TNA No Surrender 2014 - not worth a ppv

Here is my review of last nights TNA No Surrender 2014

No. 1 Contender’s Knockouts Battle Royal
Taryn Terrell vs. Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky vs. Angelina Love
vs. Rebel vs. Brittany vs. Havok

 

No Surrender opens with a battle royal to determine the No. 1 Contender for the Knockout’s Championship! Following Havok’s imposing entrance, the bell sounds. Immediately, Havok dominates Madison Rayne while The Beautiful People double team The Menagerie’s Rebel. Havok shifts her focus and begins attacking all the other Knockouts! The Knockouts team up on Havok in the center of the ring, but she fights back and eliminates Madison Rayne and Taryn Terrell in the process. Brittany challenges the domineering Havok, but she’s destroyed with ease.  Brittany is eliminated. The Beautiful People double team Rebel, but she counters an attack to eliminate Angelina Love.  Rebel jumps Havok from behind, but Havok tosses her over the top rope and Rebel takes a nasty spill onto the steel steps.Velvet attempts to gain some offense, but Havok is just too powerful. Mid-cross body, Havok catches Velvet and dumps her over the top rope. Havok emerges as the new challenger for Gail Kim’s title!

Winner:  Havok

*really - thats it for a Knockout battle royal? Thats really lame TNA booking. After the last 2 weeks of Havok battleing Gail Kim in and outside the ring, nobody else really believed that anybody else could win this one. No good moves, no quality at all. This sucks badly. 1 of 10 points for Havoks cool entrance music.

Kenny King w/ MVP vs. Chris Melendez

 

MVP distracts Melendez early, allowing Kenny King to strike from behind as the bell sounds. Kenny King dominates the match, capitalizing on his pre-match antics. King’s rampage continues, but Melendez catches a lucky break and scores the pinfall with a reversal.

Winner:  Chris Melendez
 

*Melendez is just part of TNA for media attention ( used by TNA ). Thats it. Not a skilled wrestler for my taste. Kenny King is much better - in the ring and at the mic. 1 of 10 points

X-Division Championship  - Homicide vs. Samoa Joe (c)

 

As Mike Tenay highlights, Samoa Joe and Homicide previously met for the X-Division Championship Hardcore in 2009, when Joe dethroned the reigning Homicide. Joe and Homicide lock up several times, after which the “Samoan Submission Machine,” finds himself with a slight advantage. Homicide sidesteps Joe, sending him to the arena floor. Homicide launches himself toward Joe with a huge suicide dive – he connects. Homicide moves the action back into the ring. He commands the match, until Samoa Joe launches him into the turnbuckle with a killer suplex! Joe sets up a Muscle Buster but Homicide counters with a tornado DDT.Homicide follows up with a cutter, but Joe is out just before the three! Homicide attempts a Gringo Killer, but Joe reverses the attempt and turns another cutter from Homicide into a rear-naked choke! Homicide taps.

Winner:  Samoa Joe

*good match but everbody can see that Joe doesnt fit the X Division anymore. I guess they just build up something for the japanese audiance with Sanada and the new masked Manic. I really like the new REVOLUTION stable in TNA with James Storm. 6 of 10 points.

Tag Team Championship Series – Match #3  - Ladder Match
The Hardys vs. Team 3D vs. The Wolves (c)

 

The Wolves forego their entrance and storm the ring. Jeff Hardy and Bully Ray find themselves outside the ring on one side, while Matt and Devon find themselves on the other. The Wolves fly with two different suicide dives, taking out all four of their opponents. The Wolves ram a ladder into any one of their challengers, but Jeff Hardy flies from the turnbuckle.  He connects with the ladder to take out The Wolves! The Hardys take control of the ladder and assault The Wolves.

Bully Ray spins with his head in the ladder, dropping all the bodies he connects with. Matt Hardy storms the ring with another ladder as Devon calls for tables! The Hardys gain control and Matt Hardy begins the climb.  His fingers touch one of the Tag Team Championship belts, but Eddie Edwards is there to make the save. 

Devon tips the ladder and Matt and Eddie get hung up on the top rope. Then, Jeff Hardy smashes another ladder into Devon’s face! Bully Ray shifts the momentum when he powerbombs Jeff Hardy onto a ladder!!! The ladder folds and the bent end flies into the faces Eddie Edwards and Matt Hardy!
Bully Ray begins climbing one of the ladders, but The Wolves powerbomb Bully Ray from the ladder! Two ladders stand side-by-side and The Wolves, Matt Hardy and Devon climb to the top.  As Davey Richards and Devon headbutt one another and fall backwards, Matt Hardy delivers a Twist of Fate to Eddie Edwards from the ladder.

Jeff Hardy begins his ascent on a different ladder and Bully Ray counters with a suplex from the top of the ladder!!! Team 3D double teams Eddie Edwards, then The Hardys score a double Twist of Fate! Jeff flies with a Swanton as Matt connects with a moonsault.

The Hardys start to climb two ladders, but The Wolves again make the save.  Jeff and Matt launch Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards into ladders! Matt Hardy puts a ladder on the second rope and slams Richards onto it. He lifts the ladder and Jeff connects with a splash from the top rope!
Team 3D attacks The Hardys with a table and The Wolves attack Team 3D with chairs! The crowd chants “TLC! TLC!” as Davey Richards sends Matt Hardy crashing through a table. In the ring, Jeff Hardy and Eddie Edwards climb a ladder. They engage briefly, but Davey Richards tips Jeff’s ladder and Jeff crashes hard onto the edge of the ladder as it falls!!! Looks really bad for Jeff.

Eddie Edwards secures the title belts to win the match! The Wolves will choose the next stipulation in the Tag Team Championship Series!

Winners: The Wolves

*Best match of the evening and worth the time to watch the whole show. Jeff Hardys bump one the ladder looks really bad to me. All 3 teams are the best team in tag team wrestling today. I guess we will see a hardcore or 2 out of 3 falls match next. 10 of 10 points. THIS IS AWESOME!

Bram vs. Gunner

 

Gunner intensely assaults Bram, sending him crashing to the outside. Gunner appears to have tweaked his knee in the process, but that doesn’t stop his onslaught. Gunner’s physicality continues until he aggravates his knee injury by jumping from the turnbuckle toward Bram.
Bram capitalizes takes advantage of the injury and slams Gunner’s knee onto the edge of the steel stairs. The injured leg becomes the focus of Bram’s attack as Samuel Shaw makes his way to ringside. Samuel Shaw rushes into the ring, in an attempt to aid Gunner, but Bram sidesteps Samuel, sending him crashing into Gunner. Bram tosses Samuel from the ring, headfirst into the guardrail! Then he rolls up Gunner for the win.

Winner: Bram

*dont need that on the No Surrender Card. Instead they had given more time and better booking to the Knockouts in the opener. And after building up Bram as new MONSTER in TNA - he cant just lose to Gunner. 2 of 10 points.

MAIN EVENT:  TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Bobby Roode vs. Lashley (c)

 

“The It Factor” Bobby Roode makes his way to the ring, on his quest to regain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. With MVP and Kenny King in tow, the champion, “The Destroyer,” Lashley enters the IMPACT Zone. The bell sounds and the crowd erupts with a “Let’s go Roode” chant. Roode is on the offense immediately, but a strong shoulder block from the champion sends the challenger to the corner to regroup. Lashley overpowers Roode continuously, but Roode uses Lashley’s aggression to his advantage. Roode counters a charge from Lashley, sending the champion over the top rope.

An infuriated Lashley charges Roode, who again sends Lashley over the top rope. Lashely takes a moment beside the ring to regroup with Kenny King and MVP. Kenny King attempts a distraction to no avail. Roode climbs the turnbuckle, but MVP grabs his foot and referee Brian Hebner catches the interference.  Hebner ejects MVP from ringside. In the ring, Roode catches Lashley with a powerful clothesline and attempts a DDT.  The champion powers out, sending Roode flying through the air! Lashley attempts a spear as Roode rises to his feet, but Roode counters and locks in a crossface!
Kenny King breaks the hold. Eric Young rushes down to ringside and fights King to the back. Roode locks in another crossface, but Lashley stands and powers out! As Roode rises, a spear connects!
Lashley covers, but just before three, Roode kicks out!

Lashley retrieves his title. He swings and misses, allowing Roode to nail the Roode Bomb! Hebner counts, but Lashley just gets out before three. Champion and challenger trade blows in the center of the ring. Lashley takes the advantage with a kick to the gut, but as he comes off the ropes, Roode counters with a big spinebuster. Lashley catches Roode with a running power slam. He makes the cover, but Roode is out at two! Lashley attempts a Torture Rack; Roode escapes. Roode hoists Lashley onto his shoulders for another Roode Bomb. Lashley grabs the top rope, preventing Roode from executing his finisher.  Instead of pulling, Roodes instead opts to power Lashley to the arena floor with a HUGE Roode Bomb!!!

Roode gets Lashley back into the ring and climbs the turnbuckle. Somehow, Lashley manages to throw Roode from the top rope and try for a spear! Roode reverses, twice, but his leg gives out while attempting a third Roode Bomb and Lashley catches him with a spear for the win.

Winner:  Lashley

*good mainevent match but not the best build up storyline so far. A little bit to short for my taste for a world title match. Good moves and the ring winner at the end. Hope for Austin Aries or Samoa Joa for the next #1 contender. 8 of 10 points.

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