6/10 TNA Slammiversary PPV results and review: Bobby Roode vs. Sting for the TNA Title, WWE star Christian, the first TNA Hall of Famer revealed, Daniels and Kazarian vs. Kurt Angle and A.J. Styles for the TNA Tag Titles Spoiler Brooke Tessmacher defeated Gail Kim to win the TNA Knockouts Title in 7:00. Powell's POV: I was worried they were going to do this just to have a title change on the show and/or because it's Tessmacher's home state. Tessmacher is the most charismatic young babyface in the division and they really should have built to to that rather than just having Brooke win a four-way to earn the title shot and take the title days later. The botched spot created a big lull and the finish didn't go off well. Unfortunately, this was the low point of the show thus far. Bully Ray vs Joseph Park (Abyss) on now.
Since this was the first TNA/Impact event or PPV ever held in the DFW area, I'm interested to know how many showed up last night. It was in a new place, the College Park Center, which is on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. Just opened in February of 2012, it holds 7,000 people.
Looked like full capacity, but I was watching a stream so the picture wasn't the best. I dropped out of updating after having some site issues I had to deal with. Overall it was a good PPV with two must-watch matches in Aries vs Samoa Joe and Stylez/Angle vs Kaz/Daniels. Here's a rundown of the rest of the matches: http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/TNAPPVreports/article10025617.shtml Joseph Park vs Bully Ray Spoiler Joseph Park defeated Bully Ray in 10:25. Powell's POV: "Abyss" kept his hood on and never turned his face toward the camera, so it looks like we had a stand-in. I was ready for the story to end here but no such luck. I think they're dragging it out and it's going to overstay its welcome. That said, this was booked nicely with Park making rookie mistakes at some points and Ray taking him lightly other times. Tenay and Taz did a really nice job with their call of the match and did a nice job explaining why certain things were happening. Kurt Angle & A.J. Styles vs Christopher Daniels & Kazarian Spoiler Kurt Angle and A.J. Styles defeated Christopher Daniels and Kazarian to win the TNA Tag Titles in 14:25. Powell's POV: Damn! That was a hell of a match and I lost a minute or two of it due to a storm killing my satellite reception. Where were these storms during the bad pay-per-view moments over the last ten years?!? As much as I enjoyed the opener, that was the match of the night. I questioned the decision to move the tag titles at this point because Daniels and Kazarian, who are going to be very sore in the morning from all those suplexes, need those belts so much more than Angle and Styles do. Sting vs Bobby Roode Spoiler Bobby Roode defeated Sting to retain the TNA Title in 11:25. Powell's POV: Why?!? On a night when TNA produced a good pay-per-view event and looked as big league and professional as ever, they apparently felt the need to pay tribute to all of the crapty finishes they've subjected their pay-per-view buyers to over the years. Brian Hebner looks like the dumbest TNA referee ever for carrying one bottle to ringside while there were others still in the ring. Then he made the count on broken glbutt. It's absolutely ridiculous and it's such a shame because this was a strong pay-per-view effort that was soiled by such a stupid main event finish.
Idk if anyone knows this or not, but Dixie Carter was born and went to HS in Dallas. BTW, when did Abyss change his name? I must have missed that.
