Countdown to TNA Victory Road
By JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling
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Hello again everyone,
Special thanks to Slam Wrestling for their coverage of tonight's Victory Road pay per view. Here is a special look at the previews from their eyes. Once again TNA is LIVE on pay per view tonight from the iMPACT Zone in Orlando, FL!!
If this was even five years ago I'd say the opponents are original Horsemen members -- a one-off for Dean Malenko and another alumnus wouldn't be out of the question. Now though, the only conceivable participants would be Sting and Lex Luger and neither were exactly buddies with Flair long enough to be memorable men who held up the four fingers. I suspect that it's going to be the former Team Angle tandem of Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, who will be revealed to be the real members of Fortune.
Three Way Dance
Brother Ray vs. Brother Devon vs. Jesse Neal
I'm still liking the build and TNA has been executing this angle perfectly; but I fear that Devon will "double cross" Neal and this will just be a slaughter.
For The Vacant TNA Tag Team Titles
The Motor City Machineguns vs. Beer Money
Unquestionably, these are TNA's two best tag teams; and even though these two have crossed paths before, the bout still feels fresh because of the strong mix of other tandems that have come and gone. The likely scenario is that Beer Money takes the gold, but it really could go either way.
Steel Cage Match
Matt Morgan vs. Hernandez
If only last month's match hadn't happened. I'm really not caring about this bout at all. Look for Hernandez to take the bout.
This is Pope's return match, which makes the timing of it being Kurt's next ascension match unfortunate. We'll get a really strong bout but there's no way Kurt's losing.
Ric Flair vs. Jay lethal
If Flair was younger I'd be looking forward to this bout; as is, I'm just hoping he wears a tee-shirt in the ring. Lethal's been spot on in his impressions and you know he'll put it all out tonight; I fear, however, that this will end in a DQ.
TNA Knockouts Title vs. Career Match
(C) Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love
The build to this match has been pretty well done but a third consecutive title vs. career match is wearing the angle thin. With the Beautiful People not being allowed to interfere, you get the feeling that von Erich will still make her way in and "absent mindedly" cost Rayne the belt, only for it to be discovered later that she did it on purpose to fully turn babyface.
THEE CO-MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING...
(C) Doug Williams vs. Brian Kendrick
I'm still not buying Kendrick as a face, but any chance to see Williams is okay by me. The obvious angle that TNA will do here is that Williams won't win with the submission stip, but instead embrace his x-iness and climb to win. There's no question here, Williams keeps the gold.
I'm still not buying Kendrick as a face, but any chance to see Williams is okay by me. The obvious angle that TNA will do here is that Williams won't win with the submission stip, but instead embrace his x-iness and climb to win. There's no question here, Williams keeps the gold.
Apparently WWE's gimmick last month was so successful that TNA decided to copy it; and that means they'll also copy the result -- a title change. Hardy and Anderson at this point have a decent feud brewing and bringing in the belt doesn't do anything to enhance the angle in truth. That means Abyss is getting the gold, which inevitably means it'll go to Hogan if the booking team stays intact. Paul E., for the love of God, stop the madness!
What a night it's going to be as always with TNA. You never know what your going to see. Don't forget over on the King Jay Entertainment site at around 11:45pm EST you can check their site for all the highlights from tonight's event!! Also LIVE Tweetz as the fights happen ONLY on King Jay on Twitter (http://twitter.com/kingjay91)
Thank you very much for joining us here on KJE/NFE Encore we will see you on KJE later on tonight after the pay per view concludes!!
Special thanks to Slam Wrestling for their coverage of tonight's Victory Road pay per view. Here is a special look at the previews from their eyes. Once again TNA is LIVE on pay per view tonight from the iMPACT Zone in Orlando, FL!!
If you listen to all the Internet buzz, Victory Road might not be an appropriate title for this month's pay-per-view from TNA.
The word making its way around the IWC is that the promotion is in dire straits and is looking to make one more (and perhaps final) change in focus and personnel to right the sinking ship -- that change being Paul Heyman.
From the speculators, TNA's higher ups want Heyman to debut tonight; and if so, it would seem logical that he would be at the helm of the burgeoning ECW faction.
How that motley crew, regardless of Heyman, comes in to play among the angles that are actually well established tonight remains to be seen, but there are several entry points that they could use. Let's take a closer look at tonight's card.
AJ Styles & Kazarian vs. Mystery Team
If this was even five years ago I'd say the opponents are original Horsemen members -- a one-off for Dean Malenko and another alumnus wouldn't be out of the question. Now though, the only conceivable participants would be Sting and Lex Luger and neither were exactly buddies with Flair long enough to be memorable men who held up the four fingers. I suspect that it's going to be the former Team Angle tandem of Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, who will be revealed to be the real members of Fortune.
Three Way Dance
Brother Ray vs. Brother Devon vs. Jesse Neal
I'm still liking the build and TNA has been executing this angle perfectly; but I fear that Devon will "double cross" Neal and this will just be a slaughter.
For The Vacant TNA Tag Team Titles
The Motor City Machineguns vs. Beer Money
Unquestionably, these are TNA's two best tag teams; and even though these two have crossed paths before, the bout still feels fresh because of the strong mix of other tandems that have come and gone. The likely scenario is that Beer Money takes the gold, but it really could go either way.
Steel Cage Match
Matt Morgan vs. Hernandez
If only last month's match hadn't happened. I'm really not caring about this bout at all. Look for Hernandez to take the bout.
Kurt Angle vs. D'Angelo Dinero
This is Pope's return match, which makes the timing of it being Kurt's next ascension match unfortunate. We'll get a really strong bout but there's no way Kurt's losing.
Ric Flair vs. Jay lethal
If Flair was younger I'd be looking forward to this bout; as is, I'm just hoping he wears a tee-shirt in the ring. Lethal's been spot on in his impressions and you know he'll put it all out tonight; I fear, however, that this will end in a DQ.
TNA Knockouts Title vs. Career Match
(C) Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love
The build to this match has been pretty well done but a third consecutive title vs. career match is wearing the angle thin. With the Beautiful People not being allowed to interfere, you get the feeling that von Erich will still make her way in and "absent mindedly" cost Rayne the belt, only for it to be discovered later that she did it on purpose to fully turn babyface.
THEE CO-MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING...
TNA X-Division Title Ultimate X Submission Match
(C) Doug Williams vs. Brian Kendrick
I'm still not buying Kendrick as a face, but any chance to see Williams is okay by me. The obvious angle that TNA will do here is that Williams won't win with the submission stip, but instead embrace his x-iness and climb to win. There's no question here, Williams keeps the gold.
THEE CO-MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING...
TNA X-Division Title Ultimate X Submission Match
(C) Doug Williams vs. Brian Kendrick
TNA X-Division Title Ultimate X Submission Match
(C) Doug Williams vs. Brian Kendrick
I'm still not buying Kendrick as a face, but any chance to see Williams is okay by me. The obvious angle that TNA will do here is that Williams won't win with the submission stip, but instead embrace his x-iness and climb to win. There's no question here, Williams keeps the gold.
THEE MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING...
TNA World Title Match
(C) Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Abyss
TNA World Title Match
(C) Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Abyss
Apparently WWE's gimmick last month was so successful that TNA decided to copy it; and that means they'll also copy the result -- a title change. Hardy and Anderson at this point have a decent feud brewing and bringing in the belt doesn't do anything to enhance the angle in truth. That means Abyss is getting the gold, which inevitably means it'll go to Hogan if the booking team stays intact. Paul E., for the love of God, stop the madness!
What a night it's going to be as always with TNA. You never know what your going to see. Don't forget over on the King Jay Entertainment site at around 11:45pm EST you can check their site for all the highlights from tonight's event!! Also LIVE Tweetz as the fights happen ONLY on King Jay on Twitter (http://twitter.com/kingjay91)
Thank you very much for joining us here on KJE/NFE Encore we will see you on KJE later on tonight after the pay per view concludes!!
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