that Steiner had been a follower his entire life, first following his brother, then the nWo, and then Jeff Jarrett. He told Steiner to “be a man” and choose to join Immortal instead of following Kurt Angle around. Steiner called Bischoff “a real piece of shit” and told Bischoff to address him as “yes sir, no sir.” Angle & Crimson, dressed in suits, then came to the entrance stage and were shortly joined by Steiner. Angle said “Scott’s right, Bischoff. You are a piece of shit.” Angle said that “they” were indeed there. After a commercial break Immortal was seen bickering backstage, and security ran in when Angle, Steiner, & Crimson showed up to provoke Immortal. After the opening match Angle got a phone call confirming that things were on schedule, and he talked strategy with Steiner & Crimson. After another commercial Eric Young came to the broadcast table and told Mike Tenay & Taz that he saw “they” backstage, but he could not tell them or Angle would kill him. Cut to the Jarretts’ home in Hendersonville, TN. Karen Jarrett took the cameraman on a tour of their home and talked about how much better life was with Jarrett than it had been with Angle. They get to Jarrett’s office, where he sat at his desk. Their children came in and Jarrett got angry with them when they mentioned Dixie Carter by name. There were other Jarrett segments during the show, including one where the family said what they were thankful for (usually thanks for “Daddy Jeff”) before dinner and one where Jarrett asked Karen to renew their vows on Impact! A scheduled tag team match of Bully Ray & D’Angelo Dinero vs. Samoa Joe & Brother Devon never took place when the two teams brawled before the bell after a long promo by Ray & the Pope. At the end of the fight Ray grabbed a drink from the audience and spit it in the faces of Devon’s sons, who were sitting at ringside. After the X-Division match Bischoff complained that he had not heard from Ric Flair in over a week. James Storm noted that they hadn’t seen Flair since a pub in London after the final show of the European tour. Robert Roode said that there was nothing to worry about because there was no “they,” and as the group filed out of Bischoff’s office he asked A.J. Styles to hang back. He told Styles that the TNA World Heavyweight Title “has to come home tonight.” Styles told Bischoff that Fortune was in control and would “never take a back seat to anybody ever again.” Shortly after that Mr. Anderson came to the ring and called out Jeff Hardy. Anderson talked about the similarities between he and Hardy, including the shared dream to be the World Champion. He noted that they’d never had a fair match, and he dared Hardy to leave Immortal backstage and face him one-on-one. Anderson eventually goaded Hardy into agreeing, much to Bischoff’s later dismay.
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated Gunner & Murphy when Moore pinned Gunner after hitting the Mooregasm.
Jeremy Buck defeated Jay Lethal and Douglas Williams in a 3-way match when he pinned Lethal with a rollup after Williams hit him with the Rolling Chaos Theory Suplex. Max Buck did guest commentary during the bout but left the booth to distract the referee as Williams had Lethal pinned, allowing Jeremy to hit a low blow on Williams and then pin Lethal.
Mickie James defeated Sarita by KO in a Taped Fist match after landing a solid left hook. After the match TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne snuck into the ring from the crowd and laid James out with her loaded glove.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Hardy to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title after A.J. Styles hit the Styles Clash on Hardy while the referee was unconscious. The referee was laid out late in the match when Anderson countered a Twist of Hate attempt and accidentally shoved Hardy into the referee. Matt Hardy, Rob Terry, Gunner, & Murphy then came out to interfere and attack Anderson. Fortune slowly followed behind them. Hardy held Anderson up for Styles to strike, but Styles instead held up for the Fortune hand sign and then Beer Money & Kazarian attacked the Immortal members. Robert Roode hit Hardy with a lariat and then Styles hit the Clash. After the match Immortal backed up the ramp looking shocked as Styles handed the championship belt to Anderson. After a commercial break Styles completed a face turn by telling the fans to “throw it up” (the Fortune hand sign) and then reminding Eric Bischoff that TNA was Fortune’s home. Bischoff came out and called Styles an “ungrateful son of a bitch” and an “inbred, hillbilly, punk-ass nothing” who was nothing before Bischoff and Hulk Hogan came to TNA. Styles retorted that Bischoff put a billion-dollar company (WCW) out of business and said he was trying to do the same thing to TNA. He said that Bischoff and Hogan came to TNA and started changing things and hiring guys who did not deserve jobs as the fans chanted “We want six sides!” Bischoff vowed that Hulk Hogan would return on March 3 and they would take Fortune out. Styles said that wouldn’t happen because Fortune would take Immortal apart before then.

Xplosion – Suicide defeated Brian Kendrick. (Suicide was played once again by Christopher Daniels, who inked a new contract to portray the masked character while still under contract to Ring of Honor.)

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 1, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Jay Lethal & Justin Star defeated Robbie E. (w/ Cookie) & Josh Daniels
2/10/11 – Opened with Eric Bischoff leading Immortal to the ring and insulting all the members of Fortune. He accused them of disrespecting Hulk Hogan and Jeff Jarrett called Fortune out and noted that he gave all of them their jobs 9 years earlier. Robert Roode ripped the mic out of his hand and talked about all “the new faces of TNA” who had come and gone, calling them “washed-up has-beens” who all left while the heart of TNA turned down “opportunities to leave and make more money elsewhere.” A brawl then erupted and was joined by Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, & Crimson. Bischoff later met with the treturning Hernandez backstage and complemented him for going to AAA in Mexico and becoming a huge star. He asked Hernandez to “hurt some people,” and Hernandez smiled and nodded as he walked out. Jarrett later came back to the ring with wife Karen to sign the contract for his match with Angle at Against All Odds, and Jarrett revealed a new stipulation where Angle could win custody of his children if he won, but would be forced to walk Karen down the aisle for the Jarretts’ renewal of vows if he lost. Angle agreed as Karen screamed at Jeff. Angle later visited Fortune and encouraged them to “destroy” Jarrett for putting the children in the middle of their feud. Instead, Roode offered Angle his spot in the match.
Rob Van Dam, Samoa Joe, & Brother Devon defeated Matt Hardy, Bully Ray, & D’Angelo Dinero in a Tables match when Devon knocked Ray offf the ring apron and threw a ringside table. Devon’s sons were sitting at ringside until Ray walked over to taunt them. They then jumped over the guardrail and grabbed Ray’s ankles as he tried to climb back into the ring, allowing Devon to get the win. Ray later told Devon (via cameraman) to bring his sons to Against All Odds “so I can turn your bastard boys into men.” Devon later said that Ray never had any business putting his hands on his kids, and he promised that they would give Ray “the ass-kicking of his life.”
TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne, Tara, Sarita, & Rosita defeated Mickie James, Velvet Sky, & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Angelina Love & Winter in an 8-woman tag team match when Rosita pinned Sky after hitting a Moonsault. Sky & Winter argued throughout the match and then afterward. James called Rayne back to the ring and Rayne suggested that James should retire.
Mr. Anderson pinned Matt Morgan to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title after Hernandez attacked Morgan at ringside and ran him into the ringpost. Jeff Hardy brought a ladder to the ringside area before the match and then watched the contest from atop it. After the match Hernandez attacked Anderson as well, allowing Hardy to then hit a Swanton Bomb on the champion.
Robbie E. (w/ Cookie) defeated Brian Kendrick and Suicide in a 3-way match to become #1 contender to the TNA X-Division Title. Robbie pinned Kendrick after Suicide hit the Suicide Solution on him.
Kurt Angle & AJ Styles defeated Jeff Hardy & Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) at around the 12-minute mark when Styles pinned Jarrett with a springboard crossbody after Angle chased Jarrett into the ring (Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy Vol. 2) TNA @ New Orleans, LA – UNO Lakefront Arena – February 3, 2011
Matt Morgan and Angelina Love signed autographs at the merchandise table during intermission, and after the show Jeff Jarrett did the same.
Tommy Dreamer pinned Robbie E. (with Cookie) in about 10:00 after hitting a Death Valley Driver.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Angelina Love defeated Sarita.
Brother Devon defeated Bully Ray in a Tables match with Mick Foley as the guest referee. Foley was called in to officiate the match after referee Brian Hebner told him that all the officials in TNA were sick of his bullying. Ray repeatedly tried to bully Foley during the match, leading to a Mr. Socko appearance.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Eric Young & Orlando Jordan to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. At the end of the match Young tore away his pants to reveal Beer Money tights, and he helped the champions toss Jordan from the ring. Storm & Roode then hit the DWI on Young for the win.
Jeff Jarrett pinned Samoa Joe after hitting a low blow and the Stroke. After the match Joe gave referee Jackson James the Muscle Buster.
Mr. Anderson pinned Matt Morgan after hitting the Mic Check to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. After the match Anderson talked about the New Orleans Saints winning the previous Super Bowl and said that now it was Green Bay’s turn. Fans were then invited into the ring to take pictures with him for $20 while Eric Young, Orlando Jordan, Robbie E., Cookie, and Sarita signed autographs at ringside.

TNA @ Hattiesburg, MS – Lake Terrace Convention Center – February 4, 2011

Tommy Dreamer defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie).
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Angelina Love defeated Sarita.
Devon defeated Bully Ray with Mick Foley as the guest referee.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Eric Young & Orlando Jordan to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Samoa Joe.
Mr. Anderson defeated Matt Morgan to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title.

TNA @ Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Civic Center – February 5, 2011 (app. 250)
Paul Bearer (aka Percy Pringle) attended the show and visited with friends backstage. During intermission Tommy Dreamer signed autographs at the merchandise table and Jeff Jarrett did the same after the show.
Tommy Dreamer defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie).
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Angelina Love pinned Sarita after hitting the Botox Injection kick.
Matt Morgan pinned Samoa Joe after hitting the Carbon Footprint. Morgan and Joe shook hands after the match.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Eric Young & Orlando Jordan to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Storm pinned Jordan after Beer Money hit the DWI.
Devon defeated Bully Ray in a Tables match with Mick Foley as the guest referee.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Mic Check to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. At the end of the match Robbie E. interfered but was taken out by Anderson. Jarrett then hit the Stroke on Anderson and seemed to have the win, but he was distracted when Kurt Angle’s music played and he started walking to the ring. After the match fans were invited into the ring to take pictures with Anderson and Angle for $20.

February 5, 2011 – Former TNA Knockout Champion and 2-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Taylor Wilde lost to Alyssa Flash (Raisha Saeed) in her retirement match for Pro Wrestling Revolution in San Francisco, CA.

TNA @ Elmira, NY – First Arena – February 11, 2011 (1,414)
Tommy Dreamer pinned Robbie E. after hitting a Death Valley Driver. Before the match Dreamer won a “fist pump contest.”
Madison Rayne pinned TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Angelina Love with a rollup to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Jeff Jarrett pinned Crimson after hitting a low bow followed by the Stroke.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Roode pinned Neal after Beer Money hit the DWI. After the match the two teams shook hands and Jeremy Borash thanked all the military veterans in attendance.
Devon defeated Bully Ray in a Tables match after guest referee Mick Foley used Mr. Socko on Ray. Ray called Foley “a Terry Funk rip-off” and made fun of his kids, his books, and his outfit.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Hardy after hitting the Mic Check to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title.

Against All Odds 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 13, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Christy Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Scott Steiner and TNA Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & James Storm regarding their upcoming match against three members of Immortal, during which Steiner acted like he had been drinking Storm’s beer and was drunk; included Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Devon, alongside his son Terrence and Terrell, regarding his upcoming match against Bully Ray and said he would not have his boys in the match because he wouldn’t allow Ray to use them as a sacrificial lamb; Devon then told them to stay backstage; featured a video package hyping the Samoa Joe vs. D’Angelo Dinero match; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Mickie James regarding her upcoming match against TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne; included a video package hyping James vs. Rayne; featured pre-taped comments from Jeff Hardy regarding his upcoming ladder match against TNA World Champion Mr. Anderson; included an in-ring segment in which Matt Morgan took the mic and demanded Hernandez come out and face him; when Hernandez appeared, he noted Morgan wanted to know why he cost him the TNA World Title the previous Thursday, adding he himself wasn’t getting a world title shot but was appreciated during his time spent wrestling in Mexico; Hernandez said Morgan, as a white man, was now the minority in America and attacked him, ending with a fireman’s carry into a slam; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Matt Hardy regarding his arrival to TNA and facing Rob Van Dam later in the night; included Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Ray regarding Devon’s comments earlier in the show, with Ray bullying her before saying he wanted Devon’s sons at ringside because they would grow up to be sidekicks just like Devon; featured a video package hyping Ray vs. Devon; included Jeremy Borash conducting a backstage interview with Jeff Jarrett, alongside Karen Jarrett, regarding his upcoming bout against Kurt Angle, during which Jarrett guaranteed victory and said Angle would walk Karen down the aisle on March 3 in Fayetteville, NC; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Angle regarding his upcoming match against Jarrett; included a video package hyping Angle vs. Jarrett; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Anderson regarding his upcoming match against Hardy, during which Anderson did a Jesse Ventura impression; included a video package hyping the Anderson vs. Hardy match:
Robbie E (w/ Cookie) defeated Max & Jeremy Buck via count-out at the 28-second mark; according to the commentary team, the Bucks did not appear due to travel issues; following Robbie’s entrance, he took the mic and said the Bucks weren’t there because they were afraid of him and he was now the #1 contender to the TNA X Division Title by default; Robbie then told referee Brian Hebner to count the Bucks out of the ring so he could head to the club; the match was to determine the #1 contender for the X Title; as Robbie and Cookie went backstage, TNA X Division Champion Frankie Kazarian appeared, blocked their exit, and said their match was happening then and there
TNA X Division Champion Frankie Kazarian pinned Robbie E (w/ Cookie) with the Fade to Black at 7:10
Scott Steiner, TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Rob Terry, Gunner, & Murphy at 10:11 when Steiner pinned Gunner with a Frankensteiner off the top; AJ Styles provided guest commentary for the match and said Ric Flair would return to TNA Thursday on iMPACT
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero via submission with the Coquina Clutch at 8:31; early in the bout, Dinero attempted to walk of the match but was blocked at the entrance stage by Okato, who remained ringside for the rest of the match; after the contest, Dinero applaueded Joe’s win and extended his hand, with Joe shaking it only to be kicked by Dinero; Dinero then kicked Okato as he tried to intervene, then rammed Joe’s head into an exposed turnbuckle; moments later, Dinero hit the DDE; Joe, his head bleeding, eventually got to his feet and scared Dinero out of the ring
TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne defeated Mickie James in a last man standing match at 8:29 after hitting the challenger with a pair of brass knuckles behind the referee’s back after James attacked an interfering Tara; when Tara appeared ringside during the closing moments of the bout, Taz accidentally referred to her as “Victoria;” during the finish, Rayne went to cover Mickie, forgetting the match could only end via a referee’s standing 10-count
Rob Van Dam pinned Matt Hardy at 13:19 with the Five Star Frog Splash after avoiding a moonsault off the top; during the bout, there were dueling chants for both men
Bully Ray defeated Devon, Terrence, & Terrell in a handicap streetfight at 9:23 by pinning one of Devon’s sons after a boot to the face; Devon worked the match by himself after telling his sons to stay backstage and not to participate; at the 5-minute mark, they came out and aided in triple teaming Ray; during the final moments, Ray handcuffed Devon to the corner and attacked his sons when they tried to free him; after the contest, Devon could only watch as Ray pointed at him, spat at him, and then begged Ray not to hit his kids with a steel chair; Ray then dropped the chair and powerbombed one of Devon’s kids through a table set up in the ring; as Ray went backstage, Devon was freed and he and security then tended to his son, who was fitted with a neckbrace and taken backstage on a stretcher
Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) pinned Kurt Angle at 16:15 by blocking a sunset flip and ankle lock attempt; stipulations stated Angle would win custody of his kids if he won and would have to walk Karen down the aisle when she and Jarrett renew their vows on March 3 if he lost; early in the match, the crowd chanted “Sloppy seconds” at Karen; late in the match, Jarrett submitted to the ankle lock as Karen distracted the referee, with Jarrett then hitting Angle in the head with a steel chair; after the match, Angle took his boots off and left them in the ring, with the crowd chanting his name as he returned backstage
Jeff Hardy defeated TNA World Champion Mr. Anderson in a ladder match to win the title at 18:15; during the match, there were dueling chants for both men (Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy Vol. 2)

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 14, 2011
February 17 Impact! (1.13) – Opened with Eric Bischoff & Immortal coming to the ring and introducing new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy. Ric Flair was then seen showing up backstage as Bischoff talked about Immortal’s good showing at Against All Odds. Bischoff told Hardy that “the network” demanded Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam that night for ratings, which upset Hardy. Bischoff then noted that Flair had not returned his calls for weeks and he gave Flair one week to explain himself. Flair came out and fist-bumped all of the Immortal members before telling Bischoff that “nobody tells Ric Flair what to do or how to do it.” He said that he would either “bring the family together or break it apart” and then left the ring. A short time later A.J. Styles was seen attacking Matt Hardy backstage, leading to a brawl between Fortune and Immortal. After the opening match Bischoff called “the network” and tried to call off the Hardy vs. RVD match, but he was refuted. After another match Flair finally caught up with Fortune in their locker room and everybody seemed to be happy and on the same page. Later on Mr. Anderson came out and asked why RVD was getting a World Title match before the former champion. Bischoff came out and said that “the network” did not like Anderson because of his “coarse language and hand gestures.” Anderson said “asshole” over a dozen times and then asked to be the special guest referee in the Hardy vs. RVD match. Bischoff shook Anderson’s hand on the deal, and then Anderson hit him with a Mic Check. Also featured a segment where D’Angelo Dinero set up a luau in the ring, complete with a roasted pig with an apple in its mouth. He said that he would perform miracles and feed everyone (for $10 a plate,) and added that Jesus Christ, Ronald Reagan, and Michael Jackson all believed in him. Samoa Joe and Okato then came out and Joe put the Pope threw the table with a Muscle Buster. Also featured multiple shots of Jeff & Karen Jarrett relaxing and bragging about his win over Kurt Angle at Against All Odds. Eventually they wound up at a fancy restaurant, where Karen complained about the complained about the wine and demanded to see a manager. Of course Kurt Angle came out dressed like a chef and the Jarretts ran away. Angle quipped, “What, no tip?”
Hernandez pinned Douglas Williams after hitting a botched Border Toss that almost broke Williams’ neck. He was tended to by a medic after the match. During the match Sarita & Rosita came out to cheer for Hernandez, prompting Velvet Sky to run out and attack them. Angelina Love then ran out as well to even the odds.
Kazarian defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie) by DQ to retain the TNA X-Division Title when Cookie hit Kaz with her loaded purse. Robbie & Cookie attacked Kaz after the match until Traci Brooks (Kaz’s wife) ran out and attacked Cookie.
Matt Hardy pinned A.J. Styles after hitting the Twist of Hate. Styles was ready to hit the Spiral Tap to end the match when Ric Flair pushed Styles off the top rope, allowing Hardy to score the win. Hardy & Flair then double-teamed Styles until Fortune made the save. Styles later challenged Flair to a match on next week’s Impact!
Sarita & Rosita defeated Angelina Love & Velvet Sky when Sarita pinned Sky with her feet on the ropes. After the match Sky screamed that Sarita cheated to beat her every time they wrestled, and she demanded another match. Sarita said she would only accept if Sky put her career on the line.
Jeff Hardy pinned Rob Van Dam to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title after hitting the Twist of Hate. Mr. Anderson was the guest referee and did not see Hardy hit a low blow on RVD at the end of the contest. After the match Anderson hit a Mic Check on Hardy and then on RVD.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – February 15, 2011
Isis the Amazon pinned Leva Bates after a Chokeslam. (Tryout match for both women.)
TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne defeated Niya Verino in a non-Title match. (Tryout match for Verino.)

February 24 Impact! (1.26) – Opened with Mr. Anderson coming to the ring and threatening a sit-down strike unless he got his rematch for the TNA World Heavyweight Title. He complained about “the network” not liking him because he’s an asshole and noted that Rob Van Dam “is not exactly a law-abiding citizen,” prompting RVD to come out. RVD said that Anderson didn’t like him because RVD was a better wrestler and would keep Anderson away from the World Title. Eventually they fought until Eric Bischoff & Immortal came out and put them in a match, which turned into a 3-way with Kurt Angle at Jeff Jarrett’s suggestion. Featured multiple segments with Jeff & Karen Jarrett preparing for their renewal of vows. Also included Brother Devon coming to the ring and apologizing to his children for failing to protect them at Against All Odds. Bully Ray showed up on the video board and called Devon’s sons “little bastards” and then prepared to Powerbomb Devon’s brother backstage. Tommy Dreamer ran in and attacked Ray, chasing him toward the ring until Ray barely escaped. Other segments included Rob Terry vs. Scott Steiner in a posedown, Velvet Sky and Winter arguing about Angelina Love, and a scheduled A.J. Styles vs. Ric Flair match never getting started because Hernandez attacked Styles. A long brawl erupted until Fortune and Matt Morgan saved Styles. The show ended with a short video teasing Sting’s return on the March 3 Impact! The video was a direct ripoff of the WWE’s recent video’s promoting the Undertaker’s return.
Gunner & Murphy defeated Eric Young & Orlando Jordan when Gunner pinned Young after hitting a Demolition Decapitator. Beer Money did guest color commentary during the match. Gunner & Murphy earned a TNA World Tag Team Title shot with the win.
Crimson pinned Magnus after hitting the Red Alert.
Madison Rayne pinned ODB to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting a twisting neckbreaker. (ODB’s first TNA appearance since being released on June 14, 2010.)
Mr. Anderson defeated Rob Van Dam and Kurt Angle in a 3-way match when he pinned Angle after hitting the Mic Check. Angle was distracted by Jeff & Karen Jarrett, who came to the entrance stage as the wedding march played.

March 8 Xplosion – Opened with a preview of the show’s lone match by announcers Jeremy Borash & Taz. Christy Hemme then interviewed Robbie E. & Cookie about his strategy vs. Douglas Williams. Robbie said that he should be getting his X-Division Title match instead of wrestling Williams, and then he hit on Hemme. Cookie got mad at Robbie and told him to concentrate on his match.
Douglas Williams pinned Robbie E. (with Cookie) in 6:00 with the Chaos Theory Suplex.

Xplosion -Angelina Love (with Velvet Sky) vs. Rosita (with Sarita). (Not sure when this was taped.)

TNA @ Beckley, WV – Beckley Convention Center – February 17, 2011
Kazarian pinned Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Reverse Tombstone Piledriver.
Madison Rayne pinned Velvet Sky to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Crimson (with Mick Foley) pinned Magnus after hitting Mercy Kill. Foley came out before the match and talked about wrestling in West Virginia years ago, but he was interrupted by Magnus. Foley then stayed at ringside to manage Crimson.
Mr. Anderson pinned Matt Hardy after hitting the Mic Check.
Matt Morgan pinned D’Angelo Dinero after hitting a Discus Clothesline.
Kurt Angle & TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Jarrett, Jesse Neal, & Shannon Moore in a 6-man tag team match when Jarrett tapped-out to Angle’s Ankle Lock.

TNA @ Huntington, WV – Big Sandy Superstore Arena – February 18, 2011 (1,800)
Before the main event Jeremy Borash brought a couple into the ring and man proposed to his girlfriend, who of course said yes.
Chris Sabin pinned Shark Boy with a rollup.
Madison Rayne pinned Velvet Sky with her feet on the ropes to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Crimson (with Mick Foley) pinned Magnus after hitting Mercy Kill. Foley came out before the match and talked about wrestling in West Virginia years ago, but he was interrupted by Magnus. Foley then stayed at ringside to manage Crimson and interfered when he used Mr. Socko on Magnus.
Kazarian defeated Matt Hardy to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Matt Morgan pinned D’Angelo Dinero after hitting a Discus Clothesline.
Kurt Angle & TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Jarrett, Jesse Neal, & Shannon Moore in a 6-man tag team match when Jarrett submitted to Angle’s Ankle Lock.

TNA @ Gassaway, WV – Braxton County Armory – February 19, 2011
Chris Sabin defeated Shark Boy. (Shark Boy’s final TNA match for nearly 5 months.)
Madison Rayne pinned Velvet Sky to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Crimson (with Mick Foley) pinned Magnus after hitting Mercy Kill. Foley came out before the match and talked about wrestling in West Virginia years ago, but he was interrupted by Magnus. Foley then stayed at ringside to manage Crimson.
Kazarian defeated Matt Hardy to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Matt Morgan defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
Kurt Angle & TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Jarrett, Jesse Neal, & Shannon Moore in a 6-man tag team match when Jarrett tapped-out to Angle’s Ankle Lock.

TNA @ Fayetteville, NC – Crown Coliseum – February 24, 2011 (3,500; 3,015 paid)
iMPACT taping:
3/3/11 – Opened with Dixie Carter coming to the ring looking distraught. She subtely implied that the court’s ruling had not gone in her favor and thanked the fans for their support, but she was interrupted by Immortal. Eric Bischoff said that he respected her for having “one massive set of balls,” and Ric Flair teased that she could have avoided this if she’d taken his hotel room key a few months back. Flair then introduced the returning Hulk Hogan, who confirmed that he now controlled 100% of TNA. He said that he and Bischoff used Carter to “get back to the top of the wrestling business” and said they would take away her dignity as well. Fortune then came down the ramp (to new entrance music) and A.J. Styles told Carter to get out of the ring so they could do things “the hard way.” Robert Roode then got on a microphone and blasted Hogan for letting he and all of his fans down. Fortune tried to storm the ring but was held back by security. After the first commercial break Immortal ran into New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott backstage, and Hogan introduced him to everyone. Matt Hardy then led Scott away to get him some female companionship, but they ran into Styles, Kazarian, and Carter. The four men then brawled until security again intervened, and as security held everyone down Jeff & Karen Jarrett walked through the melee and announced, “We’re here!” After a video package on the Jarrett / Kurt Angle feud we cut back to Hogan’s dressing room, where Bischoff was complaining that SpikeTV put Jeff Hardy in another TNA World Heavyweight Title match, this time against a mystery opponent. Hogan said he would take care of it. Hogan later called the network executive twice, and both times was unable to either get the match cancelled or find out who the challenger would be. Also featured mutliple backstage segments leading up to the Jarretts’ renewal of vows. In the first Karen talked about the four-tier wedding cake she ordered until she was interrupted by Eric Young, who wore a tuxedo T-shirt and asked to be Jarrett’s best man. He eventually negotiated his way down to ring bearer and volunteered Orlando Jordan to be the flower girl. Later Young told Jordan about their roles in the ceremony, and when he saw Jordan’s nose ring he freaked out and accused Jordan of stealing Karen’s ring. They briefly scuffled until Jordan reminded Young that he keeps valuables in his shoe. Young said it was just a test, and since Jordan passed he was still his best friend. Immediately after this Flair asked Jarrett about the honeymoon, and Jarrett talked about taking Karen and the kids to Universal Studios with VIP passes. Flair told him to “just bring your mother-in-law and kill yourself.” Jarrett said that Flair did not understand he and Karen’s relationship. Cut to Kurt Angle, who was taping his fists. Soon after that the renewal of vows started, with Young and a dress-wearing Jordan coming to the ring. Jarrett was then attacked by Angle on his way to the ring, and Angle repeatedly tried to knock Jarrett into the cake. Karen ran out and jumped on Angle’s back to stop him, and she then slapped him. Angle tossed her face-first into the cake and then left. The Jarrett’s went crazy backstage and demanded that Bischoff and Flair fix things so the renewal could really happen later that night. Flair later took Bart Scott to Angle’s dressing room and told him that if he interfered in the wedding again, Scott would take him down. Scott called Angle short and tried to intimidate him. The ceremony was held again later in the night, and this time Angle walked Karen to the ring without incident and stood behind Jarrett with a goofy grin on his face during the entire ceremony. Jeff and Karen both took shots at Angle in their vows, questioning his manhood. After the officiant concluded the ceremony, Angle pulled out an axe and trashed the set as the Jarretts ran away. Bischoff sent Scott to the ring and he shoved Angle a few times until he finally snapped and put Scott in the Ankle Lock. Security eventually rescued Scott and helped him limp up the ramp. Also included two segments with Mr. Anderson, one early in the show where he assumed he would challenge Jeff Hardy and one after he found out he was not in the match. Anderson got in Hogan’s face and made fun of his back brace, to which Hogan replied, “Let me know the next time you slam a 700 lb. giant. Asshole.”
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Roode pinned Gunner after hitting the DWI. After the match Shannon Moore & Jesse Neal came out and challenged Beer Money to a Title match at Victory Road, which the champions accepted.
Velvet Sky pinned Sarita after hitting a DDT. Sky would have been forced to retire if she lost. Early in the match referee Earl Hebner ejected Angelina Love and Rosita from ringside when the two started to brawl, but after the match Love returned to the ring to celebrate with her partner. The celebration was interrupted by the Shore, accompanied by Angelina from “The Jersey Shore” TV show. Angelina challenged J-Woww to a fight and repeatedly called the Beautiful People “skanks” and sluts.” Eventually Angelina kicked Sky as she tried to leave the ring, and Sarita joined the ensuing brawl to beat down the BPs 4-on-2. After they left the ring Love told them to come back net week for a “6-way,” meaning a 6-Knockout tag team match.
Scott Steiner defeated Rob Terry by submission with the Steiner Recliner.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez by DQ when Hernandez repeatedly slammed Morgan’s head into the ring steps. MMA featherweight fighter Joe Warren did guest commentary during the match.
Sting (mystery opponent) pinned TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy to win the title at 6:15 with the Scorpion Death Drop, moments after hitting the move off the top as the champion attempted a Whisper in the Wind; following Hardy’s entrance, a video appeared on the big screen which read “3 3 11” before Sting’s entrance (Sting’s surprise return after a 4-month absence) (Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy Vol. 2)
3/10/11 – Opened with new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting coming to the ring and thanking the fans for their support. Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff then came out to welcome Sting back. Hogan congratulated Sting on sniffing out the Immortal plan months before anyone else did, but said that Sting came back “a day late and a dollar short.” He said that Sting took his ball and went home, while Sting retorted that he didn’t quit on the people, he quit on the idea of dealing with Hogan, Bischoff, and Ric Flair again. He said that sitting at home allowed a fire to burn inside him again, leading him to “take back what never belonged to you” (meaning TNA.) Mr. Anderson then joined the war of words and again demanded his rematch for the Title. He introduced himself to Sting before Jeff Hardy interrupted and said that he deserved his rematch first. Rob Van Dam then came out as well and reminded everyone that he was stripped of the Title without losing it, and therefore he still deserved a rematch as well. Bischoff then put the four men in a tag team main event. Sting later apologized to RVD for attacking him with a baseball bat after RVD’s debut one year earlier, but RVD did not seem to accept the apology. Before the main event Sting was interviewed by Jeremy Borash and he again apologized to RVD before he was attacked by Anderson. Also included Bully Ray calling Tommy Dreamer out for a brawl in the parking lot. Ray was then attacked by Brother Devon, who beat the snot out of him until Dreamer showed up and called Devon off. When TNA security tried to help Ray up he attacked them.
D’Angelo Dinero pinned Samoa Joe (with Okado) after wrapping a chain around his fist and knocking Joe out with a punch.
Madison Rayne pinned Roxxi to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting a twisting neckbreaker. Rayne continued to attack Roxxi after the match until Mickie James made the save. (Roxxi’s first TNA appearance in 9 months after losing a Title vs. Career match to Rayne at Slammiversary 2010.)
Velvet Sky & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Angelina Love & Winter defeated Sarita, Cookie (with Robbie E.), & Angelina from “The Jersey Shore” in a 6-woman tag team match when Sky pinned Angelina with a rollup. Near the end of the match Robbie E. interfered and pinned Sky’s arms back for the heel ladies to take turns slapping her, and Winter asked for a turn. She then took out Cookie and Sarita instead, allowing Sky to break free and roll Angelina up.
Ric Flair defeated A.J. Styles and Matt Hardy in a 3-way Street Fight when he pinned Styles after Hardy hit a Twist of Hate on a metal folding chair. The match was called a 3-way but was essentially a Handicap match with Flair and Hardy double-teaming Styles the entire time.
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated Max & Jeremy Buck when Moore pinned Jeremy after hitting the Mooregasm. After the match the Bucks argued while Moore talked trash to Beer Money, who did guest commentary during the match.
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting & Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy & Mr. Anderson when RVD pinned Anderson after hitting the 5-Star Frog Splash. RVD wrestled by himself for several minutes because Sting had been laid out backstage by Anderson before the match. The lights then went out and Sting appeared in the ring. He hit Anderson with a Scorpion Death Drop and then, rather than make the pin himself, signaled for RVD to hit the Five-Star.

TNA @ Norfolk, VA – Constant Center – February 25, 2011 (1,500)
Mick Foley signed autographs in the lobby before the show, and Mickie James did the same during intermission. Ink Inc. tried to stop Jeremy Borash from giving out backstage passes, but he ignored them.
Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Mickie James pinned Sarita.
Eric Young defeated Rob Terry and Magnus in a 3-way match. The bout was originally Terry vs. Magnus, but Mick Foley interrupted and said that they were “breaking Virginia’s state law that prohibits sucking.” He inserted Young into the match and made himself the guest referee.
Scott Steiner, Crimson, & Matt Morgan defeated. Jeff Jarrett, Shannon Moore, & Jesse Neal in a 6-man tag team match when steiner made Jarrett submit with the Steiner Recliner.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero by submission with the Kokina Clutch.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. After the match the Hardys stayed in the ring to take pictures with fans as other wrestlers signed autographs at ringside.

TNA @ Richmond, VA – Landmark Theater – February 26, 2011 (1,200)
Before the show Jeff Jarrett and D-Lo Brown held a “Gut Check” training seminar with aspiring wrestlers.
Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Mickie James pinned Sarita.
Eric Young defeated Rob Terry and Magnus in a 3-way match. The bout was originally Terry vs. Magnus, but Mick Foley interrupted and said that they were “breaking Virginia’s state law that prohibits sucking.” He inserted Young into the match and made himself the guest referee.
Scott Steiner, Crimson, & Matt Morgan defeated. Jeff Jarrett, Shannon Moore, & Jesse Neal in a 6-man tag team match when steiner made Jarrett submit with the Steiner Recliner.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.

March 3, 2011 – Shark Boy was granted a release from his TNA contract.

TNA @ Wenatchee, WA – Town Toyota Center – March 3, 2011 (800)
Kazarian pinned Brian Kendrick to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Devon defeated Hernandez.
Angelina Love & Winter defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Sarita to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles.
Scott Steiner & TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Jarrett, Shannon Moore, & Jesse Neal in a 6-man tag team match.
A.J. Styles defeated Matt Hardy.
Jeff Hardy defeated Mr. Anderson.

TNA @ Kent, WA – ShoWare Center – March 4, 2011 (1,000)
Kazarian pinned Brian Kendrick to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Angelina Love & Winter defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Sarita to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles.
Scott Steiner & TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Jarrett, Shannon Moore, & Jesse Neal in a 6-man tag team match when Steiner made Jarrett submit to the Steiner Recliner.
Devon pinned Hernandez after hitting a Spinebuster.
A.J. Styles pinned Matt Hardy with the Styles Clash.
Jeff Hardy pinned Mr. Anderson after hitting a Swanton Bomb. Hardy played the babyface and Anderson played the heel for the match. After the match the Hardys stayed in the ring to take pictures with fans as other wrestlers signed autographs at ringside.

TNA @ Salem, OR – Oregon Exposition Center & State Fairgrounds – March 5, 2011 (900)
Earlier in the day Jeff Jarrett and D-Lo Brown held a “Gut Check” training seminar with aspiring wrestlers. Before the show Beer Money signed autographs at the merchandise table.
Kazarian pinned Brian Kendrick to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Angelina Love & Winter defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne & Sarita to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles.
Devon pinned Hernandez after hitting a Spinebuster.
Scott Steiner & TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jeff Jarrett, Shannon Moore, & Jesse Neal in a 6-man tag team match when Steiner made Jarrett submit to the Steiner Recliner.
A.J. Styles pinned Matt Hardy with the Styles Clash.
Jeff Hardy pinned Mr. Anderson after hitting a Swanton Bomb. Hardy played the babyface and Anderson played the heel for the match. After the match the Hardys stayed in the ring to take pictures with fans as other wrestlers signed autographs at ringside.

TNA @ Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center – March 10, 2011
Kazarian defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie) and Shannon Moore in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne pinned Velvet Sky to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Matt Morgan pinned Hernandez after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Jeff Hardy pinned A.J. Styles with a rollup.
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Angle Slam.

TNA @ Poughkeepsie, NY – Mid Hudson Civic Center – March 11, 2011 (2,000)
Kazarian defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie) and Shannon Moore in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne pinned Velvet Sky to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Matt Morgan pinned Hernandez after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
A.J. Styles pinned Jeff Hardy with the Styles Clash.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett by submission with the Ankle Lock. After the match Angle and Beer Money took photos in the ring with fans for $20 while other wrestlers signed autographs at ringside.

TNA @ Rahway, NJ – Rahway Rec Center – March 12, 2011 (1,200)
Kazarian signed autographs at the merchandise table before the show, Velvet Sky did the same during intermission, and Jeff Jarrett did so after the show.
Kazarian defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie and Angelina) and Shannon Moore in a 3-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title. Kazarian pinned Robbie after hitting the Reverse Tombstone Piledriver despite the interference of Cookie.
Madison Rayne pinned Velvet Sky with her feet on the ropes to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Matt Morgan pinned Hernandez after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Roode pinned Gunner after hitting the DWI.
A.J. Styles pinned Jeff Hardy with the Styles Clash.
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Angle Slam. Before the match Jarrett spotted a reporter and camerman from TMZ in the crowd, and he said that the reporter disrespected him in the parking lot before the show by asking if he stuffs his trunks with a sock. He called the reporter to hop over the guardrail and face him at ringside, and Jarrett jacked him up against the guardrail before security and other TNA personnel came out to separate the two men and remove the TMZ reporter from the building. After the match Angle took photos in the ring with fans for $20 while other wrestlers signed autographs at ringside. Jarrett later told a fan that the incident was not scripted.

Victory Road 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 13, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Christy Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Velvet Sky, TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Winter & Angelina Love, with Winter saying she had no issue with Sky but Sky had an issue with her; she went on to say that Love was starting to realize this, with the two leaving and Velvet trying to ask Love questions as she walked off; included footage of Jeff & Karen Jarrett at an amusement park with their kids for their honeymoon, with Karen shown as the only one not having fun; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Matt Morgan regarding his feud with Hernandez, with Morgan saying he would go through Hernandez to get the TNA World Title; included a video package recapping the history between Hernandez and Morgan; featured Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Jeremy & Max Buck regarding their participation in the upcoming Ultimate X match, with Max saying Jeremy promised Max would win the title because it was his birthday; Max then said the focus was changing from “Generation Me” to “Generation Max;” included Jeremy Borash conducting a backstage interview with Frankie Kazarian regarding his upcoming Ultimate X match; featured footage from earlier in the day of Cookie worrying about Robbie E’s participation in the Ultimate X match; included a video package previewing the Ultimate X match; featured footage of the Jarretts eating pizza and Karen complaining; included Hemme conducting a backstage interview with TNA Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & James Storm regarding their upcoming match against Shannon Moore & Jesse Neal; featured a video package previewing the tag team title match; included Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Matt Hardy, alongside Ric Flair, regarding Hardy’s upcoming match against AJ Styles; featured footage of Karen yelling at Jeff Jarrett, with Jeff saying he knew something was missing and that he was going to call a truce between he and Kurt Angle Thursday on iMPACT; moments later, the kids crowded around them and they were all splashed by water; included Hemme conducting a backstage interview with Mr. Anderson regarding his upcoming match against Rob Van Dam for the #1 contender spot; featured pre-taped comments from Jeff Hardy about his rematch with TNA World Champion Sting later in the night; included a video package on Sting’s career and return to TNA; featured a closing video package recapping the events from all the matches:
Tommy Dreamer pinned Bully Ray in a falls count anywhere match at 10:43 after hitting the 3D through a table set up in the ring with an assist from Devon; prior to the bout, Ray took the mic and praised Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff for noticing his ability, then began to cut a promo on Dreamer until Dreamer came out; Ray then informed Dreamer that the match was now falls count anywhere and, noting their history, said Dreamer was a fool to even come out; late in the match, there were chants of “We want Devon;” moments later, Ray took the mic and yelled “How does it feel, buddy?” as he hit Dreamer with a kendo stick; Ray then said “This is for you, Devon;” moments later, Terrence and Terrell came out, distracting Ray as Devon came out of the crowd
Sarita & Rosita defeated TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Winter & Angelina Love at 4:59 to win the titles when Rosita pinned Winter after Sarita pushed her partner on top behind the referee’s back as Winter had Rosita covered with a roll up; following the challengers’ entrance, Sarita took the mic and said she and Rosita would leave with the belts and said the champions were not focused; Sarita then cut a promo in Spanish, prompting fans to chant “USA,” and said Mexico would take the championship; late in the bout, Velvet Sky came out and prevented the challengers from using one of the title belts as a weapon; after the contest, Winter & Love were frustrated with Sky, with Sky telling them she was trying to help them
Hernandez defeated Matt Morgan in a first blood match at 8:33 when, as referee Brian Hebner was knocked down on the floor, Hernandez sprayed Morgan with a red liquid; moments later, as Morgan attempted to kick Hernandez in the face, referee Jackson Andrews ran out and stopped the match; Hernandez sustained a cut to his head before spraying the liquid on Morgan
TNA X Division Champion Frankie Kazarian defeated Max & Jeremy Buck and Robbie E (w/ Cookie) in an Ultimate X match at 14:21 after walking across the X above the ring to grab the title belt
TNA Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & James Storm defeated Shannon Moore & Jesse Neal at 12:33 when Roode pinned Moore with the DWI; late in the match, Moore attempted to use his chain as a weapon but Neal objected, leading to the finish; after the match, Storm helped Neal to his feet, with Neal shaking the champions’ hands; moments later, Moore spat Storm’s beer in the champions’ faces and left the ring, with Neal going to the floor and Moore arguing with him
AJ Styles pinned Matt Hardy (w/ Ric Flair) with the Spiral Tap at 17:37; during the match, there were dueling chants for both men; late in the bout, Styles hit the Pele Kick on Flair, knocking Flair off the ring apron; after the contest, Styles ran over to Flair on the floor and hit a low blow from behind
Mr. Anderson fought Rob Van Dam to a double count-out at 12:53 after Anderson hit the Mic Check on the entrance ramp; stipulations stated the winner would challenge for the TNA World Title at Lockdown; during his entrance, Anderson introduced himself from the entrance stage and said he would be the next #1 contender and take the TNA World Title; early in the match, there were dueling chants for both men; after the bout, the crowd chanted “Restart the match” and “Five more minutes” and booed when it didn’t happen
TNA World Champion Sting pinned Jeff Hardy with the Scorpion Death Drop at 1:29 in a No DQ match; following the ring introductions, Eric Bischoff came out with a mic and said, to level the playing field, he was adding a No DQ stipulation for the match and Hardy knew; Sting then knocked down Bischoff, with Bischoff rolling to the floor; as Sting left the ring, he responded to complaints from the crowd in saying “I agree, I agree” TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 14, 2011
Douglas Williams defeated James Tarr.

March 17 Impact! (1.28) – Opened with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting coming to the ring with a new championship belt. He gave the old Jeff Hardy belt to Hulk Hogan, who tossed it out of the ring. Sting accused Hogan & Eric Bischoff of “destroying” Hardy and leading him down the wrong path. Hogan called Sting a “part-time guy” and ran down Hardy. Hogan claimed that his “phone is ringing off the hook” with people wanting to join Immortal, at which point Bully Ray came out and identified himself as one of those people looking to join Hogan’s group. He put Hogan over while calling Sting “a co-star” who was jealous of Hogan. Hogan was about to award Ray a World Title shot with Fortune interrupted and A.J. Styles threw his name in the ring for a championship match. Mr. Anderson then came out and demanded his World Title rematch, and Bischoff made a 4-way match including Rob Van Dam to determine the #! contender. Later Styles approached RVD about teaming up in the match, but RVD declined. Included a horrible segment where D’Angelo Dinero pretended to heal three people through miracles that were “done over 10,000 years ago by that Jesus Christ.” Samoa Joe & Okato came out to attack the Pope, who held a knife to Okato’s throat and backed up the ramp. He then revealed that the knife was a toy, hit Okato in the groin, and ran away. In the next segment Jeff & Karen Jarrett came out to offer Kurt Angle a truce if he would ask the Jarretts to forgive him for ruining their renewal of vows. Angle came out with a present, which turned out to be a red, white, and blue guitar. Angle then smashed the guitar over Jeff’s head and threatened to attack Karen if Jeff did not accept his challenge for a match at Lockdown. Jeff reluctantly accepted. Karen later called the police to report Angle’s aggression.
Madison Rayne (with Tara) pinned Alyssa Flash to retain the TNA Knockout Title after attacking Flash on the ramp before the match. Mickie James then came out and demanded another shot at Rayne, who in turn demanded that James put her hair on the line.
Gunner pinned Murphy to win the vacant TNA Television Title in a 3-way match with Rob Terry.
Matt Morgan, Angelina Love, & Winter defeated Hernandez & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita in a 6-person Mixed tag team match when Winter pinned Rosita. After the match Anarquia jumped out of the crowd and attacked Morgan.
Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam scored a double pinfall in a 4-way match that also included Bully Ray and A.J. Styles. RVD suplexed Anderson on to a metal folding chair brought into the ring by Ray, and referee Earl Hebner counted both men’s shoulders down. After the match Ray and Styles brawled up the ramp until Ric Flair appeared and hit Styles in the groin from behind. Ray then picked Styles up and hit a Powerbomb from the entrance stage through two tables on the Impact Zone floor. Styles was very slowly stretchered out of the building as Fortune and TNA officials and agents tended to him. Kazarian called Styles’ wife as he was led away in the ambulance.

March 14, 2011 – Daffney’s TNA contract expired and she was not offered a new deal. Daffney had filed a worker’s compensation claim against TNA for injuries suffered during her match with Rosie Lottalove.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 15, 2011
Robbie E. (with Cookie) defeated Bobby Shields.
Xplosion – Max Buck vs. Jeremy Buck.

March 24 Impact! (1.23) – Opened with Mr. Anderson coming to the ring with his math professor from college. Anderson asked the professor to confirm that Anderson was screwed out of a proper rematch for the TNA World Heavyweight Title, and he then made fun of and attacked the professor for lusting after the girl who sat next to Anderson in class. After Anderson laid him out with the Mic Check, Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff came out and told Anderson to stop “running amok.” Hogan said that Anderson’s rematch contract was null and void because it was signed by Dixie Carter, and so he would have to beat Rob Van Dam to earn a Title shot. RVD then came out when Anderson called him “not in my league,” and RVD asked Hogan why he brought him to TNA in the first place if he was just going to screw him over later. Hogan tried to court RVD for Immortal, but Sting came out and said “the network” made him the guest referee for RVD vs. Anderson. Later RVD showed up in Hogan’s office and Hogan confirmed that he’d been through a lot in the last year and “I’m not the same guy.” Hogan said he did want RVD to be “the guy” and said he would root for him against Anderson. After RVD walked away Hogan laughed and said, “What an idiot!” Ric Flair then came to the ring with Bully Ray & Matt Hardy and challenged Fortune to a Lethal Lockdown match. Fortune ran to the ring to brawl until a returning Abyss came out and destroyed Kazarian & Beer Money.
Mickie James pinned Tara after hitting the jumping DDT. Before the match TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne ordered Tara to destroy James, and she looked angry when Tara failed at that task.
Okato defeated D’Angelo Dinero by DQ after Dinero KOed him with some giant rings across his knuckles. The Pope continued to attack Okato until Samoa Joe made the save.
Hernandez & Anarquia (with TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) defeated Matt Morgan & Brother Devon when Anarquia pinned Devon after punching him in the back of the head while wearing brass knuckles. During the match Velvet Sky came out and attacked Sarita & Rosita, but she was beaten up by the champions. Angelina Love, once again in a trance, began walking toward the ring to help Sky but was called back by Winter.
Scott Steiner & Crimson defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore when Crimson pinned Moore after hitting the Red Alert. After the match Neal shook hands with his opponents while Moore grabbed Steiner’s head gear and wiped his butt with it.
Rob Van Dam defeated Mr. Anderson by DQ when Anderson attacked special guest enforcer Sting. It was not clear who won the match or who rang the bell, as Anderson and Sting were brawling at the time, but Anderson thought it was Sting who DQed him. Backstage RVD acted concussed while Anderson screamed at Sting for DQing him. Sting then walked up and said he hadn’t rang the bell and didn’t know who did. On the next episode of Impact! it was revealed that referee Earl Hebner DQed Anderson for attacking the enforcer.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 16, 2011
Xplosion – Eric Young vs. Robbie E. (with Cookie).
April 10 Xplosion – Mickie James vs. TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Rosita (with Sarita).

March 31 Impact! (1.19) – Opened with Mr. Anderson dragging referee Earl Hebner to the ring and asking why he DQed Anderson the week before. Hebner said that Anderson attacked the guest enforcer (Sting,) and added that the decision would stand. Younger referee Brian Hebner then came out to back up his dad, and when Anderson was about to attack them Sting himself came to the ring and they brawled until Rob Van Dam interrupted. RVD asked Hebner to make the Lockdown TNA World Heavyweight Title match a 3-way with Anderson included. Hulk Hogan came out and agreed to the 3-way, and Eric Bischoff made them a team for a 6-man tag team match that night. Anderson later came back to the ring and called Sting out, and the two brawled once again all over the Impact Zone until Immortal attacked both men. Eventually RVD intervened and got Bully Ray off of Sting, but walked away rather than help Anderson fight off Matt Hardy & Abyss. As the brawl was broken up Sting laid Anderson out and Immortal backed up the ramp laughing. Also included more of the Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle feud, with Jarrett and wife Karen calling the police and claiming that Angle was trying to attack Karen. After Angle defeated Rob Terry he chased Jarrett backstage until they ran into Karen, who was surrounded by police officers. They led Angle away in handcuffs as Karen smiled. The show closed with backstage comments from Ric Flair & Immortal, Christopher Daniels & Fortune, Sting, and then Anderson, who was attacked by RVD to end the show.
Scott Steiner (with Crimson) pinned Shannon Moore (with Jesse Neal) after hitting the Frankensteiner from the middle turnbuckle. Eric Young & Orlando Jordan did guest commentary during the match and were attacked by the British Invasion after the match.
Max Buck pinned Jermy Buck after hitting a Twisting Ace Crusher.
Winter defeated Velvet Sky by submission with a Rear Chinlock. Angelina Love walked to the ring near the end of the match, once again in a trance. Sky later called Winter “a bitch” and promised to break her hold over Love.
Kurt Angle defeated Rob Terry (with Jeff Jarrett) by submission with the Ankle Lock.
Matt Hardy, Bully Ray, & Abyss defeated Rob Van Dam, Mr. Anderson, & TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting in a Steel Cage 6-man tag team match when Ray pinned RVD after hitting a Bubba Bomb. RVD, Anderson, and Sting repeatedly attacked each other during the match. After the bout Anderson escaped the ring as Immortal attacked Sting and RVD until Fortune ran out to make the save. Immortal eventually got the upper hand after Ric Flair locked the cage door, but Christopher Daniels ran in from the crowd, climbed the cage, and took Immortal out with a High Cross Body. (Christopher Daniels’ return to TNA after a 1-year absence.)

TNA @ Jacksonville, FL – Times Union Center for the Performing Arts – March 18, 2011 (350)
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated TNA Television Champion Gunner & Murphy in a #1 contenders match. Gunner’s TNA Television Title win at the March 14 Impact! taping was not acknowledged.
Madison Rayne pinned Mickie James with a rollup to retain the TNA Knockout Title. James suffered a separated shoulder during the match that kept her out of action for a month.
Matt Morgan defeated Rob Terry.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
Scott Steiner (with Mick Foley) defeated Jeff Jarrett.
Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy was a no contest. After the match fans could have their picture taken in the ring with RVD for $20 while Jeff Jarrett, Ink Inc., Mick Foley, Mickie James, and D’Angelo Dinero signed autographs.

TNA @ Savannah, GA – Martin Luther King Jr. Arena – March 19, 2011 (1,000)
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated TNA Television Champion Gunner & Murphy in a #1 contenders match. Gunner’s TNA Television Title win at the March 14 Impact! taping was not acknowledged.
Madison Rayne pinned Angelina Love with a rollup to retain the TNA Knockout Title. Love was a late replacement for Mickie James, who suffered a separated shoulder during her match with Rayne the night before. James came to the ring wearing a sling and apologized to the fans for being unable to compete.
Matt Morgan pinned Rob Terry after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero by submission with the Kokina Clutch.
Rob Van Dam pinned Matt Hardy after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash.
Scott Steiner pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting a Guntwrench Powerbomb. Mick Foley was the guest enforcer.

TNA @ Fargo, ND – Fargo Civic Center – March 24, 2011 (600)
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated TNA Television Champion Gunner & Murphy, allowing Jeremy Borash to hand out backstage passes.
Madison Rayne pinned Angelina Love with a rollup and a handful of tights to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Brother Devon defeated Hernandez.
Mr. Anderson pinned Bully Ray after hitting the Mic Check.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero by submission with the Kokina Clutch.
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Angle Slam. After the match fans were invited to take a picture in the ring with Angle for $20.

March 25, 2011 – Kurt Angle was arrested on suspicision of driving under the influence in Grand Forks, ND. Angle reported that he got caught in an ice storm and sled into a snow bank, so he called the police for assistance. When they arrived they administered a field sobriety test and arrested him. “I was coherent,” Angle wrote on Twitter. “Don’t believe everything you read. My life is good and this is a speed bump.”

TNA @ Grand Forks, ND – Alerus Center – March 25, 2011 (1,000)
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated TNA Television Champion Gunner & Murphy.
Madison Rayne pinned Angelina Love to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
Mr. Anderson defeated Bully Ray.
Brother Devon pinned Hernandez.
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett.

TNA @ Bemidji, MN – Sanford Center – March 26, 2011 (1,200)
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated TNA Television Champion Gunner & Murphy, allowing Jeremy Borash to hand out backstage passes. Neal suffered an apparent injury to his right leg and had to be helped backstage.
Madison Rayne defeated Angelina Love to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
Mr. Anderson pinned Bully Ray after hitting the Mic Check.
Brother Devon defeated Hernandez.
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Angle Slam.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 28, 2011
The Amazing Red defeated Slyck Wagner Brown.

April 7 Impact! (1.15) – Opened with Fortune and Christopher Daniels coming to the ring. Daniels explained his intention to avenge A.J. Styles and pledged his loyalty to Fortune. Immortal’s Ric Flair, Matt Hardy, Bully Ray, & Abyss then came out and Flair ran Daniels down. Flair said that Daniels did not have a TNA contract, and Daniels explained that “somebody from the network” brought him back. That prompted Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff to come out. Hogan OKed “the network” decision and put Daniels in a match with Ray. Ray then said he would cripple Daniels just like he did Styles. A brawl then erupted between the two groups. Hogan was later seen backstage complaining to Bischoff about somebody getting in “the network’s ear” and told Bischoff to do something about it. Included multiple segments where Mr. Anderson found notes, supposedly from TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting, all around the Impact Zone. The notes eventually led Anderson to the rafters, where Rob Van Dam attacked him and laid him out with a pipe. After a commercial Sting came to the ring and called RVD out. Sting said he was upset by RVD using him to trick Anderson, and complained that RVD and Anderson were distracting him from his goal of ridding TNA of Hogan & Bischoff. Sting apologized to RVD for attacking him with his baseball bat when RVD debuted a year earlier, and RVD reminded Sting that he never lost the TNA World Title. Hogan & Bischoff then came out and Hogan put RVD and Sting in a match for that night after complementing RVD on his new attitude. Later Hogan tore into Rob Terry & Murphy in his office and told TNA World Television Champion Gunner to slap them. He did, angering his Immortal partners, but the tension was broken up when Anderson walked in and asked Hogan to make him the special referee for RVD vs. Sting. Anderson pledged his “undying support” to Hogan in return, and Hogan smiled evily. Right after this cameras in the parking lot showed TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne talk Tara into running over Mickie James with her motorcycle. Medics then tended to James and had her taken away in an ambulance. The final non-wrestling segment saw Jeff Jarrett come out and accuse Kurt Angle of violating the restraining order to get himself arrested so he could skip their match at Lockdown. Jarrett said that he and Karen decided the kids would not be allowed to visit Angle in prison, but Angle came out and chased Jarrett off.
Hernandez & Anarquia (with TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) defeated Tommy Dreamer & Brother Devon when Hernandez pinned Devon after Anarquia hit him with a metal folding chair. After the match Mexican America continued to attack Dreamer & Devon until Matt Morgan made the save.
Samoa Joe defeated Murphy by submission with the Kokina Clutch in about 1:00. D’Angelo Dinero did guest commentary on the short match and then ran away when Joe came after him.
Sarita & Rosita defeated Velvet Sky & Angelina Love to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles when Rosita pinned Sky after Love walked out on the match on Winter’s orders.
Brian Kendrick, Chris Sabin, & Suicide defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie), Max Buck, & Jeremy Buck in a 6-man tag team match when Kendrick pinned Jeremy after Max turned on his brother and KOed him with a DDT from the top rope. After the match Max took off his Generation Me armband and threw it at his brother.
Bully Ray pinned Christopher Daniels to win a Lumberjack match after Hulk Hogan interfered and punched Daniels with a steel chain wrapped around his fist. The lumberjacks consisted of the Immortal and Fortune teams from Lethal Lockdown.
Rob Van Dam pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash. Mr. Anderson was the guest referee for the non-Title match, and he hit Sting with the Mic Check after Sting had laid RVD out with the Scorpion Death Drop. RVD did not see Anderson’s attack but took advantage by hitting his finisher. After the match Anderson attacked RVD with the championship belt. Murphy & Rob Terry came to the ring to celebrate with Anderson as Hulk Hogan watched from the ramp, but Anderson then attacked them as Hogan repeatedly called him a “son of a bitch.”

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – March 29, 2011
Shawn Daivari defeated Ricky Reyes.
April 19 Xplosion – Sangriento (the Amazing Red in a mask) defeated Jay Lethal and Chris Sabin in a 3-way match when he pinned Lethal after hitting a Springboard Cutter. (Sangriento’s debut.)

April 14 Impact! (1.14) – Opened with Immortal coming to the ring and Hulk Hogan calling out Mr. Anderson. He gave Anderson one last chance to join the group, who called Immortal “sheep hanging from your nuts” and said he would not join. He called himself an asshole and said the Immortal members “are just up Hogan’s asshole.” Immortal then ganged-up on Anderson and left him unconscious. Bully Ray later walked into Rob Van Dam’s trailer and told him to not make the same mistake as Anderson by declining an Immortal invitation. Hogan and Immortal came back to the ring around 10:00 and called RVD out. This time TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting interrupted before RVD could answer Hogan and made his own pitch for RVD to turn down Immortal’s offer for membership. RVD left the ring without saying a word, and Bischoff then said that Hogan had outmaneuvered Sting through his whole career. Sting then hit the Scorpion Death Drop on Bischoff and managed to escape the ring before any member of Immortal could touch him. Also included more Hogan & Bischoff angst about the identity of “the Network” person who kept booking anti-Immortal matches. Also included TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne getting in Tara’s face for second-guessing her decision to run over Mickie James with Tara’s motorcycle. James herself came out (wearing a sling) before Tara could respond, and she promised to beat Rayne “within an inch of your life” at Lockdown. The other Knockout storyline also continued with Velvet Sky calling out Angelina Love, who was once again in a Winter-induced trance. Sky attacked her, but Love quickly got the advantage and DDTed Sky onto a metal folding chair. Winter then called Love to the locker room and she obeyed. The show closed with short backstage interviews with Fortune, RVD, Anderson, Sting, and then Hogan.
Orlando Jordan (with Eric Young) defeated Crimson (with Scott Steiner), Jesse Neal (with Shannon Moore), and Douglas Williams (with Magnus) in a 4-way match when he pinned Magnus after hitting the Gender Bender.
Matt Hardy defeated TNA X-Division Champion Kazarian by KO in a non-Title match when he hooked in a Double Underhook / Leg Vice submission hold. The win put Immortal up 1-0 in the best-of-3 series to determine who would get the man advantage at Lethal Lockdown.
Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett), D’Angelo Dinero, & Hernandez (with Anarquia & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) defeated Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan, & Samoa Joe (with Okato) in a 6-man tag team match when Dinero pinned Joe after hitting him with brass knuckles thrown in the ring by Sarita. Mid-way through the match Angle chased Jarrett to the backstage area, taking them out of the match. Jarrett was later shown hopping in a car and speeding away, leaving Karen behind as Angle congratulated her on marrying a coward.
Abyss pinned TNA World Tag Team Champion James Storm after hitting the Black Hole Slam. The win gave Immortal a 2-0 win in the best-of-3 series to determine who would get the man advantage at Lethal Lockdown. After the bout Abyss’ Immortal teammates came to the ring to congratulate him, while Storm was later shown apologizing to his Fortune teammates and then getting very angry with himself.
Mr. Anderson defeated Bully Ray, TNA World Television Champion Gunner, Rob Terry, & Murphy in a Gauntlet match. Anderson pinned Murphy, Terry, and then Gunner with Mic Checks, and then beat Ray by DQ when Ray hit the referee. Ray then took Anderson to the top of the ramp and indicated that he was going to Powerbomb him off the stage like he did to A.J. Styles, but Sting showed up and took Immortal out with his baseball bat.

TNA @ Corbin, KY – The Arena – March 31, 2011
Eric Young defeated Robbie E.
Velvet Sky defeated Tara.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Mr. Anderson defeated Matt Hardy.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett.

TNA @ Pikeville, KY – Eastern Kentucky Expo Center – April 1, 2011
Eric Young defeated Robbie E.
Velvet Sky defeated Tara.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Mr. Anderson defeated Matt Hardy.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett.

TNA @ Johnson City, TN – Freedom Hall Civic Center – April 2, 2011
Eric Young (with Orlando Jordan) defeated Robbie E (with Cookie).
Velvet Sky defeated Tara.
Matt Morgan pinned Hernandez after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Mr. Anderson pinned Matt Hardy after hitting the Mic Check.
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Angle Slam. Mick Foley was the special guest enforcer.

TNA @ Erie, PA – Tullio Arena – April 7, 2011 (2,000)
Jeremy Borash hosted a “Tweet and Greet” with Robert Roode before the event.
Kazarian pinned Matt Hardy with the Reverse Tombstone Piledriver to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne pinned Traci Brooks with her feet on the ropes to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Matt Morgan pinned Hernandez after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA World Television Champion Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Roode pinned Gunner after hitting the DWI.
Samoa Joe defeated Bully Ray by submission with the Kokina Clutch.
Kurt Angle pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Angle Slam. Mick Foley was the special guest enforcer and used Mr. Socko on Jarrett at the end of the match. After the show fans could take pictures with Angle and Beer Money in the ring for $20 while Hernandez, Samoa Joe, Kazarian, and Gunner & Murphy signed autographs at ringside.

TNA @ Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater – April 8, 2011
Kazarian defeated Matt Hardy to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Madison Rayne defeated Traci Brooks to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA World Television Champion Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Samoa Joe defeated Bully Ray.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett. Mick Foley was the special guest enforcer.

April 8, 2011 – Kurt Angle pled guilty in abstenia to a reckless driving charge stemming from his March 25 arrest in Grand Forks, ND.

TNA @ Pittsburgh, PA – Rostraver Ice Arena – April 9, 2011
Kazarian defeated Matt Hardy to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Traci Brooks defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne in a non-Title match.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA World Television Champion Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Abyss defeated Tommy Dreamer in a Monster’s Ball match.
Samoa Joe defeated Bully Ray.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett. Mick Foley was the special guest enforcer.

TNA @ Moundsville, WV – John Marshall Field House – April 10, 2011 (700)
Kazarian defeated Matt Hardy to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Traci Brooks defeated TNA Knockout Champion Madison Rayne in a non-Title match.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated TNA World Television Champion Gunner & Murphy to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Abyss defeated Tommy Dreamer in a Monster’s Ball match.
Samoa Joe defeated Bully Ray.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett. Mick Foley was the special guest enforcer.

Lockdown 2011 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank Arena – April 17, 2011 (4,000; 3,500 paid)
Pre-Show: Devon pinned Anarquia in a steel cage match; after the bout, Devon led Anarquia up the entrance ramp and twice dropped him with a suplex
Pay-per-view bouts – included a promo by Eric Bischoff where he predicted Immortal would wipe out Fortune and regain the TNA World Title in one night:
Max Buck won an Xscape match; Other participants included: Brian Kendrick, Jay Lethal, Suicide, Chris Sabin, Robbie E. (w/ Cookie), Jeremy Buck, and Amazing Red; order of elimination: Robbie pinned Suicide; Red pinned Lethal; Sabin pinned Red after a clothesline; Max pinned Sabin with a neckbreaker; Max pinned Jeremy with a rollup; Kendrick pinned Robbie after a dropkick (Lethal’s last match)
Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore defeated Eric Young & Orlando Jordan, Scott Steiner & Crimson, and Douglas Williams & Magnus in a steel cage match when Moore pinned Magnus after hitting the Mooregasm; Young thought he had won the match when he climbed over the cage and hit the floor, but the match could only be won via pinfall or submission
Mickie James pinned TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne to win the title in a steel cage match after hitting a jumping DDT to win at around the 40-second mark; before the match, Rayne told Tara to remain backstage; stipulations stated James would be shaved bald if she lost
Samoa Joe defeated D’Angelo Dinero via submission with the Coquina Clutch in a steel cage match
Matt Morgan pinned Hernandez (w/ Anarquia & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) after hitting the Carbon Footprint in a steel cage match; after the bout, Sarita & Rosita took the mic and insulted the crowd and the Knockouts division, prompting Velvet Sky to come out and clear them from the ring
Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett) defeated Kurt Angle in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1: Angle won a submission match with the ankle lock; fall #2: Jarrett won a pinfall match with a roll up; fall #3: Jarrett escaped the steel cage after Karen slammed the cage door on Kurt’s head; during the third fall, Angle was about to escape through the cage door but was stopped by TNA TV Champion Gunner, who was later chased off by Scott Steiner; Angle then nearly escaped through the door again, but Karen sprayed something in his eyes; Karen later slid a guitar into the ring for Jarrett to smash over Angle’s head
TNA World Champion Sting defeated Rob Van Dam and Mr. Anderson in a steel cage match by pinning Anderson after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop; late in the match, Hulk Hogan came out and gave RVD a pipe to use as a weapon, with RVD refusing; moments later, Anderson hit RVD with the weapon and gave Hogan the middle finger; after the bout, Sting and Hogan had a staredown
Christopher Daniels, TNA X Division Champion Frankie Kazarian, TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Ric Flair, Matt Hardy, Bully Ray, & Abyss in a Lethal Lockdown match when Flair submitted to Roode’s armbar after AJ Styles interfered; order of entry: Kazarian, Abyss, Hardy, Daniels, Flair, Storm, Ray, and Roode

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – April 19, 2011
Winter defeated Serena Deeb
Xplosion – Devon & Tommy Dreamer vs. Douglas Williams & Magnus.

April 21 Impact! (1.17) – Opened with a recap of Lockdown, and A.J. Styles was then seen in the ring surrounded by a Steel Cage that was clearly set up for a Lethal Lockdown match with an abundance of tables and weapons. Styles said that he came back to take Bully Ray out and told him to face him in the ring “like a man.” Ray came out and said he could end Styles’ career “because I’m a man and you’re a boy.” He said that if he came to the ring he wouldn’t “go easy on you like last time.” Ray said that Styles could “stand in the ring like a loser” and Ray would ddeal with him on his own time. Ray turned to leave, but Christopher Daniels snuck up behind him and tossed him through the cage door and into the ring. Styles tossed Ray into the cage walls and knocked him out with a trash can lid. Gunner tried to make the save and brawled with Daniels outside the cage. Styles put Ray on a table and climbed to the top of the cage, but Ray ran away before Styles could fly off the cage. We then got a recap of Robert Roode injuring Ric Flair at Lockdown, and Immortal’s Rob Terry & Murphy caneme out and challenged Beer Money to a TNA World Tag Team Title shot in the Steel Cage. Roode acccepted, and the match began immediately. After the match Jeff & Karen Jarrett were seen riding to the Impact Zone in a horse-drawn carriage, planning Karen’s coronation as the “Queen of the Mountain.” Hulk Hogan then came to the ring and called out Rob Van Dam. He said that RVD would pay for not joining Immortal. RVD said that “wrestlers today can’t make a living doing a Legdrop and things have changed, but RVD sure as hell won’t.” Hogan asked RVD if he’d ever set attendance records or “slammed giants,” and called him a mediocre “midcard player.” TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting interrupted and said that RVD would face him in the main event at Sacrifice, so he must not be a midcarder. Hogan asked if Sting was “smoking the same stuff RVD is” and added that he wanted some. Sting said that the network gave him a clause in his contract that he could pick his own opponents. Hogan said the network did not have the guts to meet him face-to-face, and Sting said the network would arrive soon. Hogan said that Sting’s “dream match” would never happen because he was putting Sting in a match with Matt Hardy and RVD in a match with Abyss. Jason Hervey then ran into Kurt Angle backstage and told him that the Jarretts were arriving in a carriage. We then saw Madison Rayne & Tara arguing about Rayne’s Title loss, and then Angle found Eric Young feeding the horses who pulled the Jarretts’ carriage. Young called them “Mongo and Sid, the two best Horsemen of all time.” Young fed them beans, and Angle said the horses were “going to shit all over the place.” Angle then smiled as he seemed to get a good idea. After the Knockouts match the Jarretts held their coronation ceremony, and Jeff called Karen into the ring to get her crown. Suddenly “horse dung” fell from the ceiling all over Karen, and Angle showed up in the ring and Angle Slammed Jeff on to the “queen’s” throne. He then backed Karen into a corner and said “If you think you’re in a world of shit right now, wait until you see what I have planned for you next.” He said that he would never lay a hand on the mother of his children, but he knew someone who would. After a commercial Hogan was shown backstage instructing Abyss to take out RVD, and then after Abyss walked off Mr. Anderson walked up. Anderson said he was tired of getting screwed by Immortal and the network, and Hogan said that Anderson was “the only person around here who I hate.” Hogan said that “eight back surgeries ago” he would’ve taken Anderson out, and Anderson said he was tired of Hogan’s empty threats. “If you’ll excuse me,” he said, “I have to go be an asshole.” After Hogan helped Abyss beat RVD, Sting was shown backstage laughing at Hogan for “making me what I do for a living: wrestling!” Matt Hardy was then shown holding brother Jeff’s old World Title belt, and he said that he would destroy Sting for ending his brother’s reign. Matt Morgan then came to the ring and talked about getting past Hernandez and focusing on becoming a World Champion. He asked for a shot, but Scott Steiner came to the ring and said he’d kill himself twice if he was stuck with Morgan’s DNA. Morgan said that he respected Steiner as an athlete and as a wrestler and tried to shake his hand. Steiner, however, kicked Morgan in the groin and then hit the FlatSteiner before putting on the Steiner Recliner. We then got brief comments from the returning Miss Tessmacher, and then Velvet Sky talked about not wanting to hurt former best friend Angelina Love since she was under Winter’s control. Winter showed up and expressed mock anger at Sky accusing her of drugging Love. Love then attacked Sky from behind and left with Winter. The show ended with Reaction-style interviews, first with the Jarretts. Jeff said that his ribs were injured and that Angle “doesn’t know when to quit.” Hogan then called Anderson on his cell phone and said that Lockdown was his final chance to join Immortal. Cut to Anderson, who said “I don’t like too many people” and that he wouldn’t piss on Sting or Hardy if they were on fire. Finally, Sting said that revenge on Anderson was now dominating his mind.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Rob Terry & Murphy in a Steel Cage match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Storm pinned Terry after hitting the DWI. The cage really was not used much at all in the match.
Sarita & Rostia (with Hernandez & Anarquia) defeated Madison Rayne & Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles when Sarita pinned Rayne after hitting a Double Clothesline with her partner. After the match Rayne yelled at Tara for not breaking up the fall, but Tara casually walked away. Rayne followed her up the ramp, screaming at her the whole way.
Abyss (with Hulk Hogan) pinned Rob Van Dam after hitting him with a pipe and the Black Hole Slam. Hogan repeatedly interfered in the match and distracted referee Jackson James while Abyss used the foreign object. During the match an errant spin kick by RVD knocked out a few of Abyss’ bottom teeth.
Sting pinned Matt Hardy to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop. Before the match Immortal tried to attack Sting on his way to the ring, but Fortune intervened and fought them off. Gunner managed to hit Sting in the knee with a pipe just before the match. After the bout Mr. Anderson snuck into the ring and hit Sting and Hardy with the Mic Check. He got his microphone and reminded Sting “I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.”

April 20, 2011 – Former 6-time X-Division Champion Jay Lethal was released from his TNA contract.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – April 20, 2011
May 3 Xplosion – Devon, Tommy Dreamer, Eric Young, & Orlando Jordan defeated Douglas Williams, Magnus, Murphy, & Rob Terry in an 8-man tag team match. Jordan wore a “Blow Me Bubble Gum” top to the ring, and the British Invasion / Immortal team members were very hesitant about getting in the ring with him when Jordan tagged in. During the match Young got confused and tried to lock up with the referee, then Dreamer, then Jordan, and then Devon before he finally locked up with Terry. Near the end of the match the teams traded off with each wrestler hit a finishing maneuver on an opponent, a cycle that was broken up when the face team backed the four heels into the corners of the ring and landed 10 punches each. They then whipped all four heels into each other, and Young pinned Magnus after hitting a Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker in about 6:40.

April 28 Impact! (1.09) – Opened with Karen Jarrett calling out all of the TNA women and demanding to know which one was the “slut” hired by Kurt Angle to take her out. This included a woman from catering, Jolene the costume designer, and then the Knockouts. When she got to Madison Rayne & Tara, Rayne said that Tara “probably did lay down for Kurt because she’s a dirty, filthy slut.” Tara spat her gum at Rayne and stormed off, and Rayne warned Karen to watch out before Tara screwed Jeff Jarrett as well. The last woman standing was Velvet Sky, who Karen noted had lost her best friend and needed somebody else to carry her to the top. She said that Sky had a reputation for “laying down,” and when Sky tried to slap her Jeff stepped in and yelled at her for trying to strike “the queen.” Sky slapped Jeff instead and then had a brief catfight with Karen until Angelina Love came back to the ring and attacked Sky to start their match. After the bout Mr. Anderson was sheen arriving at the arena in an old pickup truck that “has sentimental value” and Matt Morgan was seen looking for Scott Steiner. Jason Hervey later found Steiner, who said he beat Morgan up “because I wanted to” and added that he’s not a hard man to find. Morgan then found Steiner and chased him through a curtain, after which Steiner blindsided him and cursed him out while beating Morgan with a variety of objects. Morgan finall got the upper hand and tossed Steiner on to a pile of chairs before choking him out with one of the chairs. Steiner said he was sorry but Morgan still rammed him into a refrigerator and left him laying. Cameras then found TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting in the parking lot, where he smashed in the windows of Anderson’s pickup truck with his baseball bat and left the bat embedded in Anderson’s windshield. Sting later came to the ring and joked that the owner of the truck “left their windows down.” He talked about Anderson trying to distract him from his mission of getting rid of Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff and called Anderson out to talk things over. Anderson came out, carrying Sting’s bat, and asked if Sting had smashed his truck. Sting denied it, and Anderson asked if the video he just watched was “a figment of my imagination.” Sting said it was, but then admitted to the vandalism. Anderson said it was okay and he’d get the truck fixed because “I’m rich, biatch!” Anderson promised to one-up Sting every time he tried to play games, and he told Sting to give him a Title match immediately. Rob Van Dam interrupted and thanked Sting for giving him a Title shot. RVD volunteered to help out the network by blessing the Sting vs. Anderson match, and Sting accepted. However, Hogan then came out and put Bully Ray in the match, making it a 3-way. Later TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James came to the ring and dedicated her Title win to the fans who believed in her and talked about being the first woman to hold the WWE Women’s Title, WWE Divas Title, and TNA Knockout Title. The show ended with Reaction-style interviews, first with Bully Ray. He asked what business A.J. Styles had interfering in his match and said he would be the World Champion. He vowed to end Styles’ career if he showed up on Impact! again and called himself a grizzly. Next was Styles, who said that Ray tried to end his career and he wasn’t done getting revenge. Cut to Steiner, who told Morgan that “nobody’s scared of basketball players.” Next was the Jarretts, and Karen was still very nervous about Angle’s “mistress.” Cut to Velvet Sky, who said she did not need Angle and was focused on Angelina Love. Back to the Jarretts, and Jeff vowing to find out who Angle’s mystery woman was.
Angelina Love (with Winter) defeated Velvet Sky by knockout with a Rear Naked Choke. Winter did interfere in the match when Sky tried to go after her, allowing Love to lock in the choke hold.
Anarquia (with Hernandez & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) pinned Chris Sabin with a rollup after Sabin landed badly on a Springboard Clothesline. Sabin tore his ACL and MCL and was out of action for nearly a year. After the match Mexican America stomped Sabin until Alex Shelley made the save. (Alex Shelley’s return after breaking his collarbone on January 16.)
Gunner pinned Christopher Daniels to win the TNA Television Title after hitting the F5.
Crimson defeated Samoa Joe by DQ when Abyss interfered and attacked Crimson. Abyss then challenged Joe to come at him, but Joe walked away instead and left Crimson to get beaten down by the monster.
Sting defeated Mr. Anderson and Bully Ray in a 3-way match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title when he pinned Ray after hitting him with a pipe. Late in the match the referee was laid out when Ray pulled him in the way of a Stinger Splash, and Ray then brought the pipe into the match and hit Sting with it. A.J. Styles interfered and hit Ray with a Pele Kick, allowing Sting to get control of the pipe and hit Ray with it just before a second referee got to the ring to make the 3-count.

TNA @ Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum – April 29, 2011 (1,200)
A.J. Styles defeated Matt Hardy.
Velvet Sky defeated TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Sarita.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Devon defeated Bully Ray. Mick Foley was the guest referee.
Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Jarrett.

TNA @ Baton Rouge, LA – River Center Arena – April 30, 2011 (400)
A.J. Styles defeated Matt Hardy.
Velvet Sky defeated TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Sarita.
Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Devon defeated Bully Ray. Mick Foley was the guest referee.
Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Jarrett.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 2, 2011
Douglas Williams defeated James Keenan.
Xplosion – Robbie E. (with Cookie) vs. Eric Young

May 5 Impact! (1.15) – Opened with Immortal coming to the ring. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting and Rob Van Dam tried to come to the ring to fight Immortal, but security and agents held them back. Hogan accused Sting of hiding behind the guards and demanded to know who the network representative was. Sting said that the rep would reveal him or herself next week. Fortune then joined Sting and RVD to brawl with Immortal and chase them from the ring. Robert Roode grabbed a microphone and called Hogan a coward who just wanted to “cash in” on the company that Fortune built. Roode said that he busted his ass for the fans every week and said that Hogan hadn’t earned anything because “you’ve spent 18 months stealing from the TNA fans … and crushing people’s dreams.” He mentioned the firing of Jay Lethal and formally introduced himself to Hogan as Bobby Roode, reverting back to his old Team Canada-era ring name. Roode said that he could stand up to Hogan because things would change next week with the arrival of the network rep. After the opening video short backstage segments saw Jeff & Karen Jarrett again accuse Velvet Sky of being Kurt Angle’s “mistress,” and Matt Hardy brag about being half of “the greatest tag team of all time.” He promised “a special partner” to take on Beer Money at Sacrifice. After the opening match Hogan & Eric Bischoff tried to figure out who the network rep could be, and Bischoff wondered if it could be Ric Flair. After another commercial Mexican America held a Cindo de Mayo celebration in the ring and gave Spanish announcer Willy Urbina a hard time for being Puerto Rican. Hector Guerrero stood up for his partner, and Ink Inc. came out and saved the announcers from a beat down. Jesse Neal told the Mexican faction to “get your green cards and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.” Later the Jarretts came to the ring and called out Sky. Karen taunted Sky, noting that nearly every Knockout in the locker room had held the Title except for her. She called Sky a slut and accused her of riding Angle to the top. Sky said that she barely knew Angle, but Karen refused to believe it and said that Jeff put Sky in a Handicap match against Winter & Angelina Love. They came to the ring, but Angle interrupted and got between Sky and the three women in the ring. He told Jeff that he came in peace and said that the network changed the match to Angle & Sky vs. Winter, Love, & Jeff. Sky told Karen “I’m coming for your ass” after the match. Bischoff was then seen backstage complaining about Angle making a match, and the Immortal B-team (Rob Terry & Murphy) offered to take him out. Bischoff said that they hadn’t proven anything so he was putting them against each other in a “Loser Leaves Immortal” match. After the match Hogan told Bischoff that he wanted both guys out of the group anyway. In the parking area backstage Samoa Joe and Crimson then had a short confrontation. After the Knockouts match, Brian Kendrick led Generation Me and the Amazing Red into Bischoff’s office and demanded to know why Jay Lethal was fired. Bischoff said that nobody cared about them and that they needed to grow “about a foot and a half.” He called them “a bunch of runts bitching” and dismissed them. At the very end of the show Hogan & Bischoff walked to Hogan’s car, wondering if the network rep could be Vince Russo, when they saw the words “YOU’RE NEXT” spraypainted across the side of Hogan’s car. They immediately concluded that Bill Goldberg must be the network rep, while the camera caught Kendrick and his X-Division friends snickering with a can of spraypaint in Kendrick’s hand.
Sangriento (the Amazing Red in a mask) pinned Suicide after hitting a Springboard Ace Crusher.
A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated Bully Ray & Gunner by DQ when Tommy Dreamer interfered and hit Styles with a Piledriver. Ray told Dreamer “Good choice” and then warned Styles to retire. After a commercial Dreamer was shown trashing a locker room, apparently very frustrated with his actions, and Jason Hervey then put his camera on Fortune as they tried to figure out what Dreamer was up to. The camera then found Ray telling Matt Hardy that Dreamer “did what he’s gotta do to keep himself in this company.”
Rob Terry pinned Murphy after hitting a Running Powerslam. As a result of the loss, Murphy was kicked out of Immortal. (Murphy’s final TNA appearance.)
Mickie James pinned Miss Tessmacher to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting a Jumping DDT. Immediately after the match Madison Rayne & Tara came to ringside and Rayne asked James for a rematch. James said that she was forced to put her hair on the line at Lockdown, so now Rayne had to put her control of Tara on the line. Rayne accepted, and Tara looked very excited.
Kurt Angle & Velvet Sky defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett), Winter, & Angelina Love in a Mixed Handicap match when Sky pinned Winter after hitting a DDT. After the match Angle congratulated Sky on the win but said that she was not his “mistress.” Angle said that “the chosen one” would take Karen out and would arrive next week.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 3, 2011
May 12 Impact! (1.26) – Opened with Hulk Hogan pacing backstage with a pipe in his hand, waiting to attack the network representative. Eric Bischoff calmed him down and encouraged him to just “play the game.” After the opening package Jeff & Karen Jarrett came to the ring and offered a truce to Kurt Angle. They admitted that they screwed him over but Jeff said that Karen was fragile and it would be wrong to “put her in harm’s way” at Sacrifice. Karen said that she was a giving and caring ex-wife and mother and that Angle’s problems with the Jarretts were simply misunderstandings. Angle came out and said that Karen and “Mr. Douchebag” had pushed all of the right buttons. He called Karen “pure evil” and said that she would take Jeff for everything just like she did to him. Angle said that he would introduce his partner later in the show at the network’s request. After the opening match Ric Flair walked into Hogan’s office and Hogan immediately accused him of being the network rep. Flair got angry and Hogan apologized, apparently fixing everything. A bit later Jason Hervey caught up with Tommy Dreamer and asked him for an explanation of his attack on A.J. Styles. Dreamer asked for privacy, but Styles showed up and asked if Dreamer was still angry about Fortune beating up E.V.2.0. Dreamer said it had nothing to do with that and Styles would never understand Dreamer’s situation. Dreamer walked away as Styles needled him about walking away from a fight. After another commercial break, TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money came to the ring and asked Matt Hardy to reveal his mystery partner for Sacrifice. Hardy came out and said that Bobby Roode impressed him when he got in Hogan’s face last week, but James Storm was a worthless drunk cowboy. Storm cut him off and said that everyone knows the Hardy Boys were great and that he’s a drunk redneck, but he then took off his cowboy hat and sunglasses and got face-to-face with Hardy. Storm said that he’s the guy who would walk into the bar, punch Hardy in the face, walk out with his girl, and then make Hardy buy him more beer while he “has a good time” with the girl. Storm told Hardy to go ahead and bring his brother out, but Hardy said his partner was not Jeff Hardy. The old America’s Most Wanted music played and Chris Harris came out, stunning Storm & Roode. After Mick Foley was revealed as the network rep (see below,) he told Hervey that he wanted Hogan to hit him so he could fire him. He added that if Karen was going to accompany Jeff Jarrett to the ring for the Battle Royal, then Chyna would accompany Angle as well.
TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James & Miss Tessmacher defeated Madison Rayne & Tara when Tessmacher pinned Rayne with a Victory Roll. After the match Rayne screamed at Tara and blamed her for the loss. Tara later cut a backstage promo where she said that she was rooting for James to beat Rayne at Sacrifice and free her from Rayne’s control. Rayne overheard Tara and promised to make her life miserable after whe beat James at the PPV.
Sangriento (the Amazing Red in a mask) pinned Suicide after hitting a Springboard Ace Crusher. Immediately after the match Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, & Eric Bischoff came out and Flair hit Suicide with a low blow and tossed him out of the ring. Hogan told the network representative to reveal himself immediately, or at least after a commercial break. After the commercial Jeff & Karen Jarrett were in the ring as well, and Hogan reiterated his demand that the network rep show himself. Mick Foley’s music hit, and he proudly admitted to being the guy in the network executives’ ears. He shoved Bischoff down and said that the show was no longer about Immortal, because “wrestling matters once again.” He rebranded the show from TNA Impact! to IMPACT! Wrestling and made a 25-man Battle Royal for the main event. Foley then introduced Kurt Angle’s tag team partner for Sacrifice, Chyna. Karen screamed and hit behind Jeff as Chyna stared at her from the entrance stage. (Chyna’s TNA debut and return to wrestling after a 9-year absence.)
Crimson defeated Abyss and Samoa Joe in a 3-way match when he pinned Joe. The finishing sequence saw Abyss hit the Black Hole Slam on Joe, with Crimson then taking Abyss out with a Spear and covering Joe for the win. After the fall Abyss attacked Crimson and Joe walked away. Abyss hit the Black Hole Slam on Crimson to end the segment.
Mr. Anderson won a 25-man Battle Royal after last eliminating Bully Ray, making him the #1 contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Order of elimination: Douglas Williams (by ???), Magnus (by ???), Orlando Jordan (by ???), Anarquia (by ???), Jesse Neal (by Hernandez), Shannon Moore (by Hernandez), Robbie E. (by Hernandez), Gunner (by Eric Young), Young (by himself), Kazarian (by Jeff Jarrett), James Storm and Matt Hardy eliminated each other at the same time, Bobby Roode (by Hardy from outside the ring), Christopher Daniels (by Bully Ray), Hernandez (by Matt Morgan), Morgan (by Scott Steiner), Steiner (by Ray), Devon (by D’Angelo Dinero), Dinero (by Kurt Angle), A.J. Styles (by Tommy Dreamer), Dreamer (by Ray), Angle (by Jarrett), Jarrett (by an interfering Chyna), Ray (by Mr. Anderson).

TNA @ Joplin, MO – Memorial Hall – May 5, 2011 (3,000)
Crimson defeated Abyss.
Velvet Sky defeated TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Sarita.
Scott Steiner defeated Eric Young. Young wore the old TNA World Heavyweight Title belt and during the match tore off his wrestling trunks to reveal an old Team Canada speedo.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Tommy Dreamer & Brother Devon after hitting the DWI on Dreamer to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. During the match Storm appeared to injure his knee, and the referee temporarily stopped the match. Storm insisted on continuing the match “for the fans,” and Dreamer then went hard after Storm’s injured leg. Devon confronted his partner and told him to lay off, but Dreamer continued to attack Storm’s bad knee and said all he cared about was winning the Titles. Roode eventually made the hot tag, leading to the win for Beer Money.
A.J. Styles defeated Bully Ray. Before the match Ray ran down the fans, particularly focusing on one man holding a toddler. Ray called the man a coward for not coming to the ring to fight him, causing the man’s son to cry. Ray then made fun of the child, calling him “a little crybaby” as the fans watched on in stunned silence. After the match Styles brought the little boy into the ring to celebrate with him.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Mic Check. Anderson and referee Earl Hebner temporarily switched places during the match, with Anderson wearing the referee shirt and Hebner wrestling Jarrett.

TNA @ Fort Smith, AR – Fort Smith Convention Center – May 6, 2011 (690)
Before the show Tommy Dreamer, Abyss, Eric Young, Devon, and Crimson signed autographs at ringside while Velvet Sky took pictures with fans for $10 in the lobby.
Crimson pinned Abyss after hitting a DDT.
Velvet Sky pinned TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Sarita with an Inside Cradle.
Scott Steiner defeated Eric Young by submission with the Steiner Recliner.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Matt Hardy & Chris Harris to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Roode pinned Harris after hitting the DWI. Before the match Hardy announced Harris as his surprise tag team partner.
A.J. Styles & Brother Devon defeated Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer when Devon pinned Ray after hitting a Spinebuster.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting the Mic Check.

TNA @ Hot Springs, AR – Summit Arena – May 7, 2011 (700)
Abyss defeated Crimson.
Velvet Sky defeated TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Sarita.
Scott Steiner defeated Eric Young.
A.J. Styles & Brother Devon defeated Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Matt Hardy & Chris Harris to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Mr. Anderson pinned Jeff Jarrett.

TNA @ Monroe, LA – Monroe Civic Center – May 13, 2011
Kazarian defeated Abyss to retain the TNA X-Division Title. The ring broke during the match, forcing a premature finish. The ring crew needed about 20 minutes to repair the ring, so So Cal Val and Don West entertained the crowd by giving away free merchandise.
Miss Tessmacher defeated Tara.
Matt Morgan defeated Matt Hardy.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Bully Ray defeated Tommy Dreamer and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett. After the match fans could have their picture taken in the ring with Angle and Beer Money for $20, and Jarrett signed autographs at the merchandise table.

TNA @ Jackson, MS – Jackson Convention Complex – May 14, 2011 (350)
Kazarian defeated Abyss to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Miss Tessmacher defeated Tara.
Matt Morgan defeated Matt Hardy.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Bully Ray defeated Tommy Dreamer and Christopher Daniels in a 3-way match.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett.

Sacrifice 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 15, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts – following the opening match, Jeff & Karen Jarrett came to the ring, and Jeff noted Karen’s foot was in a brace and she was walking with crutches because she broke her ankle when she slipped on one of the kids’ toys; Jeff said Karen would be unable to compete that night, but Mick Foley interrupted and said X-rays provided by the Jarretts as evidence were actually of the ankle of a 6’6 black man; Karen complained that she had no ring gear, and Foley said that he had the TNA costume designer make an outfit for her so she would look good while “getting your butt kicked all over the Impact Zone;” Karen threw her crutches at Foley and whined; featured a promo by Bully Ray in which he said AJ Styles represented everything he hated about modern wrestlers and he would do “whatever it takes” to eliminate Styles, then Fortune, and then Styles’ “redneck wife”:
Hernandez & Anarquia (w/ TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore when Hernandez pinned Neal after Rosita distracted the referee while Sarita attacked Moore on the floor at ringside
Brian Kendrick pinned Robbie E. (w/ Cookie) with a missile dropkick; after the match, Kendrick shook hands with referee Earl Hebner and then tried to shake Robbie’s hand and raise his arm; Robbie shoved him away, so Kendrick tried to raise Cookie’s arm instead; Kendrick and Robbie had a brief tug of war over Cookie until Robbie and Cookie left the ring
TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James pinned Madison Rayne after Tara interfered and knocked Rayne out with a punch; as a result of her loss, Rayne lost control of Tara’s TNA contract
TNA X Division Champion Frankie Kazarian pinned Max Buck after hitting a Shining Wizard
Crimson pinned Abyss with a sit-down powerbomb
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Matt Hardy & Chris Harris when Storm pinned Harris after hitting the Death Sentence
Tommy Dreamer pinned AJ Styles in a No DQ match after hitting him with a piledriver through a table; late in the bout, Bully Ray interfered and hit Styles from behind with a chain wrapped around his fist; Christopher Daniels then chased Ray off
Kurt Angle & Chyna defeated Jeff & Karen Jarrett when Jeff submitted to Angle’s ankle lock as Chyna held the same move on Karen (Chyna’s last appearance)
TNA World Champion Sting pinned Rob Van Dam after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop; after the match, Sting celebrated his win until Mr. Anderson, who provided guest commentary for the bout, walked to the ring and confronted the champion May 16, 2011 – TNA and SpikeTV issued a joint press release announcing the relaunch of the TNA Impact! show as IMPACT! Wrestling. TNA Chief Marketing Officer Al Ovadia said, “While the name change is subtle, it is also very powerful. TNA is proud to be in the wrestling business, and not afraid to say it. And, to emphasize our commitment we have added the word ‘wrestling’ to our already well-known ‘iMPACT!’ brand.”

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 16, 2011
Robbie E. (with Cookie) defeated Jesse Godderz. (Tryout match for Godderz, who signed a developmental contract 10 weeks later.)

Xplosion – Featured the return of Desmond Wolfe as the Commissioner of TNA Xplosion, as well as the announcement of a tournament for a new Xplosion Championship. The champion would then be able to challenge any titleholder on IMPACT! Wreslting, the company’s flagship show.
D’Angelo Dinero defeated Suicide in an Xplosion Championship Tournament match.

May 19 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.17) – Debut of the new opening video and the new IMPACT! Wrestling set with a blue and grey color scheme. Opened with Immortal coming to the ring and Eric Bischoff taking credit for the changes. Bischoff mocked Foley’s “wrestling matters” speech, asking when Foley “woke up and saw Frank Gotch in the mirror.” Bischoff said that Hulk Hogan was in New York meeting with SpikeTV executives and that Bischoff & Ric Flair were running things in his absence. Suddenly Brian Kendrick’s music played and he came to the ring with Generation Me and the Amazing Red. Kendrick noted that Bischoff, a non-wrestler “who has leached off the business since I was a kid,” was complaining about wrestlers getting in his way on a wrestling show. Bischoff promised to wipe out the X-Division once and for all by having Abyss take the Title from Kazarian. He also put Red in a match with Samoa Joe and Generation Me against Matt Hardy & Bischoff himself. Kendrick asked if Bischoff had anything for him, and Bischoff slapped him. Immortal attacked the X-Division wrestlers until Fortune made the save. Flair then challenged Bobby Roode to meet him alone in the ring later. About midway through the show A.J. Styles came to the ring in a neck brace and called out Tommy Dreamer. Styles said that Dreamer injured his neck with the Piledriver through a table at No Surrender, but he understood that Dreamer was being used by Immortal. Dreamer got angry and indignant and talked about wrestling hurt as he built ECW, and he said that now he was going to hurt Styles “because I want to do it.” He punched Styles and stomped him while screaming at the fans for turning on him until Christopher Daniels made the save. Daniels and Dreamer fought until Bully Ray joined the fight. Dreamer hit another Piledriver on Styles to end the segment. After a commercial Kurt Angle came to the ring and said, “Ding, dong, the bitch is dead” thanks to Chyna. Jeff Jarrett came out and asked Angle why he deserved another 1-on-1 match, and Jarrett challenged Angle to put his 1996 Olympic Gold Medal on the line. Angle agreed and shook Jarrett’s hand, but then Karen Jarrett came to the entrance stage in a wheelchair and vowed to be at Slammiversary. Velvet Sky snuck up behind Karen and pushed her down the ramp and into Jeff, who tried to catch her. Because of her actions, Sky was put in a Handicap match by Bischoff and Jarrett. After that match Eric Young tried to hold a photo session with Miss Tessmacher, but he was attacked by TNA Television Champion Gunner. Young tried to make nice with Gunner, but he angrily beat Young down and walked off with Young’s old TNA World Heavyweight Title belt, mistakenly thinking it was his own Television Title. Ric Flair then came out to the ring and called out Bobby Roode. Flair said he hadn’t slept since he submitted to Roode at Lockdown and asked Roode what made him think he could jump “god” like that. Roode said that he did what Flair taught him and he only did what Flair would have done. Flair replied that he would’ve ended Roode’s career. Roode said that Flair had his time and needed to step aside, and Flair angrily said that people had fed him that line for 25 years. He challenged Roode to fight him and then slapped Roode when he refused to fight. Roode put the Fujiwara Armbar on Flair again until Immortal made the save and beat him with a chain and chairs. Gunner then trapped Roode’s arm in one of the chairs, and Matt Hardy smashed the chair with another chair to tear Roode’s shoulder. The show ended with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting coming out and acknowledged Rob Van Dam for taking him to the limit at Slammiversary. Sting said that he’d lost his focus on Hogan & Bischoff because of defending the Title, and immediately after beating RVD he had Mr. Anderson in his face. Sting’s music hit again and the lights went out, and when they came back on Mr. Anderson, dressed as Sting from the 1980s with a flattop, sequined jacket, and colorful face paint, attacked Sting from behind with a baseball bat and hit him with the Scorpion Death Drop.
TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James, Tara, & Miss Tessmacher defeated Madison Rayne & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita in a 6-woman tag team match when Tara pinned Rosita after hitting a Sky High.
Abyss pinned Kazarian after hitting the Black Hole Slam to win the TNA X-Division Title. At the end of the match Abyss faked a knee injury to set Kaz up for the finish, and after the match quoted Sun Tszu. The win made Abyss only the second Grand Slam Champion in TNA history, joining A.J. Styles in that exclusive club.
Samoa Joe pinned the Amazing Red in about 1:10 after hitting the Muscle Buster. After the match Joe continued to assault Red until Crimson made the save for his “brother.”
Matt Hardy & Eric Bischoff defeated Max & Jeremy Buck when Bischoff pinned Max after hitting two judo kicks to the head.
Velvet Sky defeated Winter & Angelina Love in a Handicap match when she pinned Love with a Small Package. After the match ODB ran in from the crowd and attacked Sky before calling her a “dirty whore” and leaving.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 17, 2011
Xplosion – Crimson defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie).

May 26 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.19) – Opened with an “In Memory” graphic for Randy Savage and then a video package on the Sting vs. Mr. Anderson feud. After the opening match Sting came to the ring in an old Sting costume to host “the Scorpion Sitdown,” an interview segment with Glen “Disco Inferno” Gilbertti. Anderson made fun of Sting’s late 1980s / early 1990s look, and Anderson tried to get Gilbertti to speak badly of Sting, but Gilbertti refused and said that Sting was all about respect. “Why do you call yourself an asshole,” Gilbertti asked, “when you’re really just a dick?” Gilbertti then grabbed Anderson’s special microphone and repeated, “Dick.” Anderson hit him with the microphone and then repeatedly slammed it into his head until the real Sting made the save. After a commercial Eric Young found TNA Television Champion Gunner using the bathroom and apologized for leaving with his belt last week, because he now knew that the Title wasn’t on the line. Young offered to recreate the “Finger Poke of Doom” match from 1999 where Kevin Nash handed the WCW World Heavyweight Title over to Hulk Hogan in a so-called match. Gunner agreed, but warned Young that he’d better be serious. Out in the ring Velvet Sky came out and called out ODB. ODB said she was mad at Sky because TNA fired her a year ago for no reason. Sky said she was sick of being blamed for everything and said she “worked my ass off” to build her career. ODB said that all she did was “grinding your ass on the ropes” and sleeping her way to the top. ODB hit Sky with a cheap shot and they brawled until security broke it up. After another commercial Eric Bischoff called Beer Money into his office and noted that Bobby Roode’s shoulder was “in bad shape.” He said they would be stripped of the TNA World Tag Team Titles if he could not wrestle at Slammiversary. Bischoff later came to the ring and said that Hulk Hogan was in New York with Mick Foley and the network for meetings. He then called Hogan out, and he said that his “genius for this business wiped out any doubts anyone had” and earned him a standing ovation from the executives. Hogan complemented Bischoff for wiping out the X-Division in his absence, but then Foley interrupted. Foley said that after Hogan left the meeting, he reminded the executives about the importance of the X-Division in putting TNA on the map. Bischoff argued that the network had no power of PPVs, but Foley countered that they needed the network to promote PPVs. Hogan offered Foley a shot at TNA X-Division Champion Abyss, which brought out Brian Kendrick, Generation Me, and the Amazing Red. Kendrick challenged Hogan to give him the match with Abyss instead, and Hogan agreed since he knew Abyss would destroy Kendrick. Later Abyss was shown backstage holding Janice and promising to “exterminate” the X-Division, but he was attacked by Kazarian. Kaz then took Janice and said that Abyss would never use the weapon again.
A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer in a Street Fight when Styles pinned Dreamer after a Spiked Piledriver. Styles wrestled in a neck brace until Dreamer tore it off.
Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett) pinned Matt Morgan after Scott Steiner intefered and hit the FlatSteiner on Morgan while Karen distracted referee Earl Hebner.
Mickie James pinned Winter (with Angelina Love) to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting the Jumping DDT. After the match Love attacked James and tossed her into the ringside steps before tending to Winter.
Abyss pinned Brian Kendrick to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting the Black Hole Slam.
Eric Young pinned Gunner with a Small Package to win the TNA Television Title. Young had promised to lie down for Gunner in a recreation of 1999’s “Finger Poke of Doom” match, but Young double-crossed Gunner with the quick rollup. After the match a furious Gunner chaesd Young to the back.
Kurt Angle pinned Rob Van Dam after hitting the Angle Slam. Jeff & Karen Jarrett did guest commentary and after the match Jeff stood up and applauded Angle.

May 20, 2011 – “Macho Man” Randy Savage, who had his final match at TNA’s 2004 Turning Point PPV, died after suffering a massive heart attack while driving near his home in Florida. He was 58 years old.

TNA @ Amsterdam, NY – Amsterdam High School – May 20, 2011 (1,000)
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Induction Weekend – The show opened with a 10-bell salute to PWHOF member Randy Savage, who died earlier that day. During intermission all of the PWHOFers in attendance were introduced to the crowd. Legends in attendance included Road Warrior Animal, Paul Ellering, Danny Hodge, Nick Bockwinkel, the Destroyer, Johnny Rodz, Dominic Denucci, Dick Worley, Joyce Grable, and Larry Sharpe.
Kazarian defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie).
Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Matt Morgan defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
A.J. Styles defeated Tommy Dreamer.
Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Jarrett by submission with the Kokina Clutch.
Rob Van Dam defeated Mr. Anderson. Before the match Anderson noted that Mick Foley was supposed to be in attendance, but “apparently he’s too dumb to read a road map.” After the match Foley came to the ring and put the Mandible Claw on Anderson and then celebrated with RVD.

TNA @ Plattsburgh, NY – Crete Civic Center – May 21, 2011 (700)
Before the shows a ringside autograph party was held with Matt Morgan, D’Angelo Dinero, and Madison Rayne. Before, during, and after the show autographs were signed at the merchandise table by Kazarian, A.J. Styles, and Mr. Anderson.
Kazarian defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie).
Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Matt Morgan defeated D’Angelo Dinero.
A.J. Styles defeated Tommy Dreamer.
An anonymous little person (midget) pinned Tommy Dreamer after A.J. Styles knocked Dreamer out with a kick to the back of the head. Styles invited the fan into the ring and had the referee ring the bell to start a match. Dreamer got on his knees and acted like he was really going to fight the little fan, at which point Styles KOed him and allowed the fan to make the pinfall.
Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Jarrett by submission with the Kokina Clutch.
Rob Van Dam pinned Mr. Anderson after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash. After the match Mick Foley came to the ring and fought Anderson, eventually using Mr. Socko to take him out. Fans were then invited to have their picture taken in the ring with RVD and Foley for $20.

TNA @ Massena, NY – Massena Arena – May 22, 2011 (600)
Kazarian pinned Robbie E. after hitting a Flying Elbow Smash. Kazarian used the move in tribute to “Macho Man” Randy Savage.
Mickie James pinned Madison Rayne after hitting a DDT to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
A.J. Styles pinned Tommy Dreamer after a Piledriver.
Matt Morgan pinned D’Angelo Dinero after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Jarrett by submission with the Kokina Clutch.
Rob Van Dam pinned Mr. Anderson after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 30, 2011
June 2 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.09) – During the taping Universal Studios personnel for the first time enforced a ban on cell phone usage during the tapings in order to cut down on spoiler reports. A man was ejected from the Impact Zone for texting results to PWInsider. Opened with footage of Eric Bischoff arriving at the Impact Zone and immediately being served legal papers, which he believed to be a termination notice from the network. Cameras quickly cut to ODB attacking Velvet Sky backstage as she was doing a photo shoot in a bikini. ODB and Sky fought all over the backstage area and to the ring, where ODB tore off Sky’s shirt and choked her with it. ODB covered her and counted an unofficial pinfall, then slapped Sky and left. After this Mr. Anderson showed up dressed in another old Sting costume and said he would face one of Sting’s most famous rivals, and then cameras again found Bischoff on the phone in his office. Brian Kendrick interrupted to thank Bischoff for giving him matches and Bischoff insulted him while putting him in a #1 contender match with Kazarian. After a commercial Bischoff was shown on the phone with Hulk Hogan, telling him about he papers and worrying about them. Bischoff came to the ring and called out Beer Money. He said that he would have to strip them of the TNA World Tag Team Titles because Bobby Roode could not defend them with his injured shoulder, but Beer Money refused. Alex Shelley then came to the ring and said the network authorized him to team with James Storm at Slammiversary to defend the Titles because Shelley’s partner, Chris Sabin, was out as well with a knee injury. Bischoff was angry and said that Shelley made his “shit list.” After the opening match Anderson, in his old Sting costume, found TNA Television Champion Eric Young and asked him to help recreate Sting vs. Great Muta from 1989. Young was hesitant because he didn’t want to mock Sting, but Anderson pinky-swore that all he wanted to do was “help people remember the days when wrestling mattered.” Back to Bischoff, who was basically saying good bye to Immortal and complaining about “the network’s idea of what a wrestling product should be.” Jeff Jarrett insisted that Immortal was not over, but Bischoff just walked out. Before the main event A.J. Styles came to the ring and said he was going to call out Bully Ray before Ray could call him out instead. Ray ran down Tommy Dreamer and Devon as “terrible tag team partners” and said that Styles never beat him one-on-one. Styles accused Ray of changing his name to “Bully” because he had a small penis, and Styles said that beneath all the “fame, glory, and Fortune” he was just “a crazy redneck who looks for the biggest guy in the fight and knocks his head off.” Styles challenged Ray to a Last Man Standing match at Slammiversary, which Ray apparently accepted. After the main event Hogan & Bischoff came to the ring and Hogan finally opened the legal documents that Bischoff had held on to all night. The documents revealed that Mick Foley was fired as the network representative, and Bischoff called it “the happiest day of my life.”
Crimson pinned Matt Hardy after hitting Red Sky. After the match Samoa Joe ran to the ring to attack Crimson, but Crimson hit a Spear on Joe to send him back out of the ring.
Angelina Love (with Winter) pinned Miss Tessmacher after hitting a new Reverse DDT / Lungblower combination move. After the match Love put Tessmacher in a choke and refused to release it until Winter said it was okay.
TNA Television Champion Eric Young (as the Great Muta) pinned Mr. Anderson (as 1989 Sting) with a Small Package after spitting the green mist in his face. Late in the match Gunner came to ringside and distracted Young after he hit Muta’s trademark Moonsault, but when Anderson went for the Scorpion Death Drop Young countered out of it and blinded Anderson with the mist. During this sequence the referee was yelling at Gunner instead of watching the match. After the bout Gunner got in the ring and beat on Young until the real Sting made the save.
Kazarian vs. Brian Kendrick in an X-Division #1 contender match went to a 10:00 time limit draw in an extremely competitive match. Referee Earl Hebner was then given instructions by Eric Bischoff to give the match five additional minutes, but after the match was restarted TNA X-Division Champion Abyss came out and destroyed both wrestlers before quoting from “The Art of War” by Sun Tszu. Abyss declared the X-Division “dead” and renamed the Title the Xtreme Title.
Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett) & Scott Steiner defeated Kurt Angle & Matt Morgan when Steiner pinned Morgan after hitting a low blow. Karen was banned from ringside before the match, but late in the match Jarrett and Angle fought up the ramp and Karen got in the way. Though it was blocked by a part of the set, apparently Angle hit Jarrett and knocked him into Karen, who fell down the stairs to the backstage area and was unconscious. Jarrett tended to her while screaming for help as Angle repeatedly said, “This is your fault, Jeff!” Karen was later loaded into an ambulance.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – May 31, 2011
Jesse Sorensen defeated Dakota Darsow. (Tryout match. Darsow was the son of former WWF star Barry Darsow, aka Demolition Smash, Repo Man, and Krusher Krushev. Both wrestlers participated in Destination X Tournament 3-way matches on the June 23 and July 7 editions of IMPACT! Wrestling, respectively. )

Xplosion –
Devon defeated Anarquia in an Xplosion Championship Tournament match.
Douglas Williams defeated the Amazing Red in an Xplosion Championship Tournament match.

June 9 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.02) – Opened with Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff coming to the ring and bragging about Mick Foley getting fired by the network last week. Hogan promised it would be “smooth sailing” and Bischoff said that they did like Foley’s rebranding of the show as IMPACT! Wrestling. Bischoff added that the network wanted a greater focus on the X-Division, at which point Hogan promptly called out TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting and Mr. Anderson. He promised them that he would “run the company in the most professional way possible” and guaranteed the network that the match at Slammiversary would be fair. He asked if they had anything to say, and Anderson raised his hands. He told Sting that he’d been mocking him for three weeks “because everything you stand for is a joke.” Anderson said he was “asshole enough” to admit that he was only in it for himself, and that’s why he would win the Title. Sting said that he would not lose, because he was the only thing standing between Hogan & Bischoff and making a mockery of the company. He called on Hogan to bring back “the real Hulk Hogan that the wrestlers and fans idolized” and ditch “the true infection,” Bischoff. Later Mike Tenay & Taz introduced “cell phone footage” of a weekend bar fight between Samoa Joe and Crimson, a fight which was dominated by Joe. Included an in-ring confrontation between Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett talked about their past and vowed that Karen would not be in his corner at Slammiversary. Jarrett talked about bringing Angle to TNA so he could be “the centerpiece of this company” and getting nothing more than “a self-serving son of a bitch.” Jarrett said that he made it his mission to take everything from Angle, including his wife, children, integrity, and his career. Angle then thanked Jarrett for “taking Karen out of my life for good” (by accidentally knocking her down the stairs last week) and Angle said he would let his wrestling do the talking. Cameras then found ODB complaining about Velvet Sky backstage, and then we saw Brian Kendrick and Kazarian looking for Abyss and carrying Janice. Eventually they found him reading Sun Tszu’s “The Art of War.” He said that he didn’t need Janice any more because he had the book, and he challenged them to a 3-way match at Slammiversary. The show ended with Reaction-style interviews, first with A.J. Styles. Bully Ray showed up and the two screamed at each other as security held them apart. Anderson then talked about Sting losing to “someone as lowly as Gunner” until Sting chased Anderson into his trailer and beat him down. Sting then smeared red face paint all over Anderson and choked him out with his baseball bat.
Winter & Angelina Love defeated TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James & Tara when Love pinned James after hitting a new Reverse DDT / Lungblower combination move. After the match Love choked James out.
Hernandez & Anarquia (with TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) defeated TNA World Tag Team Champion James Storm & Alex Shelley (with TNA World Tag Team Champion Bobby Roode) when Anarquia pinned Storm after Shelley accidentally hit him with a Superkick. Magnus & Douglas Williams did guest commentary during the match. After a commercial break Mexican America demanded a shot at Beer Money’s titles, but Hulk Hogan got angry when they hinted at racism. Hogan threatened to “play a game of Hulkster says” with the women and the group walked out of Hogan’s office muttering in spanish.
Rob Van Dam pinned Bully Ray after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash. Ray had control of the match until A.J. Styles appeared in the stands and silently stared at Ray.
Velvet Sky pinned ODB after hitting a DDT. Mike Tenay noted repeatedly that ODB was not under contract.
Mr. Anderson & Gunner defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting & TNA Television Champion Eric Young when Gunner pinned Sting after hitting the F5. Anderson looked shocked at the outcome, while Young paraded around the ring carrying both championship belts and acting goofy. Before the match Sting had asked Young to “put the comedy aside for one night and be a competitor,” but Young was apparently unable to do it. After the match Sting angrily shoved Young away and stormed off.

TNA @ Alexandria, LA – Rapides Parish Coliseum – June 3, 2011
Cancelled in mid-May.

TNA @ Bossier, LA – CenturyTel Center – June 4, 2011
Cancelled in mid-May.

June 5, 2011 – Former TNA World Heavyweight and Legends Champion Mick Foley was granted a release from his TNA contract. “I like everyone [at IMPACT! Wrestling,]” Foley wrote on Twitter. “We just had some major differences of opinion. I wish them all well.”

TNA @ Marion, IL – Rent One Park – June 10, 2011 (1,200)
TNA Wrestling’s BaseBrawl
TNA World Television Champion Eric Young (with the Southern Illinois Miners’ mascot) defeated Robbie E (with Cookie). Young’s win allowed backstage passes to be handed out to fans.
Matt Morgan defeated Scott Steiner.
Velvet Sky defeated Angelina Love (with Winter).
Kazarian defeated Matt Hardy.
A.J. Styles & Devon defeated Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett.

TNA @ Memphis, TN – AutoZone Park – June 11, 2011 (1,000)
TNA Wrestling’s BaseBrawl – Sting’s rare appearance at a TNA house show was heavily hyped to advertise the show. The show was also dubbed “Dave Brown Appreciation Night,” and the man who hosted Memphis wrestling for 35 years was honored in the ring. The show ended with a fireworks display over the ballpark. The show was temporarily halted by a 15-minute rain delay.
TNA World Television Champion Eric Young (with the Memphis Redbirds’ mascot) defeated Robbie E. Young’s win allowed backstage passes to be handed out to fans. After the match the Redbird danced with Robbie, who apparently thought it was Cookie in the costume.
Velvet Sky pinned Angelina Love with a rollup.
Kazarian defeated Matt Hardy.
A.J. Styles & Devon defeated Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer. (Dreamer’s final TNA match.)
Kurt Angle & Matt Morgan defeated Jeff Jarrett & Scott Steiner when Angle made Jarrett submit to the Ankle Lock.
Sting pinned Mr. Anderson after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Before the match Sting took a microphone and said that Memphis was “where Sting was born.” After the match fans could have their photo taken in the ring with Sting for $20.

Slammiversary 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 12, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts – included an interview with Karen Jarrett “via satellite from Hendersonville, TN” where she talked about her fall on the June 2 IMPACT! Wrestling. She said that Kurt Angle pushed her down the stairs and that husband Jeff Jarrett would avenge her. She promised to wear the medal “and only Kurt’s medal” to congratulate Jeff after his victory.
TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm & Alex Shelley (sub. for an injured Bobby Roode) defeated Douglas Williams & Magnus in 10:57 when Shelley pinned Magnus after hitting Sliced Bread #2; Roode, his arm in a sling, provided guest commentary during the match and celebrated afterwards with the winners
Matt Morgan pinned Scott Steiner in 9:20 after hitting the Carbon Footprint
TNA X Division Abyss defeated Frankie Kazarian and Brian Kendrick in a 12:05 by pinning Kazarian after Kendrick knocked Kazarian out with a kick and Abyss tossed Kendrick to the floor
Crimson pinned Samoa Joe in 10:33 after hitting a powerbomb; Joe and Crimson shook hands after the match
TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James pinned Angelina Love (w/ Winter) in 8:00 after hitting a botched DDT; after the match, Winter attacked the champion and whipped and choked her with a belt
Bully Ray defeated AJ Styles in a last man standing match at 20:18 after Ray knocked Styles through a stage wall
Mr. Anderson pinned TNA World Champion Sting with a low blow and the Mic Check to win the title at 15:52; Sting attacked Anderson as he did his own ring introduction on the entrance stage, and the two brawled through the crowd before getting to the ring; later, Sting applied the Scorpion Death Lock on Anderson, but Eric Bischoff came to the ring and distracted the champion; Sting later hit a Scorpion Death Drop on Anderson and thought he had scored the pin when Bischoff slapped the mat as the referee counted the fall, causing Sting to hear three hits on the mat instead of two
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett via submission with the ankle lock at 17:41; stipulations stated Jarrett would have won Angle’s Olympic gold medal if he won and that the winner would become the #1 contender to the TNA World Title TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 13, 2011
Gunner defeated Luke Gallows. (Tryout match for Gallows.)

June 16 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.25) – Opened with new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson coming to the ring for the first ever “Asshole Championship Reception.” He said he invited everyone to the ring but nobody showed up. Anderson said that was fine, because he didn’t care what anybody thought of him and didn’t need anybody’s help. Gunner then came out and noted that Anderson asked for his help in taking Sting out the week before. Gunner asked for a Title shot, and Anderson laughed him off. The Champion then poured himself a beer and tossed it in Gunner’s face. Gunner angrily picked Anderson up in a sort of Uranage and drove him through the table, which was still covered in food platters. Somehow the beer toss managed to cut Gunner open near his left eye, and his face was covered in blood and beer. The wound later required 10 stitches to close. After the opening match Anderson marched into Eric Bischoff’s office and told him to “put the leash back on” Gunner. Bischoff laughed and said it was Anderson’s own fault for not joining Immortal. Bischoff decided to “make the network happy” and book Anderson vs. Gunner in the main event. Kurt Angle was then seen walking backstage with his kids, and after a commercial he came to the ring and talked about trying out for the 2012 U.S. Olympic wrestling team at 43 years of age. Jeff Jarrett interrupted and said their feud was not over. He challenged Angle to a fight in the parking lot. Angle called Jarrett “an annoying gnat” and said that Jarrett had too much respect for the business to go back on his word that their Slammiversary match was their final bout. However, he said he would fight Jarrett in the parking lot if Jarrett would sign a contract guaranteeing that he would pack up and move to Mexico if he lost. Jarrett agreed. Mike Tenay & Taz then explained the Bound For Glory Series, which would involve 12 wrestlers and conclude at September’s No Surrender PPV. Wrestlers would earn 10 points for a submission win, 7 points for a win by pinfall, and -10 points for a DQ loss. Cameras found TNA World Television Champion Eric Young backstage looking for Matt Morgan. He offered Morgan a Title shot because “you’re a TV star, you were Beast on American Gladiators!” Morgan laughed and suggested that Young find a certain TNA producer who used to “dabble in sitcoms way back in the day.” Young eventually figured it out and tracked down Jason Hervey, who once starred on “The Wonder Years.” Young slugged Hervey as he tried to interview Austin Aries and then made the cover, forcing Aries to count the 1-2-3 on the locker room floor. After the Knockouts match Jarrett was shown in Hulk Hogan’s office finalizing the contract. Hogan complemented Jarrett and gave him a vote of confidence. As Jarrett walked out, Sting walked in. Hogan immediately said he would honor the former Champion’s rematch clause on the July 14 IMPACT! Wrestling. Sting was surprised and asked if this meant ‘the real Hulk Hogan is back.” Hogan said he was already the real Hulkster and was trying to “make things work” his own way. Sting then tore into Hogan with a passionate promo about the great attitude he had when he first came to WCW, and how Hogan had expressed appreciation and respect for the work Sting had done in the company. He then asked if Hogan was really about training, prayers, and vitamins, or if he was really about stabbing people in the back. “Is this the legacy you want to leave behind?” Sting asked. He then asked if Hogan wanted to set this example for his children, which angered Hogan. Hogan started to get angry and told Sting to leave, but Sting laughed maniacally and said he would leave when he wanted to. He shoved Hogan back in his chair and smeared red facepaint all over Hogan’s face, screaming “You have a choice, Terry!” Hogan sat in his chair looking stunned as Sting walked away.
Devon defeated Hernandez (with Anarquia & TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita) by DQ when Mexican America attacked. Late in the match Devon was distracted when D’Angelo Dinero came to ringside and greeted Devon’s sons. After the Mexican faction attacked, the boys urged Dinero to save their dad. He eventually did make the save, but instead of thanking the Pope Devon instead pleaded with him to leave his family alone. Mike Tenay & Taz noted that Devon thought the Pope was a bad influence on his kids.
Austin Aries defeated Kid Kash and Jimmy Rave in a 3-way X-Division Tournament match when he pinned Rave after hitting a Brainbuster. The crowd chanted loudly for Aries throughout the match. Mike Tenay & Taz explained that the match was the first in a 12-man tournament featuring former X-Division stars. The tournament would conclude at Destination X, with the winner earning a new TNA contract. (Austin Aries’ first TNA appearance since April 2007. Jimmy Rave’s first TNA appearance since February 2009. Kid Kash’s first TNA appearance since HardCore Justice 2010.)
Sarita & Rosita (with Hernandez & Anarquia) defeated Velvet Sky & Miss Tessmacher to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles when Rosita pinned Tessmacher. Referee Earl Hebner removed Hernandez & Anarquia from ringside before the match, but late in the bout ODB appeared in the crowd and distracted Sky. After the bout Tessmacher yelled at Sky for not focusing on the match and walked away as Sky was attacked by ODB. Jackie Moore then ran in from the crowd and attacked Sky from behind. Security broke up the brawl, but later Sky found ODB & Jackie backstage and attacked them again. She was no match for the two larger women, who beat her down and choked her out until security again broke it up. (Jackie Moore’s return to TNA after a 2-year absence.)
Rob Van Dam pinned Samoa Joe after blocking a Muscle Buster attempt and hitting a Five-Star Frog Splash. The match was the first in the Bound For Glory Series, and RVD earned 7 points.
Gunner pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the F5. Late in the match Anderson was in control and called for his microphone to be dropped from the ceiling. He talked trash to Gunner, who suddenly popped up and hit his finisher for the win. Eric Bischoff walked to the ring and raised Gunner’s hand as Mike Tenay noted that Gunner pinned the current World Champion two weeks in a row.
Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett by submission in a Parking Lot Brawl by choking him out with his T-shirt. The two fought in the middle of a circle of parked cars, with nearly the entire TNA roster watching the fight and shouting encouragement. Angle took the early advantage and locked Jarrett in a Cross Arm Breaker and then a Triangle Choke, but Jarrett fought his way free by biting Angle’s hand. Angle then slammed Jarrett to the asphalt, but Jarrett got the upper hand when he slammed Angle’s head on to the hood of a car. Jarrett then slammed Angle’s face into the pavement and told him to “get the hell out of my life!” Jarrett walked away from the apparently-unconscious Angle, who suddenly stood up and told Jarrett to “get your ass back here.” Jarrett charged Angle, who picked him and slammed him to the pavement with a double leg takedown. Angle rained punches down on Jarrett and then dumped him onto the hood of a car with an Angle Slam. Angle then took his shirt off and wrapped it around his neck while screaming at Jarrett to “say adios.” Jarrett did in fact mutter “adios,” though Bully Ray tried to deny it. “He didn’t say nuthin’,” Ray said. “He’s in Immortal!” Jarrett, however, continued to say “Adios, adios, adios” after Angle walked away.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 14, 2011
June 23 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.17) – Opened with Eric Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett walking backstage. Jarrett tried to talk Bischoff into placing him in the Bound For Glory Series, but Bischoff reminded him that he had to move to Mexico. “That was a joke, you know that!” said Jarrett. Bischoff said that the network takes it seriously, so Jarrett had to go and expand Immortal’s global presence. Jarrett argued that Karen would never go, until Bischoff reminded him of the money he could make in Mexico and the nice resorts there. Bischoff then came to the ring and was cut off by Sting, who compared Bischoff to a cockroach that spreads disease. Sting vowed to free “the real Hulk Hogan” and get him away from Bischoff, and Bischoff put Sting in a match against Abyss so “you’ll be in no shape to win any belt on July 14.” Sting then took off his robe and attacked Bischoff, hitting him with a Scorpion Death Drop. Sting then smeared red facepaint all over Bischoff’s face and put him in the Scorpion Death Lock. After the commercial break footage was shown of Bound For Glory Series matches held at recent house shows, with A.J. Styles, Matt Morgan, Scott Steiner, and Gunner each earning 7 points for winning matches by pinfall. Following the opening match, Bischoff told Abyss to “take care of” Sting for him. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson walked into the office as Abyss walked out, and Anderson grinned widely and asked how Bischoff was feeling. Bischoff called him a “smart ass” and said that he and Hogan were trying to take care of Anderson. He asked Anderson to look at the big picture and see how much easier his life would be if he joined Immortal. Anderson walked out as Bischoff screamed for Advil. After the Knockouts match Tara talked about finally getting a match with Madison Rayne on the July 14 IMPACT! Wrestling, and after Rayne showed up and slapped Tara she was slammed into a wall for her trouble. Cameras then found Beer Money in their locker room, with James Storm warning Bobby Roode not to wrestle if his shoulder wasn’t 100%. Roode said he was not medically-cleared but was being forced to wrestle. Roode noted that they both got into wrestling to eventually become World Heavyweight Champion, so they would have each other’s backs during the BFG Series. Later TNA World Television Champion Eric Young was briefly shown looking for Popeye in the Universal Studios theme park, apparently so they could have a match. Back to the ring, where A.J. Styles put over Destination X and said he needed to be a part of it because he was the first X-Division Champion. Styles also announced the “one night only” return of the six-sided ring and then talked about early X-Division stars. Samoa Joe interrupted and gave Styles credit for pioneering and defining the X-Division. However, Joe said that the X-Division was not “hot” until he arrived. “You may be the heart of the X-Division,” Joe said, “but I gave the X-Division its balls.” Joe started to suggest a main event but was interrupted by Christopher Daniels, who hinted at a rematch of the classic 3-way Styles/Daniels/Joe match from the ____ PPV. Instead, Daniels challenged Styles to a singles match as Joe looked incredulous. Styles reluctantly accepted. After a commercial Kazarian was seen backstage asking Daniels what he was doing. Joe walked up and joked about the show becoming “The Real Housewives of Fortune.” Kazarian insulted Joe’s “fat head,” and Joe attacked him. Later Rob Van Dam talked about “being X-Division before there was an X-Division,” and Jerry Lynn walked up behind him. Lynn laughed and said “I think you meant WE were X-Division” and walked out. RVD smiled back at the camera and simply said, “Jerry Lynn.”
Bully Ray pinned Scott Steiner after hitting Steiner in the throat with a chain while the referee was dazed. This was a Bound For Glory Series match, and Ray earned 7 points with the win. The two worked a heel vs. heel match, and later in the show Steiner went looking for Ray backstage with the chain in his hand. Steiner eventually found Ray in the Immortal locker room, and Ray offered Steiner a spot in Immortal as Gunner & Abyss tried to calm Steiner down. “You would’ve done the same thing I did,” said Ray.
ODB & Jackie Moore defeated Velvet Sky & Miss Tessmacher when Jackie pinned Sky after kicking her in the groin. The fight actually started outside the ring before the bell rang, and the official match began during a commercial break.
Matt Morgan & Crimson defeated TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm & Robert Roode in a non-Title Bound For Glory Series match when Morgan pinned Roode after hitting the Carbon Footprint. Morgan earned 7 points with the win as the man who scored the fall.
Zema Ion defeated Dakota Darsow and Federico Palacios in a 3-way X-Division Tournament match when he pinned Darsow after hitting a 450 Splash. Ion earned a spot on the Destination X PPV card with the win. All three men were making their TNA television debuts and earlier in the show short video packages aired on all of them with wrestling footage from Jersey All Pro Wrestling.
Winter (with Angelina Love) pinned TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James in a non-Title Street Fight after Love interfered and hit her new finisher on James. (The move was set up like a Reverse DDT or Scorpion Death Drop, but Love would quickly swing her legs around to hit a Lungblower/Backstabber-type move with the opponent’s back landing on her knees.)
TNA X-Division Champion Abyss defeated Sting by DQ in a non-Title match when Sting repeatedly punched Abyss while wearing a glove wrapped in barbed wire. The glove was brought into the match by Abyss, who apparently had the weapon hidden in his ring jacket. After the match Mr. Anderson came to the entrance ramp to watch as Sting continued to hit Abyss with the spiked glove.

TNA @ London, ON – John Labatte Centre – June 16, 2011 (1,000)
Before the show Kazarian signed autographs and TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James took pictures with fans for $10 in the lobby. During intermission Earl Hebner, Winter, and Angelina Love did the same. After the show Jeff Jarrett manned the autograph table.
Matt Morgan pinned D’Angelo Dinero after hitting the Carbon Footprint.
TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James & Tara defeated Angelina Love & Winter when James pinned Winter after hitting a DDT.
Abyss pinned Kazarian after hitting the Black Hole Slam to retain the TNA X-Division Title. Kazarian’s wife, former TNA Knockout Traci Brooks, was in attendance with her family.
James Storm (with Robert Roode) & Alex Shelley defeated Magnus & Douglas Williams to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Shelley pinned Williams after hitting Sliced Bread #2. Roode interfered late in the match as Shelley distracted the referee.
Jeff Jarrett pinned TNA World Television Champion Eric Young (with Orlando Jordan) in a non-Title match after hitting the Stroke. Before the match Jarrett asked the fans not to riot, alluding to the post-Stanley Cup Finals rioting in Vancouver a few days earlier. During the match Young “Hulked up” and ripped off his shorts to reveal old Team Canada tights, getting a nice pop.
A.J. Styles pinned Scott Steiner after hitting the Pele Kick.
Kurt Angle pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the Angle Slam. After the match fans could have their picture taken with Angle in the ring for $20.

TNA @ Toronto, ON – Ricoh Coliseum – June 17, 2011 (1,000)
Don West noted that it was Earl Hebner’s 79th birthday. During the show Hebner, Jeff Jarrett, and TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James signed autographs at the merchandise table. Former 6-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus was backstage visiting friends.
A.J. Styles pinned D’Angelo Dinero with the Styles Clash.
TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James & Tara defeated Angelina Love & Winter. James pinned Love after hitting a DDT as Tara pinned Winter after hitting the Widow’s Peak. After the match James & Tara kissed in the ring and then James kissed referee Earl Hebner as well.
Abyss pinned Kazarian after hitting the Black Hole Slam to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
James Storm & Robert Roode (with Alex Shelley) defeated Magnus & Douglas Williams to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Storm pinned Magnus after hitting the DWI. Before the match Roode told the crowd that he still was not cleared to wrestle in the USA, but his Canadian doctor told him to “go kick some British ass.”
Jeff Jarrett pinned TNA World Television Champion Eric Young (with Orlando Jordan) in a non-Title match after hitting a low blow and the Stroke. Before the match Jarrett asked the fans not to riot, alluding to the post-Stanley Cup Finals rioting in Vancouver a few days earlier. Late in the match the referee was knocked out when Young had Jarrett in an Airplane Spin, and Jarrett got a metal folding chair to wedge between the turnbuckles and use on Young. Jordan, wearing women’s clothing, distracted Jarrett. Young took Jarrett’s head and slammed it into the chair repeatedly as Jordan sat above it, giving the illusion that Young was ramming Jarrett’s head into Jordan’s crotch. Jarrett eventually regained control with a mule kick, and the referee regained his senses just in time to see the Stroke and count the pinfall.
Scott Steiner pinned Matt Morgan in a Bound For Glory Series match after hitting the FlatSteiner. Steiner earned 7 points in the series.
Kurt Angle pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the Angle Slam. After the match fans could have their picture taken with Angle in the ring for $20.

June 17, 2011 – Desmond Wolfe was released from his TNA contract.

AAA @ Mexico City, Mexico – Palacio de los Deportes – June 18, 2011 (17,900)
Aero Star, Argos, Fenix, & Sugi San defeated Dark Dragon, Decnis, Tigre Cota, & Tito Santana II in an 8-man tag team match.

AAA TripleMania XIX – Opened with an announcement by commentators Konnan & Joaquin Roldan that anyone caught interfering in any match would be suspended. Featured the announcement that Octagon was the latest inductee into the AAA Hall of Fame. During the post-show press conference new AAA Mega Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett and AAA Latin America Champion Dr. Wagner Jr. hinted at facing each other in a future match.
TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James, Velvet Sky, Angelina Love, & Sexy Star defeated Lolita, Cynthia Moreno, Fabi Apache, & Mari Apache in an 8-woman tag team match when James pinned Fabi after hitting a DDT.
Heavy Metal, Electroshock, & Joe Lider defeated Ultimo Gladiator, Chessman, & Silver Cain in a 6-man Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Nicho tried to interfere during the match and was immediately suspended by Joaquin Roldan.
Charly Manson, Cibernetico, Billy el Malo, & Escoria defeated Octagon, La Parka, Dark Ozz, & Drago in an 8-man tag team match. At the end of the match Taboo appeared with La Parka’s son, who he was holding hostage. The distraction allowed Cibernetico to Chokeslam La Parka and score the pinfall. Taboo then released the boy and revealed that he was in fact La Parka’s brother.
Jack Evans & Extreme Tiger defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson & TNA X-Division Champion Abyss in a Steel Cage match to retain the AAA World Tag Team Titles. Evans pinned Abyss after Powerbombing him off the cage and onto a pile of thumbtacks. Tiger and Anderson had already escaped the cage.
Halloween, Damian 666, & X-Fly defeated Monster Clown, Murder Clown, & Psycho Clown in a 6-man tag team match to become the first AAA Trios Champions. Halloween pinned Psycho after hitting a Death Valley Driver from the top rope and through a table. X-Fly was a late replacement for Perro.
Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett) defeated El Zorro for the AAA World Heavyweight Title after throwing powder in his eyes and beating him with his own kendo stick.
L.A. Park (with Hijo de L.A. Park) defeated El Mesias (Judas Mesias) by KO in a Hair vs. Mask match after punching him with brass knuckles on his hand. After the match L.A. Park shaved Mesias’ head.
Dr. Wagner Jr. (with Dr. Wagner III) pinned Rob Van Dam after hitting a Hanging Spike DDT to retain the AAA Latin America Title.

TNA @ Buffalo, NY – Coca-Cola Field – June 18, 2011 (2,000)
BaseBrawl – During intermission Tara and Earl Hebner signed autographs in the concourse area. Matt Morgan did the same after the show.
Kazarian pinned TNA Television Champion Eric Young (with Orlando Jordan) with a rollup in a non-Title match.
Tara pinned Winter after hitting the Widow’s Peak.
June 30 IMPACT! Wrestling – Matt Morgan pinned D’Angelo Dinero after hitting the Carbon Footprint in a Bound For Glory Series match. Morgan earned 7 points with the win. Jeremy Borash announced that the match would air in its entiriety on IMPACT! Wrestling, though only a brief clip actually aired.
James Storm (with Robert Roode) & Alex Shelley defeated Magnus & Douglas Williams to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
June 30 IMPACT! Wrestling – Gunner pinned A.J. Styles in a Bound For Glory Series match, earning himself 7 points.
Kurt Angle pinned Scott Steiner after hitting an Angle Slam. Hulk Hogan was the special guest enforcer for the match, and when the referee was knocked out Hogan interfered and handed a metal folding chair to Steiner. Steiner smashed Angle in the face with it, but Beer Money then came to the ring to chase Hogan off. The distraction allowed Angle to recover and score the win. After the match fans could have their picture taken with Angle and Beer Money in the ring for $20.

TNA @ Columbus, OH – Dispatch Ice Haus – June 23, 2011 (850)
Alex Shelley defeated Max Buck, Jeremy Buck, and Robbie E. (with Cookie) in a 4-way match when he pinned one of the Bucks after hitting Sliced Bread #2 on both of them at the same time.
Mickie James pinned Madison Rayne after a DDT to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Abyss pinned Kazarian after hitting the Black Hole Slam to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Devon & D’Angelo Dinero to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Storm pinned the Pope after hitting the Last Call Superkick. The bout was also a Bound For Glory Series match, and Storm earned 7 points with the win. Devon continued to sell the storyline that he was disgusted by the Pope’s cheating ways, and after the match he walked out on his partner while shaking his head in disgust.
A.J. Styles pinned Jeff Jarrett with the Styles Clash.
Crimson pinned Gunner after a Powerbomb in a Bound For Glory Series match. Crimson earned 7 points with the win.
Kurt Angle pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the Angle Slam. After the match fans could have their picture taken in the ring with Angle for $20.

TNA @ Ft. Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum – June 24, 2011 (1,000)
Reportedly 30 fans asked for refunds when it was announced that Matt Hardy would not appear at the show due to being suspended. The fans were offered free merchandise instead.
Abyss defeated Kazarian, Alex Shelley, and Robbie E. (with Cookie in a 4-way match to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
Crimson pinned D’Angelo Dinero in a Bound For Glory Series match. Crimson earned 7 points with the win.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Max & Jeremy Buck to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Gunner pinned Devon in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points.
A.J. Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett.
Kurt Angle pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the Angle Slam.

TNA @ Troy, OH – Hobart Arena – June 25, 2011 (850)
Alex Shelley defeated Max Buck, Jeremy Buck, and Robbie E. (with Cookie) in a 4-way match.
Abyss pinned Kazarian after hitting the Black Hole Slam to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne to retain the TNA Knockout Title.
James Storm & Robert Roode defeated Devon & D’Angelo Dinero to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles when Storm pinned Devon. The bout was also a Bound For Glory Series match, and Storm earned 7 points with the win. Devon continued to sell the storyline that he was disgusted by the Pope’s cheating ways, and after the match Pope got angry with Devon for shaking hands with Beer Money. Storm & Roode then set the Pope up for Devon to hit the “Wuzzup” diving headbutt.
A.J. Styles pinned Gunner in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points.
Crimson defeated Jeff Jarrett.
Kurt Angle pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the Angle Slam. After the match fans could have their picture taken in the ring with Angle for $20.

June 27, 2011 – Hulk Hogan announced on Facebook and Twitter that TNA would begin regularly taping IMPACT! Wrestling on the road starting in August. Hogan claimed that they would continue to tape most shows at the Impact Zone in Orlando.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 27, 2011
June 30 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.27) – Opened with Hulk Hogan welcoming Scott Steiner to Immortal until Sting appeared on the big TV behind them and laughed maniacially at Hogan. Hogan shook his head in disgust and headed out to the ring, where he called out TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson and told him to join Immortal or “get beaten and embarrassed” by Sting on the July 14 IMPACT! Wrestling. Anderson argued that he beat Sting “all by myself” at Slammiversary, but Hogan reminded Anderson that he only won because Eric Bischoff interfered and confused the referee. Anderson said he did not owe Immortal anything and would beat Sting all by himself. Suddenly the video board cut to footage of Sting assaulting Bully Ray, Abyss, & Scott Steiner backstage. Sting then said he was coming for Hogan and the lights went out, and when they came back on Sting was in the ring behind Hogan and Anderson. Sting hit Hogan in the knee with his baseball bat as Anderson ran away, and Sting then hit Hogan again and talked about being “a mark” for Hogan in the 1980s. He asked “the real Hulk Hogan” to stand up and get rid of Hollywood Hogan. Sting pulled out a bottle of vitamins and shoved some down Hogan’s throat before eating some himself. He then drug Hogan to the center of the ring and applied the Scorpion Death Lock, but did not sinch it in fully. Sting got back on the microphone and said that he could sit down and put Hogan out of his misery, but Immortal ran out to make the save. Ray said he hated bullies like Sting and challenged him to a match … with Steiner, who looked angry. The show also included a contracting signing for A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels at Destination X. Daniels talked about “doing it for the X-Division” and Styles worried that things would get personal. Jerry Lynn then came to the ring and said he was tired about hearing people talk about who built the X-Division, because it was a group effort. Styles and Daniels agreed, and then Rob Van Dam interrupted and noted that he was a pioneer before anyone had heard of Styles or Daniels. Daniels, trying to keep the peace, offered that none of them invented the X-Division but “we all damn sure perfected it.” Daniels then suggested a 4-way match for next week, which everyone agreed to. As everyone left the ring Gunner appeared and hit Styles from behind, starting their match. The show included several video packages on the history of the X-Division and the Ultimate X match. Also included backstage comments from Velvet Sky, who said she’d been bullied her whole life but would fight back against ODB & Jacqueline Moore. After that Mexican America came out and complained about not being in the Bound For Glory Series. The British Invasion came out and talked about being proud to work in the USA and earn a living. They said Mexican America had not earned the #1 contendership for the TNA World Tag Team Titles because they’d never beaten the Brits. Mexican America attacked them after Rosita spit in Magnus’ face, and the returning Rob Terry made the save and apparently rejoined the British Invasion. A brief clip of Jeff & Karen Jarrett in Mexico City then aired, and they promised to bring back a present for Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff. Cameras then cut to the Immortal locker room, where Bully Ray gave Steiner a pep talk and gave Gunner the rest of the night off. Abyss then realized his mask was gone and threw the cameraman out.
Devon pinned Samoa Joe in a Bound For Glory Series match after hitting a Spinebuster. Devon earned 7 points with the pinfall win. Joe repeatedly passed up chances to pin Devon because he wanted the 10-point submission win. After the match D’Angelo Dinero was shown backstage watching on the monitor and clapping for Devon. He said that he was going to go celebrate with Devon’s family. The backstage cameras then caught Joe looking angry backstage when Kazarian walked up and told Joe “you’re better than this” and reminded him of his first days in TNA as the dominant force in the X-Division. Security held Joe back as he tried to rip Kazarian apart. Joe later found Kaz and beat him senseless.
Low-Ki defeated Jimmy Yang and Matt Bentley in a 3-way X-Division Tournament match when he pinned Yang after hitting the Warrior’s Way. Low-Ki earned a spot in the Destination X 4-way match for a new TNA contract. Before the match footage was shown of all three men in TNA from 2002-2006 and all three men gave brief comments on coming back to TNA.
TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James, Miss Tessmacher, & Tara defeated Winter, Angelina Love, & Madison Rayne in a 6-woman Elimination tag team match when James pinned Winter after hitting the Jumping DDT. Other eliminations: Winter pinned Tessmacher with a Northern Lights Suplex; Rayne pinned Tara after Winter & Love hit a Botox Injection / Samoan Drop double-team move; James pinned Rayne after hitting a Superkick; James pinned Love after a Neckbreaker; James pinned Winter.
Gunner pinned A.J. Styles in a Bound For Glory Series match after hitting a low blow and the F5. Gunner earned 7 points with the pinfall win.
Sting pinned Scott Steiner after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop. After the match Sting got out the red face paint to smear on Steiner, but Bully Ray made the save. Sting took him out and tried to paint him up, but then Mr. Anderson ran in and hit Sting with a low blow and the Mic Check. Anderson then left, allowing Immortal to gang up on Sting until Kurt Angle ran in and tossed all the Immortal members from the ring.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 28, 2011
Xplosion – Hernandez defeated Max Buck in an Xplosion Championship Series match.

July 7 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.11) – Opened with Immortal members Bully Ray, Scott Steiner, & Gunner calling-out TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson. Ray told Anderson that he was “pissing people off” and that he needed to take notice of Sting’s current state of sanity. He said that Anderson would not beat Sting on next week’s show without Immortal’s help. Steiner then took the mic and gave Anderson the old “you’re either with us or against us” line, followed by Gunner giving Anderson until the end of the main event match to make his decision. Gunner orders the production guys to hit Immortal’s music, but instead Sting’s music played and he was seen up in the rafters laughing insanely at Immortal. The lights went out, and when they came back on Kurt Angle was in the ring. He laid out Steiner & Gunner as Ray ran off, and he then warned Anderson “don’t make things hard on yourself.” Footage was then shown of Bound For Glory Series matches from live events in Brooklyn and Asbury Park before the opening match. After the match TNA X-Division Champion Abyss was shown backstage with a towel over his head and screaming about his still-missing mask. Brian Kendrick came to the ring wearing the mask and called Abyss out. Kendrick promised to return the mask, but said that Abyss wore the mask to hide the pain he felt because he knew his ego was keeping him from reaching his potential. Abyss put the mask back on and then destroyed Kendrick, giving him the Shock Treatment and the Black Hole Slam. After the 3-way match the British Invasion conversed backstage, with Douglas Williams making an open challenge for Destination X. Brief pre-taped comments then aired from the four Ultimate X combatants, followed by Velvet Sky promising to “cleanse TNA of two ugly hogs” in her Handicap match. Kurt Angle then found Sting laying on top of some lockers, singing “Eye of the Tiger” and making crazy faces. Sting said he felt great because he was going to win the TNA World Title back next week, and he said that he was getting in Hogan’s head. Angle asked if he could trust Sting and then walked off. Later in the show the cameraman caught Hulk Hogan attacking Sting in the locker room, and Hogan eventually got hold of Sting’s bat. Sting, looking exasperated, said “Oh crap” before Hogan apparently hit him in the head with the bat and left him unconscious. Other short segments saw Mr. Anderson talk about his bad reactions to ultimatums, Jeff & Karen Jarrett promising to return to IMPACT! Wrestling with a surprise for Immortal, and Christopher Daniels talking about his career compared to A.J. Styles’.
Crimson pinned Bobby Roode in a Bound For Glory Series match after hitting Red Sky. Crimson earned 7 points with the pinfall win.
Jack Evans defeated Tony Nese and Jesse Sorensen in a 3-way X-Division Tournament match when he pinned Nese after hitting the 630 Splash. Evans earned a spot in the Destination X 4-way match for a new TNA contract.
Velvet Sky defeated ODB & Jackie Moore in a Handicap match when she pinned Moore after hitting a Spike DDT. Due to a pre-match stipulation, ODB & Moore had to leave IMPACT! Wrestling.
Rob Van Dam defeated Christopher Daniels, Jerry Lynn, and A.J. Styles in a 4-way match when he pinned Daniels after hitting a Five-Star Frog Splash.
Devon & D’Angelo Dinero defeated Matt Morgan & TNA World Tag Team Champion James Storm in a Bound For Glory Series match when Devon pinned Storm. The Pope seemed to have the win locked up when he knocked Storm out with his own championship belt, but instead the Pope tagged in Devon and allowed him to score the pin and the 7 points. Devon looked shocked as the Pope smiled at him and gave him a thumbs-up.
Bully Ray, Abyss, Gunner, & Scott Steiner defeated Kurt Angle in a Handicap match when Ray pinned Angle. Sting was supposed to be Angle’s partner, but was unable to compete after Hulk Hogan’s attack in the locker room. After a few minutes TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson came to the ring and got in Angle’s corner, apparently to take Sting’s place. Angle tagged Anderson in and he knocked Immortal members down with clotheslines. He set up Ray for the Mic Check, but changed his mind and hit the move on Angle instead. He then drug Angle over to the corner and tagged him back in to make him the legal man, allowing Ray to make the easy pin. After the match Immortal celebrated with their new member.

AWW @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – June 29, 2011
All Wheels Wrestling pilot episode taping for the Speed Channel. The old TNA six-sided ring was used and the commentators were Jeremy Borash and Don West.
RPM (Jay Lethal) defeated Dubai (Shawn Daivari) in a 5-minute Iron Man match.
The Human Cyclone (Aaron Aguilera) defeated Schwagg Dutt (Sonjay Dutt) 4-0 in a 5-minute Iron Man match.
Schwagg Dutt defeated Dubai, RPM, and the Human Cyclone in a 4-way Ultimate X match.

TNA @ Brooklyn, NY – MCU Park – July 1, 2011 (4,500)
TNA Wrestling’s BaseBrawl – Ric Flair was advertised to appear and was even mentioned at the top of the event. However, Flair did not make an appearance during the show and only signed autographs during the VIP interaction session. Before the show Rob Van Dam and Devon signed autographs near the merchandise table, and Jeff Jarrett did the same after the show.
The Amazing Red, TNA Television Champion Eric Young, & Orlando Jordan defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie), Magnus, & Douglas Williams in a 6-man tag team match when Red pinned Robbie after hitting the Code Red. During the match Young hopped out of the ring and ran around the bases on the baseball diamond.
Mickie James pinned Angelina Love (with Winter) to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting the Mick Kick.
Crimson pinned Jeff Jarrett after hitting a Powerbomb.
Devon pinned Bully Ray in a Street Fight after hitting a Spinebuster Bomb. The match was also a Bound For Glory Series match and Devon earned 7 points.
Rob Van Dam pinned A.J. Styles after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points.
Kurt Angle pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the Angle Slam. After the match fans could have their picture taken with Angle in the ring for $20.

TNA @ Asbury Park, NJ – Convention Hall – July 2, 2011
After the A.J. Styles vs. Jeff Jarrett match, Ric Flair came to the ring and cut a promo. He said that he would return to IMPACT! Wrestling next week and was on a mission to win the TNA World Heavyweight World Title. The fans cheered Flair heartily, causing Flair to sarcastically remind them that he was “the bad guy.”
The Amazing Red, TNA Television Champion Eric Young, & Orlando Jordan defeated Robbie E. (with Cookie), Magnus, & Douglas Williams in a 6-man tag team match when Red pinned Robbie after hitting the Code Red.
Mickie James pinned Angelina Love (with Winter) to retain the TNA Knockout Title after hitting the Mick Kick.
A.J. Styles pinned Jeff Jarrett with Styles Clash.
Bully Ray pinned Devon with a rollup in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points. After the match Devon put Ray through a table and then gave shards of the wood to children at ringside.
Crimson pinned Rob Van Dam in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points. The finish saw Crimson toss RVD into a ringside barricade with tremendous force, hurting RVD enough for Crimson to roll him back in the ring and pin him.
Kurt Angle pinned TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson in a non-Title match after hitting the Angle Slam. After the match fans could have their picture taken with Angle in the ring for $20.

Destination X 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 10, 2011
The six sided ring was used for the event
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Mike Tenay & Jeremy Borash (sub. for Taz) on commentary; included a video package highlighting the Unbreakable 2005 bout between AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, and Christopher Daniels; featured footage of Suicide, Sangriento, and Curry Man signing autographs for fans before the show; TNA TV Champion Eric Young then appeared and started talking to them about needing a tag team partner, when Shark Boy arriving and taking the spot:
Frankie Kazarian pinned Samoa Joe in with a roll up at 11:19 after countering Joe’s attempt at the Coquina Clutch
Douglas Williams (w/ Magnus & Rob Terry) pinned Mark Haskins with a roll up at 7:42 after avoiding the Shooting Star Press; prior to the match, Williams issued an open challenge; after Haskins’ entrance, Williams noted Haskins “made an impression” on TNA’s tour of the United Kingdom in January and told him to bring his “A game;” after the bout, Williams shook hands with Haskins (Haskins’ TNA TV debut)
TNA TV Champion Eric Young & Shark Boy defeated Max & Jeremy Buck at 7:22 when Young pinned Max after hitting a wheelbarrow Drop (Shark Boy’s return after a 5-month absence; the Bucks’ last match)
Alex Shelley defeated the Amazing Red, Shannon Moore, and Robbie E. (w/ Cookie) at 10:37 in an Ultimate X match; stipulations stated the winner would become the #1 contender to the TNA X Division Title; after the bout, an injured Chris Sabin came out to celebrate with Shelley
Rob Van Dam pinned Jerry Lynn in 16:52 with the Five Star Frog Splash; late in the match, Lynn used a steel chair as a weapon but referee Earl Hebner didn’t stop the match
Austin Aries defeated Low Ki, Jack Evans, and Zema Ion in a 13:32 by pinning Low Ki with the brainbuster; stipulations stated the winner would earn a TNA contract; after the match, SoCal Val conducted an interview with Aries, who clutched the contract to his chest and called himself “the greatest man that ever lived”
Brian Kendrick pinned TNA X Division Champion Abyss to win the title at 10:16 with a roll up after avoiding the chokeslam; late in the match, as referee Earl Hebner was knocked down, Eric Bischoff came to the ring and was punched by Kendrick; moments later, Brother Ray, Scott Steiner, & Gunner ran out and attacked the challenger, with Shark Boy, Amazing Red, Max & Jeremy Buck coming out to make the save but were also beaten down; other wrestlers then joined in the fight; after the contest, X division wrestlers celebrated with Kendrick as confetti fell from the rafters
AJ Styles pinned Christopher Daniels at 28:28 after hitting Spiral Tap; the two shook hands and hugged after the match; Daniels sustained a concussion in the match July 11, 2011 – Generation Me (Max & Jeremy Buck) and Orlando Jordan were released. Generation Me actually requested their release due to frustration with not being booked on house shows.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 11, 2011
Xplosion – Alex Shelley vs. D’Angelo Dinero in an Xplosion Championship Series match.

July 14 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.19) – Opened with Immortal coming to the ring, all dressed in tuxedos, and Hulk Hogan then introducing TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson as the group’s newest member. Anderson came out in a camoflauged tuxedo, which Hogan complemented. He said they’d had a rocky start, but welcomed him to “the family.” Anderson said the gamble was worthwhile “as long as I stay the top card in the deck.” The lights went out and when they came back, Sting was sitting in the ring at a poker table. Eric Bischoff screamed at Sting for a bit and said that Anderson would take him out “once and for all,” while Hogan offered to take off his tux and do it himself. Sting said that he saw the night going differently, with him winning the World Title and bringing TNA back to “its rightful owner” Dixie Carter. Sting started pulling playing cards off of the table, all of which were aces, and threw them at Immortal. Sting said that he’d have help and pointed to the rafters, were a group of “evil clowns” were seen staring at Immortal with baseball bats in hand. Sting flipped the poker table over and the lights went out again, giving Sting time to disappear. After the opening match Jeff & Karen Jarrett showed up backstage with luggage and some sombreros in hand, which they then delivered to Immortal as presents from Mexico. Karen put sombraros on everyone’s heads, including Abyss, while Jeff presented Hogan & Bischoff with the AAA World Heavyweight Title that he won in Mexico City. Karen pulled out some margarita mix to celebrate but nobody had a blender. A cameraman then found D’Angelo Dinero talking to Devon’s sons. They said that they supported the Pope, who reminded them that Devon did not want him around them. Devon then showed up and told his kids to scram. He got in Pope’s face and told him again to stay away from his boys because he couldn’t trust Pope. Dinero warned Devon that it would be his own fault when his sons turned on him because of his paranoia. After another match Abyss walked backstage and told the cameraman that he failed Immortal by losing at Destination X. He was then attacked by one of Sting’s evil clowns and hit in the face with a baseball bat. The Tara vs. Madison Rayne match was then previewed, and Tara told Rayne that she wanted to be friends again and would give her a present after the match. Scott Steiner was then shown hitting on So Cal Val until another evil clown showed up and laid Steiner out. Later Kurt Angle came to the ring and said that he wanted Anderson to win the World Title so he could face him at Hardcore Justice. Angle noted their history (a major 2010 feud) and said that regardless of his match with Sting, Angle was coming to hurt Anderson. He then noted his past with Sting in the Main Event Mafia and said that he’d never beaten Sting. (Which was untrue; Angle defeated Sting for the TNA World Title in 2009.) Cut to the parking lot, where the Jarretts were trying to flee the Impact Zone. One of the evil clowns was already in their car, and he grabbed Jeff and drug him off camera as Karen ran away screaming. Bischoff then told Bully Ray & Gunner that they were “the last line of defense” and Gunner decided to go on the offensive. Ray acted like he was going with him but then hung back in the Immortal locker room. Gunner walked out to the parking area and called for Sting and the clowns. Five clowns appeared, clanging their bats against the ground in unison as they surrounded Gunner. Gunner went after one of the clowns and was beaten down in a 5-on-1 attack. The clowns then removed their masks to reveal themselves as Fortune. Kazarian noted that Bully Ray was still out there, but A.J. Styles said he was “being taken care of.”
TNA World Tag Team Champion Bobby Roode defeated Samoa Joe and D’Angelo Dinero in a 3-way Bound For Glory Series match to earn his first 7 points. At the end of the match the Pope was tossed from the ring and Joe then put the Kokina Clutch on Roode. Roode kicked off from the turnbuckles and flipped over, taking Joe down to the mat and holding his shoulders down for the pin even while Joe continued to choke him out. After the match Joe angrily got in referee Earl Hebner’s face until other referees came out to calm Joe down.
Austin Aries pinned Shannon Moore after punching him with a chain wrapped around his fist and then hitting a Slingshot Senton. The chain was taken from Moore’s own Book of DILLIGAF. After the match Alex Shelley came to the ring and showed the referee the chain, but Aries denied everything and headed backstage. Later Moore complained about Aries’ cheating and Shelley questioned how great Aries was if he had to cheat to win. Cut to Aries, who said “this is a television show and I’m here to entertain.”
Tara pinned Madison Rayne after hitting the Widow’s Peak. Late in the match Rayne took control and tossed Tara out of the ring. She then went to the corner and excitedly opened the present Tara brought out, but it turned out to be Tara’s spider Poison. Rayne freaked out, allowing Tara to sneak up on her and hit her finisher for the win. Tara then took Poison out of his little glass case and chased Rayne up the ramp with it.
Hernanez & Anarquia defeated Magnus & Douglas Williams when Anarquia pinned Magnus after Hernandez hit him from behind while Rosita distracted the referee.
Sting pinned Mr. Anderson after hitting the Scorpion Death Drop to win the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Bully Ray interfered late in the match after the referee was knocked unconscious. Ray was prepared to hit Sting with a chain wrapped around his fist, but the lights went out and an evil clown appeared in the ring. He took Ray out with a baseball bat before the lights went out again. When they came back on the clown was on the entrance stage and Anderson was looking confused in the ring, allowing Sting to hit his finisher for the win. After the match the evil clown took off his mask and revealed himself as Kurt Angle.

July 12, 2011 – Former X-Division and NWA World Tag Team Champion Kid Kash announced that he signed a new contract with TNA.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 12, 2011
Before the tapings Hulk Hogan held a talent meeting where he stressed to the wrestlers that they needed to “step up your game” on storytelling in matches.
Smith James defeated Mark “the Memphis Mofo” Bravura. (Tryout match for Smith James and Mark Bravura, both students of Taz.)
Xplosion – Magnus vs. Shannon Moore in an Xplosion Championship Series match.

July 21 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.25) – Opened with new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting coming to the ring. Sting said that Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff still had something he wanted, so he asked them to come to the ring to talk. Instead Kurt Angle came to the ring wearing the “evil clown” outfit from the week before. Angle took it off and reminded Sting that he had some help in winning the Title. Angle called himself “a major speed bump” in Sting’s quest to restore Dixie Carter to power because they would face-off at Hardcore Justice. Mr. Anderson & Bully Ray interrupted, and Ray announced the main event tag team match. After the opening contest TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James came to the ring and called out Velvet Sky. She put Sky over and said it was an honor to defend her Title against her. Angelina Love & Winter interrupted, and Love said that they should just skip the match and go get a hotel room. Love said that Winter made her understand that as a 5-time Knockout Champion she deserved more respect because the other Knockouts were jealous of her. Winter said that she would take the Title at Hardcore Justice and “nobody will ever get their hands on OUR belt ever again.” Cameras cut backstage to Tara & Miss Tessmacher brawling with TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita & Rosita before their match. Madison Rayne flew in from nowhere and attacked Tara from behind. Later in the show TNA Television Champion Eric Young went to a local convenience store and told the cameraman that he was going to defend his Title against hip hop star Cee-Lo Green. It turned out to be TNA agent D-Lo Brown, who tried to remind Young who he was and that “I’m an officer of the company.” D-Lo tried to walk away, but Young rolled him up from behind with a Schoolboy and counted a quick 1-2-3. D-Lo angrily chased Young around the store and then out the door. After the X-Division Title match, Mexican America came to the ring and Anarquia complained about the ladies losing the Knockouts Tag Team Titles earlier in the show. He promised that he and Hernandez would take the men’s Titles, which of course brought out TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money. James Storm said that because they were involved in the Bound For Glory Series, people seemed to forget who they were. He introduced Bobby Roode and then himself and said that they would kick Anarquia & Hernandez’s asses at Hardcore Justice for all of the other hispanic wrestlers who Mexican America disrespected by putting down the U.S. Storm promised that on Monday morning after the PPV they would wake up “with your green cards shoved up your asses.” After a commercial it was time for James vs. Sky, but the match never started when Love & Winter attacked James and then ODB & Jackie Moore ran in through the crowd and attacked Sky. Traci Brooks ran to the ring from the back and helped James & Sky fight off the heels, and after ODB & Moore beat up several security guards they were arrested by Orlando police officers. Backstage Brooks said that she’d watched people gang up on Sky for weeks and it made her sick, so she came back to help her.
Rob Van Dam pinned Scott Steiner with a rollup in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points. With the win RVD was tied for second in the BFG Series.
Tara & Miss Tessmacher defeated Sarita & Rosita to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles when Tara pinned Sarita with a Sit-out Powerbomb. Sarita wore an Abyss-like mask because she was still recovering from partial facial paralysis. To provide a storyline explanation for the mask, “cell phone video” was shown of a parking lot fight between the Mexican America women and Tara & Tessmacher. During the fight Sarita supposedly broke her jaw and orbital bone. Madison Rayne interfered late in the match and hit a Spear on Tara as she set up the Widow’s Peak on Rosita, but the challengers managed to regain control and win the Titles.
Matt Morgan defeated A.J. Styles, Amoa Joe, and Gunner in a 4-way Ladder match to earn 10 points in the Bound For Glory Series. With the win Morgan was tied for second in the BFG Series.
Brian Kendrick pinned Alex Shelley to retain the TNA X-Division Title after Austin Aries interfered and hit Shelley in the face with the championship belt. Kendrick was not aware of the interference and later told a cameraman backstage that “this is totally against what we’ve been working for.”
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting & Kurt Angle defeated Mr. Anderson & Bully Ray when Angle pinned Anderson after hitting the Angle Slam. Before the match Ray got angry with Anderson when he called for his microphone and started to do his introduction. Ray grabbed the mic and told Anderson “don’t give these people what they want,” even though the crowd was booing Anderson like crazy. Anderson did his intro anyway, disgusting Ray. After the match Ray backed up the ramp as Anderson lay in the ring, and he repeatedly yelled “You gotta be kiddin’ me, Anderson!” Sting and Angle shook hands and had a staredown, with Sting asking “Have I gone too far, or not far enough?”

July 14, 2011 – TNA Vice President of Talent Relations Bruce Prichard announced the signing of Austin Aries and the coming of “several new additions to the X-Division roster in the coming weeks” to revitalize the X-Division.

July 19, 2011 – TNA Entertainment released a 2-DVD set called “Immortal Forever” chronicaling the storylines leading up to Bound For Glory VI.

TNA @ Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center – July 21, 2011 (400)
Brian Kendrick defeated Abyss to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Miss Tessmacher & Velvet Sky defeated Sarita & Rosita.
Crimson defeated AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a non-Title match.
James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Scott Steiner & Gunner in a Bound For Glory Series match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Roode pinned Gunner, earning him 7 points.
Bully Ray pinned Samoa Joe in a Bound For Glory Series match to win 7 points.
A.J. Styles defeated Mr. Anderson.

TNA @ Winston-Salem, NC – Joel Coliseum Annex – July 22, 2011 (850)

During intermission Sarita, Rostia, Earl Hebner, and Brian Hebner signed autographs at the merchandise table. After the show Jeff Jarrett signed autographs for $5.
Brian Kendrick pinned Abyss with a rollup to retain the TNA X-Division Title.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Miss Tessmacher & Velvet Sky defeated Sarita & Rosita.
James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Bully Ray & Scott Steiner in a Bound For Glory Series match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Storm pinned Steiner, earning him 7 points.
Crimson defeated AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a non-Title match.
Gunner pinned Samoa Joe in a Bound For Glory Series match to win 7 points after Bully Ray interfered and hit Joe with a chain.
A.J. Styles pinned Mr. Anderson with the Styles Clash. After the show fans could have their picture taken in the ring with Styles & Beer Money for $20.

TNA @ Harrington, DE – Delaware State Fair – July 23, 2011 (500)
Brian Kendrick pinned Abyss to retain the TNA X-Division Title after hitting Sliced Bread #2.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Miss Tessmacher & Velvet Sky defeated Sarita & Rosita when Sky pinned Rosita with a rollup after referee Earl Hebner kissed her.
Crimson pinned AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett with a Powerbomb in a non-Title match.
James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Bully Ray & Gunner in a Bound For Glory Series match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Roode pinned Ray after hitting a Spinebuster, earning him 7 points.
Scott Steiner pinned Samoa Joe in a Bound For Glory Series match to win 7 points after Bully Ray interfered and hit Joe with a chain. A.J. Styles pinned Mr. Anderson with the Styles Clash.

TNA @ Concord, NC – Cabarrus Arena – July 23, 2011
Cancelled in late May.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 25, 2011
July 28 IMPACT! Wrestling (1.2) – Opened with Kurt Angle coming to the ring and calling out Hulk Hogan. Angle said that Hogan had been calling him all week but “there is nothing appealing to me about Immortal.” He said that the group was composed of ass-kissers and led by “the two biggest scumbags in wrestling.” He said he wanted to beat Sting for the first time with no outside interference for himself, not for Hogan or Bischoff. Angle asked Hogan if he knew what it was like to be “the best in the world,” and Hogan angrily talked about his history as wrestling’s biggest attraction back when Angle was “pooping in your diapers, brother.” Hogan accused Angle of disrespecting him, and Angle said if it weren’t for respect he’d already be “kicking your ass right now.” Angle tried to goad Hogan into fighting him and said that Hogan “can’t go anymore.” Hogan said he would never wrestle again but he might change his mind if Angle kept disrespecting him and his family. Angle dared Hogan to prove he could still “go” and told Hogan to take care of Sting himself instead of paying other people to do his dirty work. Next Eric Bischoff received a letter from “the Network, which he did not read until after the opening match. The letter put over Destination X and ordered Hogan & Bischoff to “build and brand the X-Division” and sign new wrestlers. Bischoff ripped into Abyss for not killing the X-Division until Hogan entered and said that Angle was now Immortal’s entire agenda. Bully Ray volunteered Mr. Anderson to take Angle out. Anderson got angry but took the match after Ray called him a chicken. Bischoff started to read more of the letter but TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting suddenly appeared, wearing a red suit and tie and carrying a cage hidden under a cloth. Sting said hi to everyone and hugged Karen Jarrett, freaking her out and angering Jeff Jarrett. Sting said that he’d been named a new network executive and he made the Angle vs. Anderson match a Steel Cage match. Sting then put Fortune at ringside to prevent outside interference. Sting left and Hogan ordered Bischoff to call “the Network” and get some answers. Next TNA X-Division Champion Brian Kendrick and Alex Shelley came out and called Austin Aries out. They called him names and chastised him for not being respectful of the other X-Division wrestlers. Aries said that he “played by your rules” to earn a contract, and now he’d play by his own code of ethics. “I have a career full of five-star matches,” Aries said, “but I want a five-star bank account.” Shelley said that “the Network” agreed that Aries screwed him out of the Title, so they put him in the Title match at Hardcore Justice and made it a 3-way. Abyss then interrupted and said he was due for a rematch against Kendrick. He promised to kill the X-Division, but Sting appeared on the video board and made it an Ultimate X match. Kendrick suddenly looked more confident while Abyss looked crestfallen. After a commercial Matt Morgan announced that he was withdrawing from the Bound For Glory Series due to a torn pectoral muscle, and then Bully Ray was interviewed about his match with Crimson that night and his match with A.J. Styles at a live event in Houston. Ray said he’d “beat Crimson when I want to” and leave Styles laying. After the Ultimate X match TNA Television Champion Eric Young met with an agent (who apparently represented TV star and singer David Hasslehoff) about becoming an actor. Young stripped down to his wrestling tights for some reason until the agent told him to put his clothes back on. He told Young to get an acting coach, and Young said he’d come back in a week. Next Velvet Sky & Traci Brooks came to the ring and Traci called out ODB & Jackie Moore. Traci talked about losing her own job in TNA and understanding that it was the nature of the wrestling business, while ODB & Jackie had to find a scapegoat. ODB said she’d be happy to end the feud “after I put my foot up [Sky’s] plastic Barbie doll ass” and said they lost their jobs when TNA management “went all goo goo, ga ga over you rubbing your pooty tang all over the ring ropes.” Sky talked again about being a runt in school and getting picked on until she decided not to be a victim. She said that she earned her spot and owed no apologies to anybody. She told them to earn jobs and said they could come after her every week, but she’d be the last one standing. Sky walked away as the three “former” Knockouts looked on, stunned. After another commercial break Fortune met backstage to strategize for their role as enforcers in the Steel Cage match, and Christopher Daniels pulled Styles aside and asked if he’d thought more about his offer. Styles started to answer but Sting interrupted and asked if they were ready. Styles asked Sting what was in the cage, and he said he was going to deliver it to Bischoff. Just before the main event Bischoff finally got through to “the Network” and yelled at him(?) until the rep revealed that he hadn’t talked to Sting in weeks. A look of revelation came across Bischoff’s face as Sting walked in. Sting apologized for lying about being a network executive and said it was amazing what you could get away with when you wore a $5,000 suit. Sting opened the cage and a crow flew out and landed on Bischoff’s computer monitor. Bischoff sat back in his chair in fear and stared at the bird as Sting warned him not to move, lest the bird peck his eyes out.
Rob Van Dam pinned Gunner in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points after hitting the Five-Star Frog Splash.
Crimson pinned Bully Ray in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points after hitting the Red Sky (High).
Winter (with Angelina Love) pinned TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Tara (with TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Miss Tessmacher) after hitting a mule kick and a Uranage Backbreaker. Love and Tessmacher were both sent backstage by the referee before the match.
Brian Kendrick defeated Abyss in an Ultimate X match to retain the TNA X-Division Title. Abyss repeatedly tried to reach the belt by jumping in the air and swiping at it because he was too heavy to climb across the cables. The final sequence saw Abyss lift Kendrick high for a Chokeslam, with Kendrick snatching the belt for the win. Abyss watched in disbelief and horror as Kendrick backed up the ramp hugging the belt.
Kurt Angle pinned Mr. Anderson in a Steel Cage match after hitting the Angle Slam. The end of the match saw Immortal run to the ring to attempt to interfere, sparking a bit brawl around the ring with Fortune. Mexican America took advantage of the confusion and attacked Beer Money to get an advantage before their match at Hardcore Justice. Bully Ray snuck up on the opposite side and grabbed Angle through the cameraman’s hole in the cage, allowing Anderson to hit him from behind. Anderson then ordered Ray, whom he called “sweetheart,” to give him a metal folding chair. Ray brought it to the ring but then refused to let go of it, giving Angle time to recover and hit his finisher for the win as Ray backed up the ramp and shouted insults at Anderson. The lights then went out and when they came back on Sting was in the ring to raise Angle’s hand in victory.

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – July 26, 2011
August 4 IMPACT! Wrestling –

Xplosion – Douglas Williams (with Magnus) pinned Hernadez (with Anarquia, Sarita, & Rosita). Magnus and Mexican America were booted from ringside midway through the match. The Mexican America girls come back out to distract Williams but it backfired and Williams got the pinfall.

TNA @ Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall – July 28, 2011 (1,000)
During intermission TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James signed autographs by the merchandise stand. After the show AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett signed autographs near the exit.
Shannon Moore defeated Devon and Hernandez in a 3-way match when he pinned Devon after hitting the Mooregasm.
TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James & Velvet Sky defeated Sarita & Rosita when James pinned Rosita after hitting a Chick Kick.
D’Angelo Dinero pinned Samoa Joe with a rollup in a Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points.
James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Bully Ray & Gunner in a Bound For Glory Series match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Storm pinned ??? to earn 7 points.
Crimson defeated AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a non-Title match.
A.J. Styles pinned Mr. Anderson with the Styles Clash. After the match Anderson crawled backstage with a referee’s help and sold the Styles Clash the entire way. After the match fans could have their picture taken with Styles and Beer Money for $20.

July 29, 2011 – TNA announced the signing of Jesse Godderz to a developmental deal. Godderz, who gained notoriety on the reality show ‘Big Brother’ with the nickname ‘Mr. Pectacular’, called it “a lifelong dream come true.”

TNA @ Tyler, TX – Oil Palace- July 29, 2011 (750)

TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James & Velvet Sky defeated Sarita & Rosita.
Samoa Joe defeated Hernandez.
Crimson defeated Mr. Anderson.
James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Devon & Shannon Moore in a Bound For Glory Series match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. Storm pinned ??? to earn 7 points. After the match Moore spit on Storm, leading all three other wrestlers to beat him down.
Bully Ray defeated D’Angelo Dinero and Gunner in a 3-way Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points.
A.J. Styles defeated AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a 7:00 non-Title match.

TNA @ Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater – July 30, 2011 (800)

TNA Knockout Champion Mickie James & Velvet Sky defeated Sarita & Rosita in 7:00 when James scored the pinfall after hitting the Jumping DDT.
TNA World Tag Team Champion James Storm defeated D’Angelo Dinero by countout in a 9:35 Bound For Glory Series match to earn 5 points.
Crimson defeated AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett and Shannon Moore in a 6:34 non-Title 3-way match when he pinned Jarrett after hitting the Red Sky.
TNA World Tag Team Champion Bobby Roode defeated Samoa Joe, Devon, and Gunner in a 5:32 4-way Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points when he pinned Gunner with the Payoff (Fisherman’s Suplex).
Hernandez pinned Mr. Anderson in 10:14 after hitting a splash from the top rope.
A.J. Styles pinned Bully Ray in a 12:39 Bound For Glory Series match to earn 7 points after hitting the Pele Kick. Before the match Ray talked about their Last Man Standing match and vowed to make Styles submit for 10 points in the BFG Series. After the match Jeremy Borash interviewed Styles and said it would be on IMPACT! Wrestling. Styles talked about facing Devon on Thursday’s show and then returned to the ring, where fans could have their picture taken with Styles and Beer Money for $20.

Hardcore Justice 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 7, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts:
TNA X Division Champion Brian Kendrick defeated Alex Shelley and Austin Aries at 13:07
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Tara & Brooke Tessmacher defeated Rosita & Sarita at 7:12
D’Angelo Dinero defeated Devon at 9:33
Winter defeated TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James to win the title at 8:52
Crimson defeated Rob Van Dam via disqualification at 8:36
AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, & Frankie Kazarian defeated Abyss, Gunner, & Scott Steiner at 14:42
Bully Ray defeated Mr. Anderson at 10:01
TNA Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & James Storm defeated Hernandez & Anarquia at 10:39
Kurt Angle defeated TNA World Champion Sting to win the title at 15:21 TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 8, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Jerry Lynn defeated Jayson Cypress
Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne
TNA X Division Champion Brian Kendrick defeated Robbie E
TNA Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & James Storm defeated AJ Styles & Rob Van Dam and D’Angelo Dinero & Devon
Tara & Brooke Tessmacher defeated ODB & Jackie Moore
Crimson defeated Bully Ray, Gunner, and Scott Steiner TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 9, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Jesus Barbosa defeated Jayson Cypress
Scott Steiner defeated Devon
Austin Aries defeated Alex Shelley, Anthony Nese, Jesse Sorensen, Kid Kash, Mark Haskins, Robbie E, and Zema Ion
Mickie James defeated ODB
AJ Styles defeated Rob Van Dam via disqualification
Hernandez & Anarquia defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & James Storm to win the titles TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – August 10, 2011
iMPACT taping:
ODB, Jackie Moore, & Velvet Sky defeated Angelina Love, Rosita, & Sarita
Kid Kash defeated Jesse Sorensen
Rob Van Dam defeated D’Angelo Dinero
Bully Ray, Gunner, & Scott Steiner defeated AJ Styles, Bobby Roode, & James Storm in a falls count anywhere match
Crimson defeated TNA World Champion Kurt Angle via disqualification TNA @ Norwich, NY – Chenango County Fair – August 12, 2011

TNA @ Rochester, NY – Blue Cross Arena – August 13, 2011

TNA @ Columbus, GA – Columbus Civic Center – August 18, 2011

TNA @ Rome, GA – The Forum – August 19, 2011

TNA @ Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle – August 20, 2011

TNA @ Huntsville, AL – Von Braun Center – August 25, 2011
9/2/11:
Gunner defeated Rob Van Dam
Brian Kendrick & Jesse Sorensen defeated Austin Aries & Kid Kash
Mickie James defeated TNA Knockouts Champion Winter to win the title
Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles
TNA World Champion Kurt Angle defeated Sting
9/9/11:
D’Angelo Dinero & Devon defeated Brutus Magnus & Douglas Williams
TNA TV Champion Eric Young defeated Robbie E
Angelina Love & Winter defeated TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James & Velvet Sky
Gunner defeated Bobby Roode, Bully Ray, and James Storm
Ken Anderson defeated TNA World Champion Kurt Angle via disqualification TNA @ Birmingham, AL – Regions Park – August 27, 2011
Show was cancelled in late June.

TNA @ Burton, OH – Great Geauga County Fair – September 2, 2011

TNA @ Woodstock, VA – Shenandoah County Fairgrounds – September 3, 2011

No Surrender 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 11, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts:
Jesse Sorensen pinned Kid Kash at 7:54
Bully Ray defeated James Storm via disqualification at 11:46
Winter pinned TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James to win the title at 8:36
TNA Tag Team Champions Hernandez & Anarquia defeated Devon & D’Angelo Dinero at 9:44
Matt Morgan pinned Samoa Joe at 11:28
Bobby Roode defeated Gunner via submission at 11:39
Austin Aries pinned TNA X Division Champion Brian Kendrick to win the title at 13:32
Bound for Glory Series Finals: Bobby Roode pinned Bully Ray at 12:30
TNA World Champion Kurt Angle defeated Sting and Mr. Anderson at 15:27

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 12, 2011
iMPACT taping:
D’Angelo Dinero, Devon, Tara & Brooke Tessmacher defeated Rosita, Sarita, TNA Tag Team Champions Hernandez & Anarquia
Samoa Joe defeated Matt Morgan
Velvet Sky defeated Angelina Love
Bully Ray & Jerry Lynn defeated Mr. Anderson in a handicap match
Bobby Roode defeated Frankie Kazarian
Sting defeated Ric Flair via submission

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 13, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Shannon Moore defeated Jessie Godderz
Mickie James defeated Brooke Tessmacher
TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries defeated Jesse Sorensen
TNA World Champion Kurt Angle fought James Storm to a no contest

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – September 14, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Brian Kendrick defeated Alex Shelley, Jesse Sorensen, Kid Kash, and Zema Ion in a ladder match
Madison Rayne defeated Tara
D’Angelo Dinero pinned Mr. Anderson
Bobby Roode defeated AJ Styles via submission

TNA @ York, PA – York Fairgrounds – September 15, 2011

TNA @ Rahway, NJ – Rahway Rec Center – September 16, 2011

TNA @ Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena – September 17, 2011

TNA @ Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Coliseum – September 21, 2011
October 7 IMPACT! Wrestling –

October 14 IMPACT! Wrestling –

TNA @ Springfield, IL – Prairie Capital Convention Center – September 23, 2011

TNA @ Hammond, IN – Hammond Civic Center – September 24, 2011

TNA @ Hillsdale, MI – Hillsdale County Fair – September 25, 2011

Bound for Glory 2011 – Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center – October 16, 2011
TNA Tag Team Champions Hernandez & Anarquia (w/ Rosita & Sarita) defeated Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore
Pay-per-view bouts:
TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries defeated Brian Kendrick
Rob Van Dam defeated Jerry Lynn in a Full Metal Mayhem match
Crimson defeated Samoa Joe and Matt Morgan
Mr. Anderson defeated Bully Ray in a falls count anywhere match
Velvet Sky defeated TNA Knockouts Champion Winter, Mickie James, and Madison Rayne to win the title; Karen Jarrett was the guest referee for the bout
AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels in an I Quit match
Sting defeated Hulk Hogan (w/ Ric Flair); stipulations stated if Sting won then Dixie Carter would regain control of TNA and if Hogan won then Sting would leave TNA forever
TNA World Champion Kurt Angle defeated Bobby Roode

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – October 17, 2011
iMPACT – 10/20/11:
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Tara & Brooke Tessmacher defeated Angelina Love & Winter
Abyss defeated Gunner via count-out
James Storm pinned TNA World Champion Kurt Angle to win the title

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – October 18, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Rob Van Dam defeated Christopher Daniels via disqualification
Gail Kim pinned Tara
Eric Young pinned Robbie E
Jeff Hardy pinned Bully Ray
Bobby Roode pinned Samoa Joe

TNA @ Macon, GA – Macon Coliseum – October 26, 2011
iMPACT taping:
11/3/11:
Gail Kim & Madison Rayne (w/ Karen Jarrett & Traci Brooks) defeated TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Tara & Brooke Tessmacher to win the titles when Rayne pinned Tara after Kim hit Eat Defeat behind the referee’s back
Jesse Sorensen pinned TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries in a non-title match with an inside cradle; Kid Kash provided guest commentary for the bout
Jeff Hardy & Mr. Anderson fought Bully Ray & Jeff Jarrett to a no contest
Bobby Roode pinned TNA World Champion James Storm to win the title after hitting him in the head with a beer bottle behind the referee’s back
11/10/11:
Crimson defeated D’Angelo Dinero
Garett Bischoff defeated Gunner via disqualification
Jesse Sorensen defeated Zema Ion
Eric Young & Ronnie defeated Robbie E & Robbie T
AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels
Jeff Hardy, Abyss, & Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, & Bully Ray

Turning Point 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 13, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts:
Robbie E pinned TNA TV Champion Eric Young to win the title at 7:49
Sarita, TNA Tag Team Champions Hernandez & Anarquia defeated Toxxin, Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore at 8:35
TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries defeated Kid Kash and Jesse Sorensen at 12:56
Rob Van Dam pinned Christopher Daniels in a No DQ match at 11:14
Crimson fought Matt Morgan to a double disqualification at 12:08
Mr. Anderson & Abyss defeated Bully Ray & Scott Steiner at 11:46
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Gail Kim pinned TNA Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky to win the title at 5:51
Jeff Hardy pinned Jeff Jarrett at the 6-second mark
Jeff Hardy pinned Jeff Jarrett at 5:41
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode pinned AJ Styles at 18:31

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 14, 2011
iMPACT – 11/17/11:
TNA TV Champion Robbie E defeated Devon
Brian Kendrick & Jesse Sorensen defeated TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries & Kid Kash
Mickie James defeated Angelina Love, Madison Rayne, Brooke Tessmacher, ODB, Rosita, Sarita, Tara, Velvet Sky, and Winter in a gauntlet match
Matt Morgan & Crimson defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Hernandez & Anarquia to win the titles
Garett Bischoff defeated Gunner

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 15, 2011
iMPACT taping:
TNA Tag Team Champions Matt Morgan & Crimson defeated Hernandez & Anarquia
Tara, Velvet Sky, & Brooke Tessmacher defeated Angelina Love, Madison Rayne, & Winter in a lingerie match
Eric Young defeated Robbie E
AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson, & Rob Van Dam defeated TNA World Champion Bobby Roode, Bully Ray, Christopher Daniels, & Jeff Jarrett

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 28, 2011
iMPACT taping:
D’Angelo Dinero & Devon defeaetd Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore and Hernandez & Anarquia
Mickie James defeated ODB in a streetfight
TNA TV Champion Robbie E defeated Rob Van Dam
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode defeated AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – November 29, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Abyss pinned Samoa Joe
Mickie James pinned Madison Rayne
Garett Bischoff pinned Gunner
TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim pinned Traci Brooks
AJ Styles & Jeff Hardy defeated TNA World Champion Bobby Roode & Jeff Jarrett

Final Resolution 2011 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 11, 2011
Pay-per-view bouts:
Rob Van Dam pinned Christopher Daniels at 10:01
TNA TV Champion Robbie E pinned Eric Young at 7:29
TNA Tag Team Champions Matt Morgan & Crimson defeated Devon & D’Angelo Dinero at 9:37
TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries pinned Kid Kash at 12:46
TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim pinned Mickie James at 7:50
James Storm pinned Kurt Angle at 17:47
Jeff Hardy pinned Jeff Jarrett in a steel cage match at 10:18
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode defeated AJ Styles in a 30-minute Ironman match

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 12, 2011
iMPACT taping:
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode fought AJ Styles to a 5-minute time-limit draw
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode defeated AJ Styles via submission
Abyss & Scott Steiner defeated Hernandez & Rob Terry
Zema Ion defeated Anthony Nese
Gunner fought Jesse Neal to a no contest
Samoa Joe & Magnus defeated Douglas Williams & Robbie E
Madison Rayne defeated Traci Brooks
Jeff Hardy pinned Bully Ray
Brooke Tessmacher fought Tara to a no contest
Eric Young & ODB defeated Shannon Moore & Anarquia

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 13, 2011
iMPACT taping:
AJ Styles & Frankie Kazarian defeated Rob Van Dam & Christopher Daniels
Anthony Nese defeated Zema Ion
Sting & Jeff Hardy defeated Bobby Roode & Bully Ray
Douglas Williams fought Gunner to a no contest
Samoa Joe & Magnus defeated Eric Young & ODB
AJ Styles & Frankie Kazarian defeated Abyss & Scott Steiner
Rob Van Dam defeated Kurt Angle
TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim defeated Mickie James
Zema Ion defeated Anthony Nese

TNA @ Orlando, FL – Universal Studios – December 14, 2011
iMPACT taping:
Gail Kim & Madison Rayne defeated Mickie James & Traci Brooks
Gunner fought Rob Van Dam to a no contest
Jesse Sorensen & Zema Ion defeated TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries & Kid Kash
Samoa Joe & Magnus defeated AJ Styles & Frankie Kazarian
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode, Kurt Angle, & Bully Ray defeated James Storm, Jeff Hardy, & Abyss

TNA @ Albany, NY – December 29, 2011 (1,500)
Christy Hemme was the ring announcer for the show; included an in-ring segment in which Ric Flair noted it was the same arena where he won the WWF World Title at the 1992 Royal Rumble, then challenged Garett Bischoff to face Gunner later in the show, saying he would get Sting to approve the match
TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries defeated Kid Kash and Jesse Sorensen by pinning Sorensen with the brainbuster
TNA Tag Team Champion Crimson pinned TNA Tag Team Champion Matt Morgan after Morgan missed a charge into the corner
TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim pinned Mickie James with a roll over and grabbing the tights for leverage
AJ Styles pinned Bully Ray with a crossbody off the top; prior to the bout, Ray cut an in-ring promo and bullied ring announcer Christy Hemme
James Storm pinned Kurt Angle with the superkick
Garett Bischoff pinned Gunner with a roll up
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode pinned Jeff Hardy by grabbing the tights for leverage after the momentum of a crossbody off the top by Hardy put Roode on top for the win

TNA @ Poughkeepsie, NY – Mid-Hudson Civic Center – December 30, 2011 (1,600)
Christy Hemme was the ring announcer for the show
Vik Dalishus defeated Hale Collins at around the 2-minute mark when referee Earl Hebner immediately stopped the match as Dalishus put Collins in the Sharpshooter
TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries defeated Kid Kash and Jesse Sorensen by pinning Sorensen with the brainbuster
TNA Tag Team Champion Crimson pinned TNA Tag Team Champion Matt Morgan after Morgan missed a charge into the corner
TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim pinned Mickie James with a roll over and grabbing the tights for leverage
AJ Styles pinned Bully Ray with a crossbody off the top; prior to the bout, Ray cut an in-ring promo and bullied ring announcer Christy Hemme
James Storm pinned Kurt Angle with the superkick
Garett Bischoff pinned Gunner with a roll up
Jeff Hardy pinned TNA World Champion Bobby Roode in a non-title match with a roll up; earlier in the show, Roode cut a promo saying the fans would have to pay $45 to see him on pay-per-view if they wanted to watch a title match