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Just got home from the TNA house show at the Hagerstown Theater in Hagerstown, MD. I figure I'll post this as a thread and at least one person would be interested enough to wanna know the results.
First off I'll say it was a packed house. Idk how many seats the theater holds but they announced they sold out the place. The meet and greet started early and I got autographs from Brian Kendrick, Max Buck, Abyss, Mickie James, and the Hebners. Robbie E was out but I missed him. If you haven't seen Mickie in person, she's FUCKING GORGEOUS. And there's also no way Abyss is 6'8" He's a big guy but not that big. And then the night of action started:
X Division Championship: Kazarian(c) def. Brian Kendrick & Robbie E in a fun match. HUGE Kendrick chants broke out as he was the clear favorite and was actually(to my surprise) the only wrestler the entire night to run through the aisles and shake hands. Kazarian pinned Kendrick with that reverse tombstone move. Anyone know what that's called?...
Knockouts Championship: Madison Rayne(c) def. Mickie James in a really solid, and again fun, match. I didn't see their Genesis match but this was probably the same formula. If you haven't seen any knockouts or divas in person, you need to. Cause they look sooo much better. During the match, Rayne was knocked into Earl Hebner's arms and he put a big liplock on her. Then postmatch Mickie smooched him for no reason and he had to be revived. Fun stuff for sure. Rayne won with that loaded glove again.
TNA World Television Championship: Abyss(c) def. Douglas Williams in suprisingly pretty decent match. There were several chants of USA so I guess that either means there weren't a lot of Williams fans or they just wanted to chant USA for no reason... But anyway. Midway through the match Abyss went under the ring to reveal JANICE and the place just blew up. Abyss won with a blackhole slam.
Motor City Machine Guns def. Generation Me in an excellent match and the best of the night, as usual. By far the best match I've ever seen in person from WWE or TNA. Max's chest was bleeding from several Shelley chops. I had to have been the only one in the crowd who cheered for the Bucks in any way. haha. But that's ok, they lost to a damn good team. On television, this match probably would've gone at about ***1/2 at least. Guns win with a Welcome To Detroit on Max. Great stuff.
Intermission time. Madison Rayne did autographs, and I shook Earl Hebner's hand... twice. They announced this was their first time in Hagerstown but it wouldn't be the last, as they sold out. Place went nuts.
Samoa Joe def. The Pope in another solid match. Pope was gonna give his shades to a kid in the crowd but then walked away. Joe stole the shades and gave them to the kid, which got a huge pop. Crowd was kinda split between the two guys but postmatch Pope gave the crowd the finger, so that quickly changed. Nothing spectacular but a good match from the two. Joe made Pope tap to the rear naked choke.
TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Mr. Anderson(c) def. Jeff Jarrett where Kurt Angle was the special guest referee. From a wrestling standpoint, this was probably one of the worst of the night, but it was incredibly entertaining to make up for it. Someone had a sign in the crowd that said "Jarrett is a parrot" and Anderson grabbed that and showed everyone. Huge laughs that started chants such as "You're a Parrot" and "Jarrett wants a cracker." Earlier in the show JB had told us that Jarrett had said that Angle must call it down the middle or he'd be banned from TNA for life. And he did, kinda. Anderson won with a Mic Check after all this occured: Anderson had Jarrett pinned and while Angle was making the count Abyss ran out and pulled Kurt out of the ring. They fought on the outside while inside Jarrett hit Anderson with a low blow and blow to the head with the title belt. Once Kurt threw Abyss down he came in and made a slowwww count which Anderson finally kicked out of. Jarrett got distracted with Kurt and Anderson hit him with the Mic Check when he turned around. Postmatch Anderson pulled a kid out of the crowd to announce him as the winner. Entertaining stuff all around
Overall it was just a really fun show with an awesome tag match. If you've never been to a TNA live event you owe it to yourself to go. They're always a blast and you certainly get your money's worth. This was my 2nd ever show, as the first was in Woodstock, VA, September of last year. Both a lot of fun.
Biggest Pops
Angle
Anderson
Mickie
Janice
Biggest Heat
Jarrett
Abyss
Pope (after the match)
Don's Insane Deals
Real Copley(I think) guitar with an engraving of Jarrett, plus go backstage and meet people - $175
Brown Bag Special - $20 (got it)
TNA Program autographed by everyone at the show and a t-shirt of your choice - $40
Pictures in the ring with Angle and Anderson - $20
Earl Hebner's shirt, autographed in person by him and his son - $10
Jeff Jarrett 8x10, autographed in person - $10 (got it)
First off I'll say it was a packed house. Idk how many seats the theater holds but they announced they sold out the place. The meet and greet started early and I got autographs from Brian Kendrick, Max Buck, Abyss, Mickie James, and the Hebners. Robbie E was out but I missed him. If you haven't seen Mickie in person, she's FUCKING GORGEOUS. And there's also no way Abyss is 6'8" He's a big guy but not that big. And then the night of action started:
X Division Championship: Kazarian(c) def. Brian Kendrick & Robbie E in a fun match. HUGE Kendrick chants broke out as he was the clear favorite and was actually(to my surprise) the only wrestler the entire night to run through the aisles and shake hands. Kazarian pinned Kendrick with that reverse tombstone move. Anyone know what that's called?...
Knockouts Championship: Madison Rayne(c) def. Mickie James in a really solid, and again fun, match. I didn't see their Genesis match but this was probably the same formula. If you haven't seen any knockouts or divas in person, you need to. Cause they look sooo much better. During the match, Rayne was knocked into Earl Hebner's arms and he put a big liplock on her. Then postmatch Mickie smooched him for no reason and he had to be revived. Fun stuff for sure. Rayne won with that loaded glove again.
TNA World Television Championship: Abyss(c) def. Douglas Williams in suprisingly pretty decent match. There were several chants of USA so I guess that either means there weren't a lot of Williams fans or they just wanted to chant USA for no reason... But anyway. Midway through the match Abyss went under the ring to reveal JANICE and the place just blew up. Abyss won with a blackhole slam.
Motor City Machine Guns def. Generation Me in an excellent match and the best of the night, as usual. By far the best match I've ever seen in person from WWE or TNA. Max's chest was bleeding from several Shelley chops. I had to have been the only one in the crowd who cheered for the Bucks in any way. haha. But that's ok, they lost to a damn good team. On television, this match probably would've gone at about ***1/2 at least. Guns win with a Welcome To Detroit on Max. Great stuff.
Intermission time. Madison Rayne did autographs, and I shook Earl Hebner's hand... twice. They announced this was their first time in Hagerstown but it wouldn't be the last, as they sold out. Place went nuts.
Samoa Joe def. The Pope in another solid match. Pope was gonna give his shades to a kid in the crowd but then walked away. Joe stole the shades and gave them to the kid, which got a huge pop. Crowd was kinda split between the two guys but postmatch Pope gave the crowd the finger, so that quickly changed. Nothing spectacular but a good match from the two. Joe made Pope tap to the rear naked choke.
TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Mr. Anderson(c) def. Jeff Jarrett where Kurt Angle was the special guest referee. From a wrestling standpoint, this was probably one of the worst of the night, but it was incredibly entertaining to make up for it. Someone had a sign in the crowd that said "Jarrett is a parrot" and Anderson grabbed that and showed everyone. Huge laughs that started chants such as "You're a Parrot" and "Jarrett wants a cracker." Earlier in the show JB had told us that Jarrett had said that Angle must call it down the middle or he'd be banned from TNA for life. And he did, kinda. Anderson won with a Mic Check after all this occured: Anderson had Jarrett pinned and while Angle was making the count Abyss ran out and pulled Kurt out of the ring. They fought on the outside while inside Jarrett hit Anderson with a low blow and blow to the head with the title belt. Once Kurt threw Abyss down he came in and made a slowwww count which Anderson finally kicked out of. Jarrett got distracted with Kurt and Anderson hit him with the Mic Check when he turned around. Postmatch Anderson pulled a kid out of the crowd to announce him as the winner. Entertaining stuff all around
Overall it was just a really fun show with an awesome tag match. If you've never been to a TNA live event you owe it to yourself to go. They're always a blast and you certainly get your money's worth. This was my 2nd ever show, as the first was in Woodstock, VA, September of last year. Both a lot of fun.
Biggest Pops
Angle
Anderson
Mickie
Janice
Biggest Heat
Jarrett
Abyss
Pope (after the match)
Don's Insane Deals
Real Copley(I think) guitar with an engraving of Jarrett, plus go backstage and meet people - $175
Brown Bag Special - $20 (got it)
TNA Program autographed by everyone at the show and a t-shirt of your choice - $40
Pictures in the ring with Angle and Anderson - $20
Earl Hebner's shirt, autographed in person by him and his son - $10
Jeff Jarrett 8x10, autographed in person - $10 (got it)
