Jeremy Borash Interviews The Beautiful People
Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with the current TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love, as well as Velvet Sky. She talks about Gail Kim not having the Knockout Championship accomplishments that she has. Borash says Love’s accomplishments depend on Velvet’s help. Sky rants about the two being a package-deal. Love warns Gail that two is stronger than one.
TNA Knockouts Championship
– Angelina Love (c) (with Velvet Sky) vs. Gail Kim
Out first, by herself, is the challenger — Gail Kim. Next out, accompanied by her Beautiful People runningmate Velvet Sky, is the current TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love. Our second TNA title match of the evening is up now.
The bell rings and here we go. Gail Kim takes the early offensive lead in this one, taking it to the Knockouts Champion early on. Kim works over Love a little bit more, but Love is now slowly taking control.
Kim gets distracted with Sky on the outside of the ring, allowing Love to attack her from behind. Kim ends up slamming Love into the steel steps outside the ring and then throws her back into the ring.
Back in the ring, Love is back in control of the action. The referee misses it as Sky helps Love with Kim, setting up what appeared to be the finish, however Kim managed to kick out. Earl Hebner comes out and ejects Sky from ringside. He tags the referee, and I guess that means he just tagged himself into the match as the new referee.
Kim hits a leaping clothesline on Love, followed by a huge neckbreaker. Kim accidentally hits Hebner with a dropkick. She hits Love with her Eat Defeat finisher, but the other referee — Stiffler — won’t make the count for her. Seconds later, Kim tries a rollup, but Stiffler won’t count that either. Love reverses and now she has Kim rolled up, and of course Stiffler runs in and makes that count.
Winner and STILL TNA Knockouts Champion: Angelina Love
Backstage With Team 3D, Bully Ray Interview
Backstage, we see Bully Ray and Devon talking. They talk early about their history as Team 3D, and then Ray talks about what he’s going to do to EC3 tonight. They talk about Father’s Day and then Devon leaves. An interviewer walks up and asks Ray about EC3. Ray says “over my dead body” repeatedly. He says those were EC3’s words. He said everything that happens tonight is EC3’s fault. Ray talks about the Texas Deathmatch tonight and what he’s going to do to EC3 tonight.
Texas Death Match
– Ethan Carter III vs. Bully Ray
EC3 makes his way to the ring first. He’s putting his unbeaten singles streak on the line tonight in Dallas in a Texas Death Match against the man making his way to the ring right now, EC3’s opponent for tonight — Bully Ray.
Ray comes out swinging a Texas bullrope with a horn, ala Stan Hansen. Mike Tenay and Taz go over the rules of a Texas Death Match as the bell rings to make this one official. Basically put, whoeever can’t answer a ten count from the referee loses.
Ray attacks EC3 with the bull-rope and bell early. Within a minute or two, there are tables, ladders, bull ropes, chairs, bells, etc. in the ring. The fans chant “we want more cow bell” as Ray attacks EC3. EC3 ends up beating Bully down with a steel chair over and over again.
It isn’t long, however, before Ray is beating down EC3 some more. He even brought out the old, beloved cheese grater, which he smashed against EC3’s chest. Ray goes to blast EC3 with his steel chain but EC3 hits him with a low-blow to cut him off. A “this is awesome” chant breaks out moments later.
Ray takes a box cutter and tears apart the ring, the same way he has several times in the past. He goes to powerbomb Ray on the exposed boards of the ring, but Spud hits him in the back with a kendo stick, a shot that Ray doesn’t sell. All of this, however, does allow EC3 to recover and attack Ray from behind.
A bunch of shards of glass is set up in the middle of the ring. EC3 goes to the top but when he comes off, Ray catches him coming down with a 3D in the glass. A “holy shit” and a “this is awesome” chant immediately breaks out afterwards.
Ray lays EC3 across a table on the floor. He goes to the top-rope but Dixie runs down to ringside. Ray, “I’m gonna kill you, bitch!” is what he screams to Dixie, who starts running away from him. She ends up getting taken out by EC3 on accident. Ray blasts EC3 afterwards. He looks at EC3 and Dixie both laid out. He picks Dixie up and lays her across multiple tables that are set up on the floor. He goes to the top but EC3 blasts him from behind with a kendo stick. As Ray falls, Spud yanks Dixie off the tables and Ray goes crashing through them on his own. The referee counts Ray out and makes it to ten. EC3 wins.
Winner: Ethan Carter III
Mr. Anderson vs. James Storm
The video package airs, highlighting the history of the Mr. Anderson vs. James Storm feud. After the video package, James Storm is introduced, as he makes his way to the ring. Once in the ring, he grabs a mic and trashes the Dallas Cowboys players that are in attendance. Out next is Mr. Anderson, who cuts a promo at the top of the stage with the lowered-down-mic.
Anderson ends up sprinting to the ring, where Storm is waiting for him. The two exchange a wild series of punches before the bell rings to make this one official. Early on, Storm dominates Anderson with relative ease, focusing on the leg of Anderson.
Storm takes too long during a top-rope spot, which allows Anderson to establish control of the offense. This goes on for a while until the exact opposite happens and Storm takes control. Storm and the Dallas Cowboys get into it at ringside, with a ton of ringside staff getting involved to make it seem serious.
The situation leads to one of the players fully distracting Storm, allowing Anderson to hit the Mic Check for the 1-2-3. Anderson wins.
Winner: Mr. Anderson