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Neo-Geo Forum: Official WWE Thread Post #6756 and posts thereafter.
1 -- CHRIS SABIN vs. BLACK MACHISMO JAY LETHAL vs. SONJAY DUTT
WINNER: Sabin in 14:00 to retain the X Division Title. Good opening match with good energy and great action. A nice way to plant seeds for the Christian vs. Angle vs. Sting match, which has a similar storyline of the challengers wanting to tear each other apart. (***)
2 -- ROBERT ROODE (w/Ms. Brooks) vs. JEFF JARRETT
WINNER: Roode in 13:00. A significant and surprising win for Roode, but it was overshadowed when Jarrett got his heat back by making Roode tap out after the match. Good, dramatic match with some bag of tricks and distractions, but not as deliberate as a regular Jarrett match. (**1/2)
3 -- CHRISTOPHER DANIELS vs. RHINO
WINNER: Daniels in 10:00. A good win for Daniels, but, as usual, the post-match activity overshadowed the in-ring result. Decent action. Could have passed for a TV match. (**)
4 -- KIP JAMES vs. BASHAM & DAMAJA (w/Christy Hemme)
WINNERS: Basham & Damaja in 5:00. Just a match. The Bashams had to win the handicap match, or else any credibility they had coming into TNA would have been damaged. TNA hasn't pushed VKM as a serious tag team in months, so Kip didn't lose much by losing. People will probably remember the promo more than the match.
5 -- JAMES STORM (w/Jackie Moore) vs. CHRIS HARRIS -- Texas death match
WINNER: Harris in 17:00. Hundreds of times better than the blindfold match. Great drama, a good storyline to work with, and two guys just beating the crap out of each other. An old-school brawl, granted with the bag of tricks, but it worked. Harris looked like a star here. (***3/4)
6 -- TIGER MASK vs. ALEX SHELLEY vs. SENSHI vs. JERRY LYNN
WINNER: Lynn in 12:00. The obvious man to take the fall after a nice four-way match. A bunch of spots, some that didn't mean much at the end of the match, but good energy for the time allotted. (**1/2)
7 -- TEAM 3D (BROTHER RAY & BROTHER DEVON) vs. LAX (HOMICIDE & HERNANDEZ w/Konnan) vs. TOMKO & SCOTT STEINER -- NWA Tag Title match
WINNERS: Team 3D in 14:00 to retain the tag titles. A lot of action that was more to fill 14 minutes than add up to much in the end. Not bad, but inconsequential. (**1/4)
8 -- SAMOA JOE vs. A.J. STYLES
WINNER: Joe in 14:00. Good action, but not on the level of their previous matches in 2005. Looking at the match in and of itself without comparisons to previous matches, it was a good, but not great semi-main event match. Another seed being planted that the deck is stacked against Christian, with his stablemates having a rough night. (**3/4)
9 -- CHRISTIAN CAGE vs. STING vs. KURT ANGLE -- NWA Title match
WINNER: Angle by one referee's decision; Sting by real-time in 11:00. Well, they didn't make any official announcement regarding the status of the NWA Title, but we can deduce that they're going to hold up the title on TV, and introduce a new TNA Title at Slammiversary for the King of the Mountain match with Sting, Angle, Christian, and probably Jarrett and Joe. Rushed main event with only 11 minutes given to the headline match. (**1/4)
