XPlosion, Superstars, Impact

TNA XPlosion

-Your hosts are Jeremy Borash & Taz.
-Eric Young vs. Christopher Daniels(n/t): We're starting the Maximum Impact Tournament...hope this has farther-reaching implications than the last contenders' tournament they did on this program. Apparently the winner gets a Heavyweight Title shot on the next European tour. Usual Young comedy spots in the early going...finally Daniels gets sick of it and takes over. Daniels maintains control, but takes too long going to the top rope and Young slams him to the mat. However, he jumps off the second rope and gets caught in a uranagi...but Young avoids the Best Moonsault Ever as Daniels lands on his feet. Piledriver? No, Daniels hangs onto the ref to block it, then double-legs Young in the corner and gets the Flair-style pin with feet on the ropes.
-For the record, our remaining first-round matches are Matt Morgan vs. Douglas Williams, Brother Devon vs. Samoa Joe, and Frankie Kazarian vs. Brutus Magnus(so do these XPlosion-earned title shots stack or does one just replace the previous one?).

WWE Superstars.com

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

Ted DiBiase Jr. vs. Drew McIntyre: The latest grassroots campaign is the "DiBiase Posse" as Ted Jr. has been tailgating with fans before the shows. Stanford notes something these two have in common: Both have been Tag Champs with Cody Rhodes. He also notes that DiBiase has been growing out the facial hair for Mo-Vember...I am used to associating facial hair with a member of the DiBiase family. Ted goes uncharacteristically airborne with a nice suicide dive, but ringside is Drew's territory and he wheelbarrow-drops DiBiase face-first on the ring apron. I miss Drew's push. He controls the action(including a nice BOOT as Ted's coming off the ropes) but jumps off the second turnbuckle right into a dropkick. Ted Jr. rallies with a flying knee and misdirection clothesline, but has his own ill-fated leap from the second rope as he's met by a fist to the face! Cover...gets two. Counter-sequence ends in an atomic facebuster by McIntyre...for two. McIntyre hits several clotheslines in the corner, but goes for one too many and Ted ducks, maneuvering into Dream Street for the victory.

Alex Riley vs. Michael McGillicutty: This is a rematch from last week when Riley got the win...A-Ri still has his leg bandaged from a recent injury. McGillicutty takes control after Riley hits the ringpost shoulder-first, allowing MM to deliver a textbook dropkick. Riley returns fire with an STO and spinebuster, then the elevated DDT...for two. MM sends Riley to the floor with a yank of the tights, but Riley re-enters with a sunset flip...only for McGillicutty to kneel down on the move for his own pinning combination and the surprise three-count!

Trent Barreta vs. Jinder Mahal: Mahal enlightens us in Punjabi before the matchup. We'll get a consistent spelling for Trent's last name eventually. Trent goes high-risk too early and Mahal shoves him off the top rope, causing him to crash-land against the ringside barricade. Jinder targets the ribs after that...PSYCHOLOGY~! Barreta elbows out of a back-superplex attempt, delivering a Whisper In The Wind for a near-fall. Mahal takes another shot to the ribs, then blocks the Dudebuster DDT and...gets the submission win with the camel clutch? He made him humble~!

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Tyson Kidd: Somehow don't see this outcome being too suspenseful no matter how much the commentators talk up Kidd. Kidd escapes a press-slam attempt to clip the knee...but Zeke is JUST TOO STRONG. Kidd is able to target the knee and deliver an inside-out slingshot legdrop, then a springboard elbowdrop...for two. Zeke powers back but Kidd gets a tornado DDT(!)...for 2 1/2. Zeke finally gets a sustainted offensive, delivering a back suplex before locking on the torture rack...that'll be a tapout.

TNA Impact

-Your hosts are Mike Tenay & Taz.
-Matt Morgan & Tommy "Crimson" Mercer d. Mexican America(w/ Sarita Stock & Rosita Fly) to retain the Tag Team Titles when Crimson pinned Anarquia after a double chokeslam by the champs. This was basically a squash as they destroyed Anarquia and Shawn Hernandez never really got into the action.
-Velvet Sky, Tara Varon, & Brooke Tessmacher d. Winter Lea, Angelina Love, & Women's Tag Team Champion Madison Rayne; Rayne hit the Raynedrop(Zack Attack) on Velvet but the referee was outside the ring and unavailable to count. Madison got her title belt to use as a weapon, but Mickie James ran out and snapped her throat off the top rope(retaliation for a backstage attack by Madison and Women's Singles & Tag Champ Gail Kim). That allowed Velvet to hit her sitout Pedigree finisher for the win. The plot point was that Karen Angle-Jarrett set up this match and the women were offended because some of them left that other place to get away from this sort of exploitation...
-Eric Young(w/ Rudy Charles) d. T.V. Champion Robbie Eckos(w/ Rob Terry) via piledriver in a non-title loser-wears-a-turkey-suit match. Since Eckos was incapacitated by the piledriver, Terry was forced to don the costume.
-A.J. Styles, Jeff Hardy, Rob Van Dam, & Ken Anderson(w/ James Storm) d. Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode, Jeff Jarrett, Christopher Daniels, & Bully Ray(w/ Kurt Angle & Karen Angle-Jarrett) in an elimination tag match; Hardy didn't come out with his team due to injuries sustained in an altercation with Jarrett earlier in the show. Roode joined the commentary team for the first part of the match...Ray hit a uranagi on Anderson, so Roode ran down to tag himself into the match and steal the pin. Ha ha. That brought A.J. into the match with a flurry of offense, but Roode delivered a blatant low blow to get DQed and escape the situation. RVD got a hot tag and cleaned house, but Angle broke up a five-star frog splash behind the referee's back allowing Daniels to get a cheap rollup with a handful of tights. That seemingly left Styles alone against three opponents, but Hardy limped out to the ring to take part in the match and got the tag! Jeff pinned Daniels after a Twist Of Fate and then defeated Jarrett via small package. Jarrett attempted to hang around to double-team Hardy, but Styles made a blind tag as Hardy took out Double J...A.J. nailed a springboard forearm on Ray to notch the final three-count. The sole survivors were Styles and Hardy, but Roode BELTed both winners after the match.