Impact Wrestling – June 10, 2015: X Marks A Lame Special
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Wrestling
Date: June 10, 2015
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: D’Angelo Dinero, Josh Matthews
We open with a video on the X-Division as a whole before focusing on Spud cashing in. However, Austin Aries is cashing in his Feast or Fired briefcase on the winner. There will also be three triple threats with the winners fighting in another triple threat for the title at a future date.
TNA World Title: Rockstar Spud vs. Kurt Angle
Kurt is defending and takes Spud down to the mat with ease for a headlock. Back up and Spud is able to send Angle outside, only to eat a belly to belly on the floor for a huge crash. Angle takes it back inside and nails another suplex to set up a chinlock. An Angle Slam attempt is countered and Spud scores with an enziguri.
Rating: C+. Fun match but not enough to be anything really great. They did about as much as they could do in under nine minutes, but at the end of the day this was just a few steps above a workout for Angle. The Underdog was a nice near fall but this really was too short to work as well as they were hoping.
Manik vs. Low Ki vs. Crazzy Steve
Tigre Uno vs. DJZ vs. Mandrews
We start with the triple headlock with Tigre speeding things up to take over. DJZ dropkicks him down though, only to have Mandrews slingshot in for a hurricanrana. A standing moonsault gets two on DJZ but Tigre comes in with a missile dropkick. Tigre slams DJZ down for two but Mandrews comes back in with a tornado DDT to put everyone down. DJZ is up first for a running flip dive to the floor to take out both guys again. Back in and Tigre shoves DJZ off the top and hits a Phoenix Splash (read as a spinning knee to the face) to pin Mandrews at 5:27.
Post match Jesse Godderz comes down to destroy DJZ.
Knockouts Title: Taryn Terrell vs. Awesome Kong
The Dirty Heels are ready for their tag match later, but Roode wants the first World Title shot.
Grado vs. Kenny King vs. Cruz
Bram vs. Crimson
TNA World Title: Austin Aries vs. Kurt Angle
Ethan Carter III comes in and lays Angle out to end the show.
Overall Rating: C-. It gets really tiring seeing TNA pay lip service to the X-Division and then abandon it for the next ten and a half months every single year. Notice that the Feast or Fired cash-in, which could happen at any show of the year, got WAY more attention than the X-Division cash-in, which was treated as an afterthought. This show is a waste of time on a division that stopped meaning anything years ago.
Results
Kurt Angle b. Rockstar Spud – Ankle lock
Tigre Uno b. DJZ and Mandrews – Phoenix Splash to Mandrews
Grado b. Kenny King and Cruz – Cannonball to Cruz
Bram b. Crimson – Brighter Side of Suffering
Kurt Angle b. Austin Aries – Ankle lock
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