Bound For Glory 2011 (2014 Redo): Score One For The Old Guys!
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For Glory 2011
Date: October 16, 2011
Location: Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 3,585
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
The opening video shows the main event guys getting ready for their matches. We also see clips of Hogan arriving and then turning on Dixie Carter to become the evil monster that he is. Sting wants to turn things around and set TNA right again, which he seems to do every few months. The World Title feud gets a token mention.
The announcers do their intros.
X-Division Title: Austin Aries vs. Brian Kendrick
Rating: C+. Good opener here as Aries was kicking off his awesome run with the title. Beating Kendrick for the second time in a row was the best way to get him off to a good start. Kendrick was more than able to hang in there and Aries had to break a bit of a sweat to retain here.
The Angle daughters are hanging out with Traci Brooks. Karen Jarrett comes in and tells them to go find their dad (meaning Jeff Jarrett) before ripping into Traci for being near them. Karen is going to referee a match tonight and Traci has to stay in the back.
Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam
Back in again and Rob is able to kick out at two, giving Lynn even more frustration. Now the Van Daminator connects but Lynn is up at two. With nothing else to do, Rob puts the ladder on top of Jerry in the corner and nails the Van Terminator with a chair to knock Lynn out cold. Rob writhes in pain on the mat for a bit before covering for the pin.
They hug post match.
Dixie Carter arrived earlier.
Crimson vs. Samoa Joe vs. Matt Morgan
Crimson and Joe slug it out as Matt gets up top in a hurry to take Crimson down with a cross body. Back in and Crimson slugs it out with Joe again before a high collar suplex gets two on the Samoan. Morgan gets back in and a double shoulder puts Joe down. Now Crimson and Morgan get in a shoving match until Joe low bridges Morgan to the floor. He kicks Crimson in the head and loads up the MuscleBuster until Morgan makes the save. Morgan misses a Carbon Footprint though, allowing Crimson to spear Joe down for the pin.
Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson
They fight to the back with a bloody Ray missing a shot with a pipe. A piledriver on the concrete gets two on Anderson and they fight back into the arena. Anderson gets the better of it and unhooks a piece of the barricade. That takes too long as well though and Ray runs him over with a clothesline. We get another table brought in and set up near the corner, but Ray gets backdropped onto the barricade.
The announcers are shocked.
Knockouts Title: Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky vs. Winter vs. Mickie James
AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels
Rating: B-. Good brawl with a lame ending. The problem with something like a screwdriver is the same as it was with Janice last year: you can only tease it so far before you have to stop things. These two are always worth a watch but I think the fans were starting to get sick of the combination. It would get even worse in 2012.
Hulk Hogan vs. Sting
Immortal comes out to destroy Sting with chairs as Abyss is shown watching from behind the curtain. Jackson James takes one of them away, turning face about an hour and fifteen minutes after he turned heel. Bischoff hits him with a chair, starting the most unwanted face push in the history of ever.
TNA World Title: Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode
Angle is helped out to end the show.
Ratings Comparison
Austin Aries vs. Brian Kendrick
Original: B-
Redo: C+
Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam
Original: B
Redo: C
Samoa Joe vs. Crimson vs. Matt Morgan
Original: C
Redo: D+
Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson
Original: C+
Redo: B
Mickie James vs. Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky vs. Winter
Original: D+
Redo: D
Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles
Original: C
Redo: B-
Hulk Hogan vs. Sting
Original: D+
Redo: D+
Bobby Roode vs. Kurt Angle
Original: C
Redo: B-
Overall Rating
Original: B+
Redo: C+
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