TNA: Taz replaces Don West

It's official - Taz is on the TNA commentary table


FROM SMACKDOWN TO IMPACT

The following was issued on TNAWrestling.com:

TAZ JOINS THE TNA ANNOUNCE TEAM THIS THURSDAY ON "iMPACT!"

TNA Wrestling fans - tune into "iMPACT!" this Thursday night to see the changes in the announce team as Taz assumes color commentating duties with Mike Tenay! Don West has been promoted within the TNA organization to oversee merchandise development and sales initiatives. TNA will release more specific details on Don West’s new role in TNA soon.

TNA Impact Results 22nd January 2009

Xplosion (Dark Match):

Jay Lethal defeated Cute Kip w/The Beautiful People (Velvet Sky & Angelina Love)

TNA Impact:


FIRST MATCH
* Alex Shelley defeated Sonjay Dutt (w/SoCal Val), Chris Sabin, & Sheik Abdul Bashir to retain the TNA X Division Championship.

After the match, Sharmell came out and confronted referee Shane Sewell, ordering him to the back with her.


FIRST PROMO
TNA Champion Sting, Kurt Angle, and Scott Steiner come out for an in-ring promo. Kurt Angle says that tonight, the Main Event Mafia starts with Petey Williams and ends with AJ Styles.

Angle questions who made Team 3D bookers and says that they can shove their pay-per-view challengers. Sting says that no one speaks for him and whispers something to Angle who whispers something back.

Jim Cornette comes out and says it's going to be Sting defending the TNA Championship against Brother Ray, Brother Devon, and Kurt Angle and the first man to get the pinfall is the new champion at Against All Odds.


SECOND MATCH
ODB defeated Sojourner Bolt via disqualification after Awesome Kong hit the ring with Raisha Saeed and Rhaka Khan.


AFTER THE MATCH

Roxxi and Taylor Wilde came out with weapons to make the save.


THIRD MATCH
TNA Legends Champion Booker T (w/Sharmell) & Scott Steiner defeated Petey Williams & Eric Young in a tag team elimination match.


AFTER THE MATCH

After the match, while raising the hands of Booker and Steiner, referee Shane Sewell shook his head in disgust. Booker got in his face and Sewell retaliated with chops. Steiner and Booker assaulted Sewell until Earl Hebner, of all people, came out to make the save.


SECOND PROMO
An in-ring segment with Matt Morgan and Abyss takes place, whilst being interviewed by Lauren. They make-up after last week's blowup.


FOURTH MATCH
TNA Tag Team Champions Beer Money, Inc. (w/Jacqueline) defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan in a non-title First Blood match.

During the match, Morgan turned on Abyss, hitting him with a steel chair, busting him open.


AFTER THE MATCH
Morgan continues to assault Abyss before flipping off the crowd and leaving.


FIFTH MATCH
Kurt Angle defeated AJ Styles in a Tables Match


AFTER THE MATCH
Angle violently take out Styles.

TNA Impact Results 15th January 2009

TNA Impact Results 15th January 2009

TNA Impact comes to you this week from Orlando, Florida.


OPENING PROMO

The Main Event Mafia enters the ring.

Kurt Angle discusses everything that the Main Event Mafia has done and that they have accomplished everything they set out to do.

He talks about the Main Event Mafia ending careers and injuring people. Angle discusses his match tonight with AJ Styles and what better than to have Styles and Mick Foley in the same place so they can be taken out.

Hernandez comes out and announces he is cashing in his World title shot against Sting right now.


FIRST MATCH

Hernandez defeated TNA champion Sting via DQ when the Main Event Mafia interfere.


AFTER THE MATCH

Homicide and AJ Styles both fail to make the save and are also beaten down.

Team 3D hit the ring for the save, putting Angle through a table.

Team 3D remain in the ring and Devon cuts a promo talking about everything they have accomplished as a team but he wants to prove himself as a singles competitor.

He then challenges Kurt Angle.

Brother Ray then follows suit and challenges Sting.

Ray says Sting is worst of everyone in the Main Event Mafia because he just stood by watching when the Main Event Mafia beat Ray down.

He says everyone can see through Sting and Ray promises to take care of him.


SECOND MATCH

Roxxi & Taylor Wilde & ODB defeated The Kongtourage (Raisha Saeed, Soujourner Bolt and Rhaka Khan).


THIRD MATCH

Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed defeated Abyss and Matt Morgan to become the top contenders to the TNA Tag Team championships.


AFTER THE MATCH

Morgan shoves Abyss, sparking a brawl that security fails to break up.

TNA announces that due to Angle being put through the table, he has been advised, by his doctors, not to wrestle and it will be AJ Styles vs. Scott Steiner instead.


FOURTH MATCH

AJ Styles defeated Scott Steiner with Mick Foley acting as the special referee.

During the match, Petey Williams returned and hit Steiner, which dazed him and allowed Styles to hit the Pele Kick for the pin.


AFTER THE MATCH

Williams, Foley and Styles posed.


ENDING PROMO

The Beautiful People enter the arena with the Governor.

The Governor tells them that they passed the test and can join her next week at the inauguration.

The Governor then gives them papers to sign and they all hug.

Roxxi and Taylor Wilde interrupt and cut a promo about how all 3 of them are an embarrassment to the women's division.

Wilde stated that the 3 of them aren't Divas - they are Knockouts.

Roxxi reveals there is no inauguration and they slime the Beautiful People with brown slime.

END.