IMPACT
IMPACT
January 28, 2010
Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida
thanks to wrestleview.com
The show starts out with
highlights of last week’s show focusing on the sagas going on with Bischoff and
Foley and the Orlando Screwjob last week.
After the Impact intro Taz reveals that there will be an 8-Card Stud Tournament
at Against All Odds for someone to earn a shot at the TNA World Title and the
qualifying matches stat tonight. Hulk Hogan’s music hits and the Hulkster makes
his way out to the ring accompanied by Eric Bischoff. Hogan calls Foley out the
ring, I thought he was fired? Foley makes his way out with Bischoff looking none
too happy. Hogan says things are going good in TNA right now but he wants to nip
a lot of things in the bud. He says they are going to work things out between
Foley and Bischoff right here and now, but Bischoff butts in and says that he
fired Foley last week after he attacked him. Hogan says that a lot of buttons
have been pushed so far while they’ve been in TNA and he’s never had a chance to
work with Foley, but he sees a lot of good things for TNA in Foley. He sees that
they can turn Foley into asset but Bischoff says he laid his hands on him last
week. Foley says that last week he wanted to put his hands on Bischoff and he
WISHES that he did, but with that tiny little laceration on his head that it’s
obvious to everyone that Foley didn’t touch Bischoff. Bischoff says everyone saw
him covered in blood last week and asks Foley if he expects anyone to believe
him. Foley says they’ll believe it because if he had attacked Bischoff they
would have carried him out. Hogan says he’s not saying he doesn’t believe
Bischoff but they need to make sense of this situation. He tells Foley to either
work it out or walk out.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
In the back Bubba the Love Sponge and Jeff Jarrett arrive backstage and Bubba
tells Jarrett not to do him wrong because he “cashed in” his “friendship card”
to setup this meeting with Jeff and Hogan tonight.
We cut to Christy Hemme and Mr. Anderson in the back. Before she can really say
anything Anderson cuts her off after she introduces him as Ken Anderson. He says
she needs to get it right, it’s Mr. Anderson. Anderson takes the microphone from
her and says he has to do everything for himself. He says he doesn’t have a
match tonight so it looks like he’ll have to book himself. Anderson issues an
open challenge to anyone in the back and he doesn’t care if it’s Sting, Beer
Money, the Guns, Samoa Joe, the cameraman, or Christy herself. Anderson says
he’s praying that it’s Abyss and pleads to Abyss to accept his challenge. He
says it doesn’t matter who accepts the challenge because the only name that will
matter is….MR. ANDERSON! He started to walk off and when Christy said something
he came back and screamed his last name in her face again, priceless.
At ringside Taz and Tenay discuss the 8-Card Stud Tournament. Tonight the
qualifying matches begin and the matches are as follows: Wolfe vs. Morley and
Daniels vs. Hernandez. They say that the results of this tournament will lead to
a ranking (Top 10) system for the Heavyweight Championship going forward.
8-Card Stud Tournament Qualifying Match
Desmond Wolfe w/Chelsea vs. Sean Morley
Taz reveals that Desmond Wolfe told him that his valet’s name is Chelsea. You
know I just remembered that Morley promised a few months ago that he would be
coming back to CMLL soon (after he canceled his planned tour) and it doesn’t
look like that will be happening anytime soon. That can’t do TNA and CMLL’s
relationship any favors. Wolfe and Morley lockup and Morley locks in a wristlock
right off the bat. Morley wrenches in on the arm with a hammerlock but Wolfe
reverses the hold and Morley immediately grabs the ropes. Wolfe releases the
hold but then he kicks the top rope (the arm was draped over the rope) and
immediately hits a cross chop on Morley in the corner. Wolfe chokes Morley with
his boot and then argues with the referee as he tries to get Wolfe to stop
choking him. This allows Morley to recover and hit a series of clotheslines.
Morley follows up with a chop and then he whips Wolfe into the ropes and nails
him with a knee to the gut. Morley attempts to whip Wolfe into the ropes again
but Wolfe counters into the Hammerlock DDT. Wolfe locks in a knuckle lock and
then he places Morley’s hand inside of Wolfe’s own knee and drops back wrenching
down on the hand and arm. Morley’s shoulders are down on the mat and it earns
Wolfe a nearfall. Wolfe then grabs the leg of Morley and rolls him forward onto
his stomach and puts Morley’s other arm (the first arm is still trapped in
Wolfe’s leg) around Wolfe’s body and bridges back. He’s pretty much turning
Morley inside out (I’m having trouble describing this obviously). Morley is able
to free himself and roll backwards to escape the hold. He then grabs Wolfe by
the feet but Wolfe kicks him off. Morley comes back with a body shot and then a
big right hand. Morley goes for a DDT but Wolfe counters with an arm wringer!
Wolfe charges at Morley in the corner now but Morley gets his foot up and then
Wolfe goes for a Lariat. Morley ducks it and then hits a big back elbow followed
by a clothesline. Morley hits a Neckbreaker but only gets a one count on that
one. Morley throws Wolfe into the corner and shoots in for a clothesline, but
Wolfe kicks that already weakened arm. Wolfe goes for the Jawbreaker Lariat but
Morley counters it into a Half Nelson Slam! Morley climbs to the top for Money
Shot but Wolfe crotches him and then hits the Tower of London! 1…2…3 and Wolfe
advances to the tournament.
Winner: Desmond Wolfe via pinfall (Tower of London)
In the back Jeff Jarrett walks into Bischoff & Hogan’s office. Bischoff asks
Jarrett where his attorney is and Jarrett apologies about all that. He says that
Bubba got him to see things different and that he has done certain things in the
past few years to break some people’s trust, but he wants to repair everything.
Hogan says if this is the ‘old’ Jeff Jarrett that he knew when he first worked
with the Jarrett family then he is all for it. Jarrett says if he has to start
at the very bottom of the ladder he’ll work his way up. Hogan says they need
help right now and Jarrett says he’s ready. Bischoff says he has an idea and
says that Anderson just made an open challenge. He says Jarrett wants to get
back in the ring and tonight Jeff Jarrett will make his TNA return against Mr.
Anderson in the Main Event! Jarrett complains that h hasn’t wrestled in 7 months
but Hogan says this is best for TNA. Jarrett says he’ll go get ready and
Bischoff tells him good luck. He starts laughing as Jarrett leaves and Hogan
says “damn, you’re stiff” and tells him to take it down a notch.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
After the break footage is shown from last week’s Orlando Screwjob. As if I
really needed to see that again. Tenay says that Angle has been in TNA offices
all week but cameras were denied access.
In AJ Styles lockerroom he and Flair are looking at a bunch of custom suits that
Flair has gotten AJ. A beautiful woman is standing there with them as AJ says
they’re going to be on a 30 day vacation. Styles is flirting with the girl and
she tells she has a friend for Ric. Flair says he’s the ‘oldest ride, longest
line’ (oh my god that is hilarious) and AJ says some things never change.
8-Card Stud Tournament Qualifying Match
“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels vs. “Super Mex” Hernandez
Daniels attacks Hernandez as he gets in the ring and puts the boots to the big
man. Daniels lights him up with chops and forearms and then he slams Hernandez’s
head into the top turnbuckle. Daniels attempts to whip Hernandez into the ropes
but he blocks it and puts that massive knee of his into the gut of Daniels.
Hernandez grabs Daniels and hits the Delayed Vertical Suplex. Hernandez goes for
a clothesline but Daniels ducks it and then goes for a Sunset Flip, but
Hernandez blocks it and then picks Daniels up by his throat and hits the
Crackerjack! Daniels comes back by raking the eyes of Hernandez and then nailing
an Enziguri. 1…2…NO Hernandez kicks out. Daniels puts the boots to Hernandez and
then puts a nerve hold on him. Hernandez fights it off with back elbows but
Daniels nails a jawbreaker and then an S.T.O. followed by an Asai Moonsault!
1…2…NO Hernandez kicks out! Daniels grabs Hernandez and goes for the Angels
Wings but Hernandez counters it with a backdrop. Daniels comes right back with a
Running Knee Strike to the back of Hernandez sending him through the ropes and
crashing to the floor. Hernandez starts to get back in the ring and Daniels
meets him but Hernandez nails him with a shoulder block through the ropes
followed by the Slingshot Shoulder Block! Hernandez follows up with a
clothesline and then he whips Daniels into the ropes and hits a big Backdrop.
Hernandez hits the Corner Splash and then he takes his shirt off and wraps it
around Daniels neck. He uses the shirt to Biel Throw Daniels clear across the
ring. Hernandez goes for another Corner Splash but Daniels moves out of the way
and hits a big Forearm Smash. Hernandez is down in the corner and Daniels
charges but Hernandez gets his foot up and kicks Daniels in the gut. Hernandez
then grabs the top rope and pulls himself all the way to the top. Daniels
destroys him with a huge Uppercut and then he climbs up with Hernandez but he
shoves Daniels off the top! Hernandez goes for a Big Splash but Daniels moves
and rolls Hernandez up! 1…2…NO Daniels kicks out! He even used the ropes for
leverage on that one. Daniels follows up with a series of Open-hand Palm Thrusts
to the chest and ribs of Hernandez. Daniels comes off the ropes but Hernandez
kills him with a huge Shoulder Block followed by an Overhead Gutwrench Slam!
1…2…3 and Hernandez advances to the tournament!
Winner: Hernandez via pinfall (Overhead Gutwrench Slam)
In the back we see the Nasty Boys and Team 3D walking towards the entrance ramp.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
Back from commercials Mike Tenay is standing in the ring and he announces that
at Against All Odds the Nasty Boys will face Team 3D for the very first time. He
introduces the Nasty Boys & 3D for an in-ring interview. Brian Knobbs says “we
are here to stay in TNA” to the camera and I just died a little inside. Security
stops 3D from actually getting in the ring. Ray says the Nasty’s waited until 3D
was gone to Japan before they came to TNA and trashed their locker-room and then
they attacked 3D from behind the next week. He calls them a couple of punks and
the Nasty’s like that. He says last week 3D wrapped steel chairs around their
heads and the Nasty’s DON’T like that. Ray says everyone wants to know where the
hell they’ve been for the last 10 years and then one of them spits at 3D. 3D try
t get to them but security holds them back and Saggs spits at them again. Saggs
says they’ve always been nasty and they’ll die nasty. Devon says that’s real
cute but while they’ve been sitting on their ‘fat a**es’ for the last 10 years
3D has been winning World Tag Team Championships in every company they’ve been
in including ECW, WWE, TNA, All Japan, and New Japan. Devon says no other tag
team has ever accomplished what they have in the business. Knobbs calls off the
names of teams they have beaten: Road Warriors, Steiner Brothers (speaking of
Steiner’s where the hell is Scotty?), Hart Foundation, The Outsiders, Harlem
Heat, and the list goes on. He says all those legendary teams have felt their
wrath and now 3D is on their chopping block and come Valentine’s Day they’ll be
knocking their teeth down their throats. Ray says they can take jabs at each
other all day but the bottom line is everybody wants to see them go at it. He
says Against All Odds it’s on and the fans start chanting for 3D.
In the back Christy is with the Beautiful People and she asks them how they feel
about Angelina being back. Velvet says she’s sick of hearing about Angelina and
she’s just wallowing in their shadow right now. Madison says she is ‘so 2009’
and BP have moved onto bigger and better (and dumber) things with Lacey. Madison
says tonight they will show the world where the Knockouts gold belongs and they
do the motion of it going around their waists which causes Lacey to say, “in our
bellies?”
In the back Jarrett is getting prepared for his match tonight and looks nervous.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
In the back Lashley is in Bischoff’s office discussing his future with TNA.
Bischoff says he talked to Hogan and he agrees with him that it took Lashley a
lot of guts for coming in there last week and saying what he said but “you’re
fired.” Security rushes in as Lashley looks like he’s about to jump across the
desk at Bischoff and they drag him out of the office as Bischoff keeps screaming
“you’re fired” at him. That’s the most emotion I’ve seen Lashley put it into
anything he’s done in TNA. Bischoff says “taking out the trash” and laughs as
they escort Lashley out.
6-Knockouts Tag Team Match
The Beautiful People vs. Awesome Kong, Hamada, & Tara
Taz says that he wishes he died and was reincarnated as the second rope and boy,
I’ve never agreed with Taz more. I’d chew off my own arm to…let’s move on.
Hamada and Madison will start the match off. Madison and Hamada look like
they’re going to lockup but Madison backs off and taunts Hamada and the rest of
her team which results in her eating a leg kick from Hamada. Hamada follows up
with headbutts and chops and then she locks in an arm wringer and drops her
elbow down on that arm. Hamada then puts a knucklelock on and climbs to the top
and walks the ropes and springboards off the top with an arm drag! Hamada then
locks in a wristlock again but Madison breaks it up with a kick to the gut and
then she tags in Velvet. Velvet locks in a wristlock of her own and twists her
arm while screaming at her before tagging in the uncoordinated one. Lacey
wrenches in on the wristlock and immediately and thankfully tags in Madison.
Madison continues to twist on the arm of Hamada with Hamada rolling through to
break the hold and finally she hits a drop toe hold and then tags in Tara. Tara
hits a series of big right hands on Madison followed by a Scoop Slam and then
the Standing Moonsault! 1…2…NO Velvet kicks out! Tara lights Madison up with a
chop and then attempts to whip her into the ropes but Madison reverses it and
Velvet kicks her in the back as she hits the ropes. Madison hits a big
Clothesline and gets a nearfall. Madison throws Tara into the corner and tags in
Velvet. Velvet hits a series of shoulder blocks on Tara in the corner and then
Velvet chokes Tara as Madison distracts the referee. Velvet whips Tara into the
ropes and goes for a clothesline but Tara ducks and they grab each other by the
hair and slam each other to the mat at the same time. Velvet tags out to Madison
and Tara tags in Kong! Lacey comes in with Madison to help out but they both eat
clotheslines. Kong tags in Hamada and she delivers a dropkick to Madison. Hamada
attempts to whip Madison into the corner but she reverses it and charges at
Hamada. Hamada eats Madison up with a Front Kick as she came rushing in and
Lacey comes into help but eats a sick roundhouse kick for her troubles! Hamada
then hits an Enziguri on Velvet! Tara comes in and hits a Scoop Slam on Lacey
and Hamada hits a Moonsault off the top! Tara throws Velvet out of the ring but
Lacey hits Hamada in the back with the ugly stick as the referee was dealing
with Tara and Velvet. Kong chases Velvet all the way to the back and Madison
gets the pin on Hamada!
Winners: Beautiful People via pinfall
After the match BP takes Tara out with the ugly stick and put the beat down on
her until Angelina Love runs out to make the save! Angelina takes out both Lacey
and Madison and she chunks Lacey out of the ring violently.
In the back Hogan is talking with Hebner. Hogan asks Hebner why he rang the bell
last week and Hebner tries to say that Angle hit the mat and he thought he
tapped out. Hogan says something is wrong with this and there is a pattern with
Hebner. He mentions Montreal and he wants to know the truth. Hebner tells him
the truth is Bret didn’t screw Bret, Vince didn’t screw Bret, HBK didn’t screw
Bret, he screwed Bret and that’s the same thing he did to Angle! Hogan asks him
why and Hebner says it was for the money. He says he got a great big check from
Flair and it was well worth it. Hogan says that’s unacceptable and he suspends
Hebner indefinitely.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
In the back Flair, holding AJ’s belt, and AJ are talking when 4 gorgeous women
walk in. Flair looks like he is in a trance at the girls and Flair starts
spitting game to one of the girls. AJ says the other 3 are for him!
We cut to Bubba the Love Sponge approaching Foley. Foley says he thinks it’s
likely he and Bischoff will come to an understanding and if not he isn’t hurting
for money so it is what it is.
Kurt Angle makes his way out to the ring with a serious look on his face. Taz
says that Hogan has placed Angle into a Tournament Qualifying Match. Angle says
he’ll never forget he and AJ’s match at Genesis and says it was the greatest
match of his life and that’s why he’s confused, disappointed, and most of all
pissed off. He said they made an agreement that the match would determine to
best in the world and it’s a match that would’ve been talked about for decades
to come and one that he could’ve told his grandkids about. Angle says AJ
disappointed him, the boys in the back, and the fans. He says AJ went from a
hero to “punk a** b*tch” in one night (ouch). Angle refers to last week as the
“Earl Hebner Screwjob” and he asks AJ if he really thinks Flair cares about him.
He says Flair is using AJ and he’s trying to strip him of his innocence. He
refers to Flair’s “dirtiest player in the game” moniker and asks if that’s how
AJ wants to be seen. Angle says he has a Qualifying Match for the 8-Card Stud
Tournament which means when he wins the tournament it will be Kurt Angle-AJ
Styles one more time, but this time he won’t get past him. Hogan’s music hits
and Hulk walks out to the ring. Hogan says that Angle accused him of being
behind something that he wasn’t and he told Angle that he would get to the
bottom of it and he did. Hogan says if it would’ve been 20-30 years ago things
would’ve been a lot different and as the leader as TNA he functions on a total
business level. He says after what happened last week with Angle spitting in his
face that’s unacceptable and if it ever happens again he can consider himself
unemployed. He asks Angle if they have an understanding and Angle says 1st off
he apologizes for spitting on him. He admits he was wrong but he has to
understand that he is leading to TNA and everything that happens in the ring
Hogan is accountable for. He apologizes again for spitting on him and shakes his
hand.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
As Angle was watching Hogan walk back up the ramp Syxx-Pac came out of nowhere
and attacked him from behind! Pac lays kicks in to Angle and then Hall comes in
as well and they trade shots on Angle! Pac hits the Snap Leg Drop on Angle and
then Hall continues to put the boots to him!
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
A replay of what just went down with Hall & Syxx-Pac jumping Angle is shown. In
the back Pac and Hall are celebrating beating Angle up as security is escorting
them out of the building and Hall says “see ya next week” while Pac says “damn
right you’ll see us next week.” Tenay questions if you could take a worse path
than what Pac and Hall have taken to try and get TNA contracts.
6-Man X-Division Tag Match
Motor City Machine Guns & Brian Kendrick vs. Generation Me & Amazing Red
This is Kendrick’s Impact debut and the first time we’ve seen him since his
debut at Genesis. This is Generation Me’s first match since their upset win over
the Guns a few weeks ago. Kendrick violently attacks Red as he gets in the ring
throwing forearms and knees at Red. Kendrick charges Red in the corner Red moves
out of the way! Kendrick rushes him again but again Red ducks it and Kendrick
eats the turnbuckles. Red follows up with the Double-tap Dropkick in the corner
and the Guns want a tag but Kendrick refuses and eats another dropkick from Red!
Both Guns tag Kendrick’s back and they jump in the ring and whip Red into the
corner. Sabin whips Shelley into Red but he gets his boot up and then hits the
Rolling Enziguri over the back of Shelley onto Sabin! Red rolls over tags in
Generation Me (I could tell which one actually got the tag). GM whip Shelley
into the ropes and hit a Double Back Kick and then Jeremy lifts Max up into an
Elevated Dropkick on Shelley! Sabin flies in with a Springboard attempt but Max
catches him in midair and hits a Gutbuster and holds him over his knee and
Jeremy hits the Corkscrew Neckbreaker over the knee of Max! Max covers Sabin and
gets a nearfall. Max hits a series of forearms and hits the ropes but Sabin was
right behind him with a Knee to the gut as he turned around. Sabin whips Max
into the corner and hits a Flying Forearm and then kneels down as Shelley
charges in and leaps off the back of Sabin, but Max ducks and then quickly rolls
up Sabin with a side roll! 1…2…NO Sabin kicks out and Jeremy tags in now. Jeremy
springboards off the top but Shelley catches him in midair with an Atomic Drop!
Sabin hits a sliding dropkick to Jeremy’s legs and then Shelley grabs the head
of Jeremy and rolls forward holding Jeremy’s head up for Sabin to dropkick the
hell out of his face! Sabin covers Jeremy and gets a nearfall! The fans are way
into this match. Jeremy connects with a forearm on Sabin as he played to the
crowd and then tags in Red. Red ducks a clothesline and then hits a hurricanrana
followed by a spinning heel kick. Red hits a back kick and then goes for Code
Red but Sabin blocks it and Shelley knocks his head off with a Superkick as Red
was still on the back of Sabin! Shelley kneels down and Sabin leaps off his back
with a dropkick knocking Max off the apron! Sabin places Red up on the shoulders
of Shelley overhead gutwrench style and the Guns hit the Thunder Express on Red
but Kendrick blind tagged Sabin as he came off the ropes! Kendrick kicks Red in
the head and then rolls him up in a cradle, 1…2…3 and the Guns & Kendrick get
the win!
Winners: Machine Guns & Kendrick via pinfall (punt kick)
The British Invasion’s music hits after the match and all 3 of the Brits walk
out to the ring Rob Terry case in hand! The Brits put the boots to Red and then
Terry Chokeslams him! Terry grabs the briefcase but Magnus stops him and tells
him to let Williams cash it in. They scream at him but Terry is resisting.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
Back from commercials Williams and Red are wrestling!
TNA X-Division Championship
Amazing Red (c) vs. Doug Williams
Red hits the Red Eye off the top on Williams! 1…2…NO Williams kicks out! They
show that Terry finally gave into Magnus in giving Williams the shot. Back to
live action Red climbs to the top but Williams grabs him from behind and hits
the Chaos Theory! 1…2…3 and Williams wins the belt!
Winner & NEW X-Division Champ: Doug Williams via pinfall (Chaos Theory)
Rob Terry does not look happy as Brutus & Williams celebrate the win.
In the back Jarrett is stretching for his match tonight.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
Back from commercials Bischoff is having his man-to-man with Mick Foley. Foley
asks who opened him up and if he paid somebody to do it or if he did it himself.
Bischoff tells Foley to let it go but then Foley talks about something that
happened at one of his kids birthday parties a few years ago. He says his son
took a crap in a tunnel and everyone scattered except one guy that had to clean
it up. Bischoff asks him what his point is and Foley says that he would rather
be that guy cleaning up crap then working in a company for Bischoff. Bischoff
says he understands that given their history and he respects it. He says two
people close to him do want Foley here and that’s Abyss and JB. He says he has
their careers in the palm of his hand and he might want to rethink his actions
for their sake.
Bischoff leaves the office and tells the cameraman to follow him and he walks in
AJ’s locker room with AJ and Flair partying with the girls. AJ does the Flair
strut and asks which one of the girls wants a ‘shot at the title tonight.’ Flair
talks about him being off for thirty days and AJ says after the girls he’ll need
it. Bischoff congratulates Flair because they are stuck with him because Flair
signed his contract before they took over and Flair ‘has some great attorneys.’
Bischoff says they may have thought they had 30 days off but he has news for
them and at Against All Odds is coming up and everybody and that means everybody
has to be ready to wrestle. AJ doesn’t pay it any mind and starts flirting with
the girls again but Flair took it a little more serious.
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
Main Event
Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Jarrett
Jarrett came out to no music and no pyro, damn. Anderson taunts Jarrett with
fake applause and then they play to the crowd with Anderson heeling it up.
Anderson and Jarrett lockup and then brawl into the corner before Slick Johnson
breaks them up. Anderson goes for a right but Jarrett ducks and connects with
one of his own. Jarrett hits another big right and then Slick pulls him off
again. They lockup again and this time Anderson locks in a side headlock but
Jarrett reverses it until Anderson shoves Jarrett into the ropes. Jarrett
answers back with a shoulder block and then another one. Jarrett hits a third
shoulder block and then teased a big right hand which causes Anderson to fall
backwards and beg off. Jarrett shoots in for another lockup but he eats the knee
of Anderson and then Anderson follows up with right hands and clubbing blows to
the back. Anderson taunts the “Jarrett” taunts from the fans and then slams
Jarrett into the top turnbuckle. Anderson attempts to whip Jarrett into the
ropes but Jarrett reverses it and hits a hiptoss followed by another one!
Jarrett whips Anderson into the ropes and connects with a dropkick followed by a
clothesline that sends Anderson over the top to the floor!
---COMMERCIAL BREAK---
Back from commercials Anderson kicks Jarrett and then throws him off the apron
into the ring post! Anderson taunts Jarrett again and then nails him in the head
with repeated right hands. Anderson grabs Jarrett by the arm and slams it into
the ring steps and then rolls in and out of the ring to break the 10-count. He
rolls Jarrett back into the ring and then locks in a hammerlock and follows it
up with a Hammerlock Slam for a nearfall. Anderson grabs that arm and locks in
an armlock really working that arm over since he slammed it into the ring post.
Jarrett is able to fight to his feet with back elbows and then whip Anderson
into the corner. He charges at him but Anderson gets his boot up and connects
with that same arm and then follows it up by grabbing that arm and slamming it
into the mat with all of his body weight. 1…2…NO Jarrett kicks out! Anderson
throws a forearm at Jarrett and then whips him into the ropes an goes for a
clothesline but Jarrett ducks. Anderson goes for another one and Jarrett ducks
again but when he comes back around Anderson locks in a Sleeper on him! Jarrett
counts out of the Sleeper with a wristlock but Anderson reverses it back into a
Top Wristlock. Jarrett fights it off again and comes off the ropes only to eat a
shoulder block for a nearfall from Anderson. Anderson goes to the top rope and
goes for the Kenton Bomb but Jarrett moves out of the way! Jarrett blocks a
right hand from Anderson and connects with a series of big right hands and then
he comes off the ropes for a clothesline, but Anderson counters it into a Mic
Check attempt! Jarrett blocks it with back elbows and goes for the Stroke, but
Anderson blocks it and hits a low blow as the referee was out of position and
couldn’t see it! Anderson grabs Jarrett and rolls him up with a small package!
1…2…3 and Anderson gets the pin!
Winner: Mr. Anderson via pinfall (small package)
In the back we see Bischoff laughing at the monitor and saying “this is great”
and then Anderson announces him as the winner. Anderson attacks Jarrett on the
outside again and then rolls him back into the ring and hit’s the Mic Check!
Another shot of Bischoff in the back is shown and Bischoff says “Jeff, it’s
going to be a long, hard climb back to the top.”