My Weekly TNA Catch-up, Impact 27th Nov 08
Raymond Daley
tells the crowd he has named their group TNA Frontline.
Turkey Bowl Semi final match - Sonjay Dutt vs Rhino vs Hernandez. I
wondered exactly why they jumped straight to semi-finals then decided I
didn't care. Dutt had the upper hand for all of about 12 seconds then Rhino
& Hernandez double teamed him right out of the ring leaving them to test
each other to no outcome. Dutt came back in to work Rhino and it was pretty
stupid to have a small fast guy using technical mat work on Rhino. Not a
great match by any of these 3 guys standards, Rhino took the win off a gore
on Dutt who sold it well.
Turkey Bowl Semi final match - Consequences Creed vs Cute Kip vs Alex
Shelley. Creed & Shelley had fairly decent matches, Kip did almost nothing.
Shelley got the win off Creed with some sort of headscissors hold.
Turkey Bowl Semi final match - Jimmy Rave vs Sheik Abdul Bashir vs Matt
Morgan. Ok, I know some Americans can be a tad stupid but surely even the
most stupid must know you can only have an even number of semi-finals and
this is the 3rd of 3? Rave & Bashir were running the double team here and
it was a bad idea having Shane Sewell in charge of this match. Morgan had
an average match at best with Rave & Bashir putting him over big time.
Morgan's double fall-away slam was a nice touch but Bashir got the win off
Rave using the WMD.
Knockout Match - Raisha Saeed (with Awesome Kong & Rhaka Khan) vs Christy
Hemme. The stipulation here is if Hemme wins she gets a title shot at the
PPV. Hemme had a good start but Saeed came back too quickly and obviously
Kong interfered when Hemme was sent out of the ring. It looked like Saeed
was going for the Awesome Bomb but Hemme reversed it into a really nice
roll-up to take the win. Kong coming in to beat Hemme down was nothing but
predictable.
Turkey Bowl final - Alex Shelley vs Sheik Abdul Bashir vs Rhino. The winner
gets $25,000, the loser has to wear a Turkey Suit. I assume they class the
loser as whoever the winner pins to get the win. Bashir & Shelley went for
the double team on Rhino who used his power to put a quick stop to that.
Shelley was sent to the floor allowing Rhino to work Bashir, Shelley stopped
the pin and Bashir stopped the next one. Bashir kept castigating Shelley
about trying to pin Rhino but it didn't stop them continuing to work
together. Bashir put an end to the team after a quick clothesline and
Bashir working over Shelley allowed Rhino to catch his breath then hit
Bashir with a clothesline and Shelley with the gore to get the win and the
$25 grand cheque. Mick Foley comes out and awards Rhino his winners cheque
(during a badly timed break), Foley then tells Shelley to put the Turkey
Suit on or get fired then gives him a 10 count to put the costume on.
Foley's fake laugh and even worse sexual innuendo jokes didn't improve an
awful angle that really didn't get much of a crowd reaction. After flipping
the bird to Foley Shelley found himself on the wrong end of a double
underhook slam.
AJ Styles, Samoa Joe & Rhino come out as The TNA Frontline to see where Team
3D have decided to place their loyalties. The Main Event Mafia come out
instead of 3D, Kurt Angle announces Team 3D as the lastest members of MEM
and 3D come out in the suits and exit from the Heel entrance. After a super
long speech from Brother Ray we get a mega swerve and Team 3D join the The
TNA Frontline. Sting had to give Kurt Angle directions which allowed him to
be dragged under the rope and escape a 3D into a table.