TNA LIVE FROM BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
- 01/27/2009 (11:32:18 am)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
REPORT AND PHOTOS…
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
 | TNA Wrestling LIVE from NIA Birmingham, England (Wednesday 21st January 2009) TNA Fan Interaction Jamie and I had our pictures taken with the Beautiful People (Angelina Love/Velvet Sky)  Velvet Skye and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09)  Angelina Love and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) , I called Robert Roode “James” opps! Lol.  Robert Roode and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) But he posed for pictures alongside James Storm.  James Storm and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) I shared a brief word with Brutus Magnus, we got to Sheik Abdul Bahsir, Kurt Angle and Scott Steiner’s table when a line Nazi approached us “Hey guys, you are going to have to move along, or I’ll chuck you out”. Luckily I got pictures with Sheik  Sheik Abdul Bahsir and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) and Angle  KURT F'N ANGLE and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) (who I had specifically came to see), Angle said “Nice shirt” I was wearing his TNA one, no picture with Steiner. I shook Earl Hebner and Rudy Charles’s hands and moved along but NOT into open space no, another queue so line NAZI moved us along for NO reason! We spoke to Matt Morgan  Matt Morgan and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) briefly he wouldn’t say who he was wrestling, lol but he posed for pictures. ODB/Wilde were nice  Taylor Wilde, ODB and Me (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) and also posed for pictures. Abyss was next and he posed for a photo.  Me and Abyss (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) Jarrett followed he posed for a picture  Me and Jeff Jarrett (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) , Team 3D posed for pictures  Me and Team 3D (Brother Ray/Devon) (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) and were having a sing-a-long with ‘Showtime’ Eric Young. I asked: “Have you been drinking” Eric responded “Just a bit!” lol. Jay Lethal and Eric posed for pictures also,  Me, Jay Lethal and Eric Young (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) I shook Joe’s hand, and spoke with Mick Foley who was surprisingly more sociable then the last time we had met (Universal Uproar in November 2005), we discussed our last meeting, “In a park” Mick said. Lol. Then I got a picture with Consequences Creed  Me and Consequences Creed (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) and lastly a picture with Jeremy Borash and the TNA Tag Title  Me, Jeremy Borash and TNA Tag Title (TNA Fan Interaction in B'ham, England. Wednesday 21st Jan '09) I paid OVER £15 to be pushed around by some douche bag! Although I did get to meet Angle I never got to speak with him, and I’m not happy I didn’t get a picture with Scott Steiner either, the signing started at 5pm and finished just after 6:30pm so there was NO need to rush us through! The wrestlers were sociable and seemed to like being there. The pictures came out quite well, but I’m annoyed that I didn’t get to speak to Kurt. Oh well, I guess there is a good chance we will meet in the future, hopefully the line Nazi is nowhere to be seen. TNA Wrestling LIVE from NIA Birmingham, England (Wednesday 21st January 2009) Hello my name is Oliver Newman and after an almost 10 month absence from reporting on Pro Wrestling I’m back reporting as of tonight LIVE at TNA Wrestling’s Birmingham, England show. I have to say I’m not a huge fan of TNA I don’t tune into Impact and only watch my favourite matches on PPV’s etc. I was weary about going to this show but having not seen TNA live before I took the plunge, below is my report, I hope you enjoy! Venue: Birmingham National Indoor Arena Time: 7:30pm Date: Wednesday 21st January 2009 Attendance: 8,000 TNA X Division Title Fatal Four Way Consequences Creed vs. ‘Showtime’ Eric Young vs. ‘Black Machismo’ Jay Lethal vs. Alex Shelley © In a match that was short and sweet, featuring the kind of action you expect from an X Division match. This was a fast paced match from the very start with the competitors giving their all in hopes of becoming the NEW TNA X Division Champion in front of a raucous Birmingham Crowd. The crowd was Pro-Shelley but that changed back and forth during the match to each of the competitors before turning full circle back to Shelley once more. The action continued at breakneck speed especially in the last few minutes with each wrestler hitting signature moves only for another competitor to break up the fall, with 3 out of the 4 competitors down Alex Shelley saw his chance and retained the TNA X Division Title with a Frog Splash on ‘Showtime’ Eric Young. Match Time: 6 Minutes Winner and STILL TNA X Division Champion: Alex Shelley Earl Hebner gets booed and “You screwed Bret” chants Sheik Abdul Bahsir vs. ‘The Monster’ Abyss In another short match, which Abyss controlled for large parts. Sheik stalled a lot to the point where Abyss followed him almost to the back and when he caught up with him the fans went wild. Sheik attempted to chop down the tree like legs of Abyss and was mildly successful, Abyss fought back and had Sheik beat or so he thought, Sheik was able to counter a choke slam unfortunately (for him) he unwittingly ran into a Blackhole slam and with that Abyss took the win. Match Time: 5 Minutes 43 Seconds Winner: ‘The Monster’ Abyss TNA Knockouts Match Taylor Wilde & ODB vs. Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) This match featured a lot of TNA and I don’t mean Total Non Stop action. Lots of comedic moments involving ODB and the Beautiful People, the Beautiful People double teamed ODB for large parts during the match before ODB tagged in Wilde. Wilde took out her frustrations on the Beautiful People before the match broke down between all four women, with ODB and Sky on the outside. Wilde was able to pin Love with a unique roll up for the three count. Match Time: 6 Minutes 10 Seconds Winners: Taylor Wilde & ODB Aftermath: Beautiful People show great frustration at losing after the match and state to the Birmingham crowd that they will never be back! JB receives a couple of texts: one from Kurt Angle: Who arrogantly states that the Birmingham fans are morons, J.B. receives a second text from Mick Foley: who states that the Birmingham fans are great, this receives wild applause from the crowd. Gladiator Challenge Matt Morgan vs. Brutus Magnus Morgan doesn‘t endear himself to the crowd by arrogantly stating that “the U.S. is better, and the Birmingham crowd all live useless lives”. This is Brutus Magnus’s TNA debut, right from the start he tries to get the crowd involved in the match. Morgan and Magnus have intense strength battles throughout the match, with it being pretty even. Morgan becomes frustrated and leaves the ring for a Steel Chair, this brings his Tag Team partner ‘Monster’ Abyss down to the ringside area. Abyss and Morgan argue over the Chair, after miscommunication over the Chair, Magnus rolls Morgan up for the win! Match Time: 6 Minutes 30 Seconds Winner: Brutus Magnus Aftermath: Abyss & Morgan argue and leave separately. TNA Tag Titles Team 3D (Brother Ray/Devon) vs. Beer Money INC (Robert Roode/’Cowboy’ James Storm) © Pre-match: James Storm takes the microphone: “After we successfully defended our TNA Tag Titles last night against you (Team 3D) this match is now Non title, sorry about your damn luck” Team 3D respond: “Well since you can change details of the match this is now a Falls Count Anywhere, Birmingham Street Fight” So it changes to: Non Title Falls Count Anywhere Birmingham Street Fight Team 3D (Brother Ray/Devon) vs. Beer Money INC (Robert Roode/’Cowboy’ James Storm) Match: It was nice to see a Hardcore match on a House Show, not since the old WWF/WWE Hardcore Title matches have you seen a match like this. Pretty even match really, good use of the weapons by both teams, lots of “We want tables” chants directed at Team 3D. Some cringe worthy moments especially when Brother Ray used a Crutch on a Trash Can to hit James Storm’s nuts. After an exciting last few minutes Team 3D win via 3D through the table on James Storm. Not really too much use of the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation, but it seemed like the fans didn’t care as long as Team 3D won! Match Time: 7 Minutes 10 Seconds Winners: Team 3D (Brother Ray/Devon) Aftermath: 3D call a fan into ring (Matt) and give him a piece of broken table as fans chant “Matt” “Matt” Intermission (20 minutes) Jeremy Borash promises the fans while be on T.V. when the intermission ends! TNA President Dixie Carter thanks the fans and introduces Mick Foley. Foley mistakenly talks about Birmingham, Alabama! Obama is booed by the crowd and Foley calls out Angle. “It takes a good man to beat me, but it doesn’t take very long!” he then goes on to thank the fans, and talks of a TNA PPV in the UK, which elicits “TNA” chants. ‘Samoan Submission Machine’ Samoa Joe vs. ‘The Anarchist and England’s own’ Doug Williams My friends and I had speculated that this match would take place and we were all rather happy it did! Joe and Williams put on a technical wrestling clinic for the just under 8 and a half minutes allocated. Amazing back and forth reversals, both guys were seen as being fan favourites by the Birmingham fans. Exciting end stretch with Joe and Doug reversing each others moves, before Doug attempts Chaos Theory Joe reverses into Kiquita Clutch and Doug taps out! On second look it looked like Doug was trying to the get the fans into the match by slapping the canvas, the Ref (Earl Hebner) mis-read this and called for the bell. That was a shame as it concluded the match in controversial way, Williams vs. Joe #2 anyone!? Winner by Submission: Samoa Joe Match Time: 8 Minutes 24 Seconds TNA return in 2009! Main Event ‘Phenomenal’ AJ Styles & Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle & ‘Big Poppa Pump’ Scott Steiner Finally a match was given a little bit of time to show what the competitors could do. Steiner and Angle controlled the early part of the match isolating Styles from his Tag Team partner. The fans pushed the match into gear with duelling “Lets go AJ/Lets go Angle” chants, Styles makes a nice comeback and tags in Jarrett but instead of the match ending it goes on for another 5 + minutes. The match breaks down and with Jarrett and Angle out of the picture, Styles connects with a Pele kick and quickly follows up with a sweet springboard 450 Splash on Steiner for the pinfall. Winners: ’Phenomenal’ AJ Styles & Jeff Jarrett Match Time: 15 Minutes 40 Seconds Aftermath: Jarrett thanks the fans, they respond with “TNA/Thank you Jeff” chants. Credit to Bobby Barratt for helping re-jog my memory to write this report. Feel free to share your thoughts, If you’d like to see more of my work/add me as a friend/contact me I’m on myspace: www.myspace.com/brummieol. Thanks for reading, Oliver Newman |
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