Wrestling TV

TNA XPlosion

Your hosts are Jeremy Borash & Taz.

Alex Shelley vs. Douglas Williams(w/ Brutus Magnus), XPlosion Championship Challenge Tournament: Magnus has a bye to the finals, so he faces the winner of this matchup...and he joins the broadcast team for the night. YAY WRESTLING~! and all that. Borash asks Magnus which title he would target if he wins the tournament...after some dancing around the issue, he says the Tag Team Titles(which would work out well if we get an all-British Invasion final since they both get a title shot in that case). Magnus notes that he wrestled Williams in one of his earliest matches, so they have met in the ring before. Williams gains the edge in a strike exchange, ending in a gutwrench suplex...for two. Chaos Theory is attempted but Shelley counters into a bodyscissors cradle...for two, and Williams goes straight into a modified surfboard out of that! @LX won't surrender and Williams releases the hold...then he escapes a Sliced Bread #2 attempt and connects with a suicide dive! Back in the ring, Williams goes to the top rope but Shelley cuts him off with a jumping enzuigiri. Williams fights out of a superplex and hits a kneedrop off the top(!)...for two. Chaos Theory is blocked, so is Sliced Bread #2, but @LX hits a back kick to the gut and finally hits SB#2 for the hard-fought victory...the tournament final will be Alex Shelley vs. Brutus Magnus...Magnus is surprisingly unfazed by his partner's loss, simply saying he'll see Shelley in the finals.

WWE Superstars.com

Your hosts are Jack Korpela, Matt Striker, Josh Mathews, & Scott Stanford.

Trent Baretta vs. Wade Barrett: Wade pulls out some moves we haven't seen out of him before, including a nice dropkick. A missed boot on the floor allows Trent to hit a Whisper In The Wind off the barricade...ow. Baretta escapes Wasteland, Wade blocks the Dudebuster DDT, then Wade blocks a rana and heaves him straight up into a second attempt at Wasteland and hits it on this try for the victory.

Brodus Clay vs. Jose Vargas: Confusing...Brodus was on the Smackdown portion of Superstars two weeks ago, the Raw side last week, and now back on the SD half. Whatever the brand, squash is still in season...avalanche and Fall Of Humanity(big-guy cross-body of death) end it in short order.

Santino Marella vs. Primo Colon: Welcome to the bottom of the totem pole. Santino wins with the Cobra in short order despite Primo's efforts to target the arm used to deliver said devastating finisher(*snicker*).

Zack Ryder vs. Drew McIntyre: Zack's made quite a name for himself lately, including a recent upset win over The Chosen One on this very program. The fight quickly spills out of the ring and Drew gains control after a spinebuster into the side of the ring(OW). Ryder shows that Drew's not the only one who can use the ring to his advantage, snapping Drew's throat off the top rope and whipping him hard into the ringpost. Ryder stomps a mudhole in the corner, culminating in the Broski Boot...that gets two. Rough Ryder is countered into a Demon Bomb...for two! Strike exchange ends in a big boot from McIntyre...for two. Future Shock is blocked and Drew attempts a gutwrench suplex, but Zack flips up and over and hits the ropes to land the Rough Ryder for the win!

TNA Impact

Brother Devon vs. Scott Steiner, Bound For Glory Series: Steiner wins with a Flair Pin(appropriately) out of nowhere...Samoa Joe attacks Devon after the match. Devon's sons enter the ring to confront Joe but "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero runs in to ensure nothing bad happens to them and Joe backs off.

X-Division Gauntlet: Mark Haskins d. Alex Shelley with a half-nelson knee strike(Painkiller, sayeth Wikipedia). Haskins d. Robbie Eckos(w/ Cookie Bayless) via rollup. Shiima Xion d. Haskins via 450 Splash. Jesse Sorensen d. Xion with an inverted swinging neckbreaker. Sorensen d. Anthony Nese with the inverted swinging neckbreaker. Sorensen d. Kid Kash by countering a Moneymaker attempt into a rana pin. Austin Aries d. Sorensen via brainbuster...Aries didn't have to do much as Kash planted Sorensen with the Moneymaker after losing his fall of the gauntlet. X-Division Champion Brian Kendrick confronted Aries after the match...Aries walked away from Kendrick's offered handshake, so Kendrick attacked him and they brawled until referees separated the two.

Mickie James d. O.D.B.(w/ Jacquelyn Moore) with the jumping DDT. The story is that O.D.B. and Jacquelyn are under "probation" to earn contracts if they behave themselves, so they're not supposed to cheat.

Rob Van Dam vs. A.J. Styles, Bound For Glory Series: Jerry Lynn was seated in the front row and complained to the referee about a pin count after RVD hit Rolling Thunder. Styles made the comeback and raised the knees to block the five-star frog splash, then eventually hit the Pele Kick...but Lynn pulled the ref out to complain about the count, causing Styles to win by DQ and RVD to lose more points in the BFG Series.

Mexican America(w/ Sarita Stock & Rosita Fly) d. Beer Money Inc. to win the Tag Team Titles; Jeff Jarrett and Karen Angle-Jarrett did commentary. Rosita ran interference which brought the Jarretts into the picture...Shawn Hernandez ended up pinning Robert Roode after knocking him out with Jarrett's Mexican Title belt(did he win it from Konnan?).