TNA Impact Wrestling Results – October 1, 2014

The show opens with a video putting over Bobby Lashley and Bobby Roode, and then we go to Roode, who hasn’t been seen since losing to Lashley two weeks ago. It’s been a long fourteen days, but he’s going to address his future tonight.

Austin Aries comes out and cuts right to the chase, because he knew exactly who he planned to call out tonight, but he thought he’d make this interactive and ask the fans if they’d like to see him challenge Gail Kim for the Knockouts Title, if they want him to face the Wolves 2-on-1, if he should challenge Samoa Joe for the X-Division Title…but before he can get to the guy he should challenge since he’s not an idiot, Samoa Joe comes out and asks if somebody called his name. He knows Aries wasn’t done, but he should challenge the best champion in the company, and that’s him. Aries says that’s fine because he’s heard the fans, and the X-Division represents all that’s right in the business and it’s not about how you look or how old you are, it’s about being the best in the ring and there’s nobody better than the two of them. Joe says to ring the bell, and we go right into the title match now!

X Division Title Match: Samoa Joe vs Austin Aries

Feeling out process to start as Mike tells us about how both men are five time X Division Champions and how Joe won the title when Aries vacated it to challenge Lashley. Things pick up and Joe counters the headscissors dropkick by bearhugging Aries and short piledriving him. Aries tries firing off some shots, but Joe just bowls him over with a shoulderblock and drills him with a series of jabs. Joe takes Aries to the corner and goes for the Muscle Buster, Aries fights him off and goes for a missile dropkick, but Joe simply walks out of the way and Aries hits nothing. Aries dodges a kneedrop and Aries starts working the knee over with kicks and a running shoulderblock while Joe’s leg was tied in the ropes. Aries catches Joe in a trailer hitch, then takes Joe down and hits a big pumping elbowdrop for 2 as we go to commercial.

We’re back, and Joe counters a charge by Aries with a big knee that knocks the challenger silly. Now with Aries on the defensive, Joe hammers several knees into his skull and snaps him over with a powerslam for 2. Aries counters the Kokina Clutch to a jawbreaker, rolls Joe up for 2, and gets Joe in the Last Chancery. Joe breaks out of the hold, so Aries tries a brainbuster, Joe blocks and just starts hammering Aries with forearms. Aries counters with a roaring elbow, Joe blocks the brainbuster again, boots Aries out to the floor, Aries dodges a dive by Joe, and he quickly zips inside and takes Joe out with a dive of his own. Aries rolls Joe inside and nails him with a missile dropkick, hits the IED, and plants Joe with the brainbuster. Aries makes a cover and Joe is out at 2. Aries goes right back to the Last Chancery again, but Joe hooks Aries as he goes over and traps him in the Kokina Clutch and grapevines his body with his legs. Aries tries rolling out, but Joe rolls with him and keeps the hold, and Aries taps out.

Winner: Samoa Joe

Great match and an awesome finish. We get about four seconds to let that sink in before we go to the back where Spud tells Ethan Carter III that he’s sorry sorry and he loves him. Okay, he didn’t exactly say that, but pretty close to it. Anyway, Carter tells him his failure has earned him nothing and to follow him to the ring.

We look back at the ladder match from two weeks ago as the Wolves got their first win in the tag title series, then we go to the tail end of a conversation with the Wolves telling Angle about their idea for a match stipulation, which Angle happily approves because he sees Match of the Year written all over it.

We go to the ring as Ethan Carter III asks Spud if he’s his best friend, and EC3 cuts Spud off by saying that Ethan is his employer, and Spud is his employee, and asks what world that makes them friends in. His friends have trust funds and that Spud just doesn’t fit in by reading comics and watching wrestling in his dingy studio apartment. He regretfully informs Spud that the fans are not with him (the fans start chanting for Spud to contradict him), and then he starts mocking Spud’s haircut, says his suits make him sick and look like he got them at the optical illusion store. EC3 starts tearing up Spud’s suit, and Spud asks why he’s doing this, and EC3 says he holds everyone accountable for what happened to his Aunt Dee, and Spud was the last line of defense and failed them all. EC3 asks Spud if he’s going to cry, then slaps him across the face. Spud looks all angry and EC3 laughs in his face until Eric Young’s music hits and he comes out and asks if he’s looking for someone to blame for what happened to Dixie Carter, to blame him because anyone would be happy to take credit for that masterpiece. EC3 says to get lost because this doesn’t concern him, but Eric says he’s here to talk to Spud, because he’s been where Spud is and was pushed around and told that he isn’t good enough, but Spud needs to listen to the fans: not EC3, not Eric, the fans. We all know EC3 is going to keep on until Spud stands up and hits him, so he asks if Spud will keep taking this, or is he going to stand up for himself and hit EC3? Before we get an answer, EC3 attacks Young and a referee comes out to jump start their match.

Eric Young vs Ethan Carter III

Young wrestles circles around EC3 and dropkicks him for a quick 1 count, then headscissors him out to the floor and takes him out with a slingshot dive. They go back in and EY catches EC3 with a Thesz Press, but EC3 Tullys him into the corner, mounts him, and hammers him with right hands before popping him over with a vertical suplex for 2. Young lands on the middle rope in frot of Spud, who winds back to take a cheap shot, but he hesitates and EC3 nails Young instead. Young fights out of a chinlock and starts mounting a comeback against EC3. He hits the top rope elbowdrop, but Spud puts EC3’s foot on the bottom rope to break the pinfall. EC3 stops to yell at Spud and Young dropkicks him in the back, but the referee is distracted getting Spud off the apron and misses EC3 countering a piledriver attempt with an uppercut to the ding ding. EC3 hits a running kneestrike and the 1% for the win.

Winner: Ethan Carter III

EC3 makes a shamed Spud raise his hand and holds the ropes open for him as he leaves the ring.

We look back at two weeks ago when Kenny King attacked Sgt. Chris Melendez after their match, then we go backstage to Ken Anderson telling Melendez that he did a good job even though this is how guys like King operate. Melendez says it’s nothing new because he dealt with people like this overseas, but he thanks Anderson for helping him out. Anderson says no problem and thanks for everything he did for the country.

We see a video package hyping the Knockouts Title match, which starts…right now as Havok attacks Gail Kim on her way to the ring! Gail fights back on the floor, but Havok just overpowers her and rams her into the ring apron. Gail tries fighting back again, but Havok shrugs it off and rams her into the ringpost and steps. Gail kicks Havok off her and into the steps, then starts hammering her with kicks. Havok again shrugs it off, elevates Gail, and drops her on the guardrail. Havok tries it again, but Gail fights out and boots her in the skull, then comes off the ring apron with a Thesz Press, but Havok easily picks Gail up, hammerlocks her, and rams her shoulder into the ringpost, keeps the hammerlock, and delivers a spinebuster on the floor. The referees manage to back Havok off as the trainer checks Gail out and we go to commercial. Guess we’ll find out the status of the title match after we come back.

We’re back and Tenay says the trainers are checking on Gail and we’ll have an answer later on tonight, so in the meantime, we see a video package looking at the Tag Team Title Series so far, then we go to the ring as the Wolves come out to name the stipulation for the last match in the series. Davey says they’ve felt like the underdogs throughout the whole series, but with the Wolves Nation behind them, the Wolves now have full control. Davey and Eddie are very excited to announce that the final match in the series will be…wait a minute, Team 3D interrupt before Davey can spill the beans. Bubba says the Wolves just don’t get it, and it wasn’t enough that both Team 3D and the Hardys came out and told everyone how great they thought the Wolves are, because now they need to come out and spout off over how they want to build a legacy and how good they are, but they’re not. They may be the World Tag Team Champions, but they’ll never be Team 3D and they’ll never conquer the world of tag team wrestling like he and Devon have for the last TWENTY YEARS. The Wolves are good, but Team 3D is great and they’re not making the last match in the series, they are. They tell the Wolves to go sit outside, but now the Hardys interrupt and say that Team 3D will never change, and that they better enjoy this last run with the Hardys because they’re going to end it. They say the Wolves are a very good team, but Team 3D are extraordinary and the Hardys are gods when it comes to tag team wrestling. He wants them to appreciate the run they’ve had, but it’s time to step aside and let the legends settle it. People will talk about the Hardys and Team 3D in twenty years, but nobody will talk about the Wolves. Davey tells Matt to shut up because they had their twenty years and now the Wolves will get their twenty years because they’ve beaten the Hardys, they’ve beaten Team 3D, and their time is now. Bubba says they have guts, but their time is now, and they attack the Wolves. The Hardys jump in and go at it with Team 3D, and 3D goes out to the floor to get table while the Hardys go for a ladder and the Wolves are in the ring brandishing chairs. Kurt Angle comes out and tells everyone to calm down, and tells the Wolves to decide the final match in the series right now, and as the fans chant TLC, Eddie says they want Full Metal Mayhem!

Ken Anderson and Chris Melendez bump into MVP and Kenny King backstage and say they were looking for them, and Anderson says he wants to fight King, but MVP steps in and says that he’s Anderson’s man, and it looks like they’ll face off later tonight.

Kurt Angle checks in on Gail Kim in the trainer’s room. The trainer says she separated her shoulder and shouldn’t wrestle tonight, but Gail says no and ORDERS Kurt to make sure the match happens tonight.

Manik vs Shark Boy

They start quickly when Manik jumps Shark Boy, but Sharky returns fire with some Stone Cold offense. I like Manik’s new look, but having the hood connected to his wrestling gear looks like it could be hazardous if it gets caught on something. Manik takes Sharky down and dropkicks him in the back of the head, then does the boot spin on his forehead. Manik hits a running kneestrike to the head for 2, then hits the One Amigo and rolls that into a back suplex for 2. Manik picks Sharky up for what looks like a Tiger Suplex, except he drops Sharky forward into what I can only describe as a double knee groinbreaker. Manik comes off the top with a frogsplash for the finish.

Winner: Manik

It was fine as a way of establishing the new, darker Manik character, and always fun to see Stone Cold Shark Boy.

Team 3D is backstage and don’t know whether to give the Wolves credit for their balls or bash them in the heads for what they did. They don’t know what team in their right mind would challenge Team 3D and the Hardys to a Full Metal Mayhem match, but the Wolves need to know that they’re dealing with tag team gods, not because they said so, but because the fans said so. They’re both going into every hall of fame the business has, the Wolves’ days are over, and they’ll be inducted as 25 time World Tag Team Champions.

MVP vs Ken Anderson

MVP shoots in on Anderson and takes him down to the mat, Anderson slips out with a go behind and MVP quickly scoots over to the ropes. Anderson takes MVP to the ropes and turns it into a brawl like a good babyface, hitting him with illegal right hands and a running elbowstrike. MVP punishes Anderson for his unscrupulous conduct by Tullying him to the floor, but Anderson’s heel buddy Sgt. Chris Melendez interjects himself by standing in front of MVP when he tries to help Anderson back into the ring. Anderson somehow staggers into the ringpost when MVP walks away like the nice guy he is, and put him in a perfectly legal chinlock when they get back in the ring. Anderson throws more punches, but MVP goes back to wrestling and takes Anderson to the mat and puts him back in the chinlock that I bet Anderson will get out of by hitting MVP. Turns out I’m wrong because MVP lets him go like the good sport he is, but stumbles and accidentally lands knee-first on Anderson’s ribs. Anderson throws more punches, and MVP finally has enough after trying the whole match to wrestle Anderson, and is forced to defend himself against his belligerent, violent opponent with punches of his own. MVP goes to the second rope, Anderson punches MVP in the ding ding, and gives him a Finlay roll off the ropes for 2. Anderson, with malice in his eyes, waits for MVP to regain his feet, but abruptly turns to take a cheap shot at King, who is just minding his business on the ring apron. Melendez again interjects himself by sneak attacking King, but MVP rolls Anderson up and pins him.

Winner: MVP

I am thrilled to see that Anderson failed despite his blatantly illegal conduct during this match, and that MVP prevailed by refusing to drop to Anderson’s level and wrestled like the virtuous competitor he is.

We’re back as Bobby Roode is in the ring saying that winning the TNA World Title is a big task, but holding onto it is an even bigger task, and being the longest reigning champion is a big deal to him. But the saying goes that you’re only as good as your last match, and he lost his last match when he challenged Bobby Lashley for the TNA World Title. Roode asks Lashley to come join him in the ring for a couple of minutes, and the World Champion comes out with MVP and Kenny King in tow to powwow with Roode, who says the TNA World Title means everything to him. He can stand there and look Lashley in the eye and say that he is the most dominant champion this company has ever had, but he’s watched their match over and over for the last two weeks and the moment that stands out the most was when Lashley hit him with the spear that he beat every previous opponent with. But when Roode kicked out after that spear, Lashley had a look in his eye that he never had before: he looked startled, and the fact is that Roode had Lashley where he needed him until he hurt his knee. Lashley capitalized on that and won, but they tore the roof off this place and Lashley knows that Roode could have beaten him, and all he wants is one more chance. Roode gets the fans to chant for one more match, and Lashley goes to shake Roode’s hand, but MVP jumps in and grabs the mic and says the champ’s answer is no. Roode says he’s not talking to MVP, he’s talking to Lashley, but MVP says the champ’s answer is no. He drops the microphone and quickly herds Lashley out of the ring.

Gail Kim is backstage getting her shoulder taped up, and says she has to do this and to make sure she can have this match tonight.

Gail Kim comes out and says that Havok may have taken her down, but she didn’t take her out, and if she wants the Knockouts Title, to come try and take it now. Havok comes out and it looks like it’s…MAIN EVENT TIME!

Knockouts Title Match: Gail Kim vs Havok

Gail attacks Havok on her way to the ring, but Havok beats her down and this time rolls her into the ring to officially start the match. Havok stomps Gail down in the corner and hammers her with hard forearms, then gets the hammerlock bearhug and rams Gail into the corner, then does it again. Gail tries to fight back, but Havok easily pops Gail up and flapjacks her to the mat. Havok really torques on that hammerlock, and Gail tries to get out and go for a flying headscissors, but Havok catches her and gives a shoulderbreaker to the good shoulder for 2. Havok gets Gail in the Rings of Saturn, but Gail twists her body and fires kneestrikes into Havok’s skull until she breaks. Havok doesn’t slow down a bit and goes right back to work on Gail, slamming her arm into the mat repeatedly. Gail rolls away from a legdrop to the arm and drop toeholds Havok into the bottom turnbuckle, then puts Havok in the ringpost figure four. Gail springs off the top rope with a flying bodypress, but Havok easily powers out of the cover at 2. Havok block Eat DaFeet and hits the hammerlock spinebuster, chokeslams Gail into next week, and covers her to win the Knockouts Title.

Winner and New Knockouts Champion: Havok

Totally dominant night for Havok, who has established herself as an indestructible monster that the entire Knockouts Division can’t handle. Good job by TNA putting her over real strong.