^^ It'll be interesting. If Joe doesn't get booed, it'll say alot for both him as a face and Booker as a heel.
Enjoy the show dude. I wish I could be there, but hopefully TNA comes to my neck of the woods soon.
Anyways, here are my predictions:
TNA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
"The Samoan Submission Machine" Samoa Joe (c) vs. Booker T
My Pick - Joe will retain. I'm really looking forward to this one. It's a big match for TNA, one that people thought might headline Bound for Glory, so this one is can't miss.
FANS PICK THE STIPULATION
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, "The Instant Classic" Christian Cage, & "The War Machine" Rhino vs. Kurt Angle & Team 3D Stipulations to Choose: Full Metal Mayhem, Falls Count Anywhere, or Tables Match
My Pick - If the fans don't pick Full Metal Mayhem, I'll be shocked. Anyways, I'm picking the heels to win. Not sure why, I just feel they will.
WORLD X CUP ROUND 3: 12 MAN ELIMINATION TAG TEAM MATCH
Team TNA (Curry Man, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin) vs. Team International (Doug Williams, Tyson Dux, Alex Kozlov) vs. Team Japan (Taichi Ishikari, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi) vs. Team Mexico (Ultimo Guerrero, Averno, Ray Bucanero)
My Pick - This should open up the PPV for sure. This is going to be a wild and crazy match. I'm picking Team International to take the win, giving them the lead going into the finals.
WORLD X CUP FINAL ROUND: ULTIMATE X MATCH
Kaz (TNA) vs. Daivari (International) vs. Millano Collection AT (Japan) vs. Volador Jr. (Mexico)
My Pick - I think it will be these 4 in the match because they are the captains except for Volador Jr, but it was said that he was only to work singles matches and since he hasn't wrestled yet, so why not? Anyways, Kaz is going to get the win here and pick up the win for Team TNA. The only other team I can see winning the X Cup is Team International since I think TNA might keep Daivari & Doug Williams around.
TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: FAN'S REVENGE MATCH
The Latin American Xchange (c) w/Hector Guerrero & Salinas vs. Beer Money w/Jackie Moore
My Pick - This match will be entertaining as hell as opposed to being a great match. The fans' invovlement and how Roode & Storm react to it will make it worth watching. With the fans there, I definately do not see LAX losing the belts.
TNA KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Taylor Wilde (c) vs. Awesome Kong w/Raisha Saeed
My Pick - The rubber match will make a nice addition to this card. I think Kong will win back her title and start a feud with Roxxi.
X DIVISION GRUDGE MATCH
"Black Machismo" Jay Lethal w/So Cal Val vs. "The Guru" Sonjay Dutt
My Pick - Val is going to cost Lethal the match and side with Sonjay if I had to guess. I'm looking forward to this one as well.
KNOCKOUTS GRUDGE MATCH
Gail Kim vs. Angelina Love
My Pick - I think TNA will surprise us and give the win to Angelina. I think this could be the sleeper match.
This is an awesome card. All 8 matches have something good to offer and the X Division is really getting to shine on this card for the first time in a while. It should be great!
Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt
-To keep the pace of the story, have Lethal attack Dutt when he comes out. Fight around before starting the match. Go in the crowd. There should be no Savage mannerisms from Lethal in this match, to play up that he wants to fight him. Once in the ring, Dutt tries to slow down Lethal by out wrestling him and avoiding the brawling, because Lethal's emotions will give him the advantage. Probably a finish where Val gets hit accidentally to continue the feud. Dutt Wins.
Angelina Love vs. Gail Kim.
-Velvet Sky should try to interfere early. Gets kicked out. Love/Gail go back and forth, lots of near falls, to renew the rivalry that TNA has given us from the Knocked Out interviews. With Taylor winning the Knockouts Title, and probably retaining, launching Angelina into a title program with her, would be the best bet right now. Gail's a great talent, but she'll have another title run opportunity later this year. Angelina wins, clean.
Team Angle vs. Team Styles - Full Metal Mayhem
-Should be a war, obviously. Angle's the concern in this one, wonder how he'll take some of the bumps in a match geared towards hardcore. Probably expect another Glass Table spot somewhere in this. Either Styles or Christian will give you something to talk about. Put the faces over in this one, with Christian getting the pinfall. Team Styles
Taylor Wilde vs. Awesome Kong
-Same formula as the rest of the matches. Kong should come out firing, and trying to put Taylor away quickly, to show everyone that Taylor's win was a fluke. Saed should get involved in the finish of this one, Taylor retains. Saed-Kong should get into it afterwards, with Kong beating up Saed. This will give The Knockouts Division, a 2nd feud to work with, that will give us more background on the past of Saed and Kong, eventually leading up to Saed being de-masked. Taylor Wins
LAX vs. Beer Money
-Not much to say here. Cant imagine the heels winning, in a match geared towards the Fans at ringside. LAX Wins
12-Man Elimination
-It's 3-2-2-2 right now. Whoever wins the Elimination match, will get 3 points. But either way the Ultimate-X should decide it. Team Japan needs a big win right now, and this is it. Japan Wins
Ultimate-X
-I think the goal of this match should be to solidify each wrestler in the ring, as their captain position. Show that they belonged as captains for a reason. Raise the stakes, and give the winner of this an X-Division Title Shot as well at Hard Justice. Kazarian Wins, Team TNA Wins
Samoa Joe vs. Booker T
-Sting should be at the commentary desk for this one, to get the real look of the match. The story of this match is that Booker T is going to out-smart Joe rather, than out power him. Nash realizes this too, but Joe has been too stubborn to see it, and feels Nash is trying to sabotage him, instead of help him. This has taken Joe's mind off the match. Booker T should come out early with the advantage, by countering Joe's power techniques, which puts over Nash's advice to Joe. Joe eventually gets back into the match, by using smarter techniques, and balancing his power and viciousness for the right time. Joe wins.
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Indeed, looks like one of the mos promising PPV's in a while. Joe vs Booker is very unpredictable and should be a great match. It seems very possible that there will be outside interference, I just hope they don't use the usual "knockout the referee" routine.
the person doing that preview made a sad attempt at bashing every match on the card, often times coming across as an uninformed tna hater with his spewing of blatant misinformation.
Lax/Storm Rude, Joe/Booker, Angle & Dudleys teaming up, Kim/Love & obviously Ultimate X interest me. Looks to be a great card top to bottam considering it's a TNA PPV.
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