Thursday Wrestling Viewing

TNA XPlosion

Alex Shelley vs. "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero: We're into the quarterfinals of the XPlosion Championship Challenge Tournament...YAY WRESTLING~! Pope teases using his chain as a weapon, but sees Brother Devon's family at ringside and decides against it. CONFLICTED~! Devon's sons talk to Dinero at ringside...that brings out Devon himself to tell his sons to stay in the backstage area. Pope takes Devon's side and says it's okay, but the distraction gives Shelley the opening to deliver a plancha. Devon remains at ringside, notably...Shelley misses a double-stomp off the top on re-entry and falls prey to the 4-UP~!...for two. The fans seems to be on Shelley's side for the most part, though Pope has his share of fans and he IS trying to play nice at the moment. Dinero lands the Macho Elbow but has a slight delay in covering and only gets a two-count. Pope blocks Sliced Bread #2 and hits an STO...for two. Shelley hits a version of the Flying Chuck out of nowhere, then lands a superkick and hits SB#2 on the second try for the upset win!

WWE Superstars.com

Your Smackdown-brand hosts are Jack Korpela and Matt Striker.

Justin Gabriel vs. Tyson Kidd: Well, this should rule. Korpela says Kidd wanted to be in the MITB Match...try winning some matches, dude. Gabriel blocks a top-rope Frankensteiner by holding onto the ropes, then finishes with the Fall From Grace.

Natalya Neidhart vs. Alicia Fox: Nattie gets the jobber entrance? Too bad, if only she could learn how to work. This one gets feisty in a hurry...in their previous encounter, Nattie ripped hair out of Alicia's head. Natalya blocks an axe kick attempt and goes for the Sharpshooter, but Alicia counters into a small package for the flash pin.

Your Raw-brand hosts are Scott Stanford and Josh Mathews.

Tag Team Champions The New Nexus vs. Zack Ryder & Santino Marella, non-title: Stanford does note that Vladimir Kozlov isn't too happy about Santino teaming with someone else...guess we'll see what happens with this odd couple. Ryder and Santino don't seem to be on the same page at first, leading to Santino falling victim to the superior teamwork of the champs. The name change for Joe Hennig is unusual by itself, but they almost NEVER mention his family background on top of that...guess I just don't understand the business or something. A double-team backfires and Ryder gets the hot tag...the house is on fire! Broski Boot hits on Otunga and McGillicutty breaks up the pin attempt...Santino dives at McGillicutty and hits...nothing. Ryder clotheslines McGillicutty to the floor and turns into a boot to the gut from Otunga. He sets up for the Verdict spinebuster, but Ryder counters STRAIGHT into the Rough Ryder and gets the three-count! Dueling celebrations ensue...who'da thunk it?

Evan Bourne vs. Primo Colon: WOO~! Sadly, Primo gets the "already in the ring" treatment for this match. YAY WRESTLING~! FLIPPIES~! Tremendous matchup...a series of pin reversals ends abruptly in a spinkick to the mush by Bourne, setting up the shooting star press for the victory.

TNA Impact

-Bound For Glory Series: Rob Van Dam d. Scott Steiner via rollup.
-Tara Varon & Miss Brooke Tessmacher d. Sarita Stock & Rosita Fly despite interference by Madison Rayne, winning the Women's Tag Team Titles; Tara pinned Sarita after a Baldo Bomb.
-Bound For Glory Series: Matt Morgan won a four-corner ladder match with A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe, and Phil Gunner to earn ten points.
-Brian Kendrick d. Alex Shelley to retain the X-Division Title; Shelley hit a sick Asai DDT on the ring apron, but Austin Aries hit Shelley with the title belt out of nowhere and Kendrick(not having seen the interference) got the three-count.
-A scheduled Women's Title match between Mickie James(C) and Velvet Sky never started as Angelina Love and Winter Lea attacked both women. O.D.B. and Jacquelyn Moore also got involved after jumping the guardrail, bringing out Traci Brooks to side with Mickie and Velvet. Mickie defends against Winter at Hardcore Justice.
-Heavyweight Champion Sting & Kurt Angle d. Ken Anderson & Bully Ray; a Stinger Splash set up Kurt's Olympic Slam for the win on Anderson.