OFFICIAL TNA "TURNING POINT" PAY-PER-VIEW RES

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OFFICIAL LIVE TNA "TURNING POINT" PAY-PER-VIEW RESULTS
Sunday, December 10, 2006 – Orlando, FL
By: Marcus Cygy

The TNA “Turning Point” preshow contest featured Ron “The Truth” Killings and Lance Hoyt defeating The Serotonin. Frankie Kazarian took the Axe Kick for the loss, and after the match we saw Maverick Matt and Johnny Devine grab Kazarian’s head by the hair as they hauled him to the back.

The Serotonin would later return with Kazarian having to pay penance. In a bizarre situation, Raven had Devine attached by the neck with a leash. And just as Devine suffered last month, it was Kazarian taking multiple kendo stick shots to the back. It’s almost as if Raven feels that there is success through pain and suffering.

Also on the preshow we saw James Mitchell interviewed backstage with Jeremy Borash. And while speaking, in the background was “The Monster” Abyss, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion who seemed to take a turn in mindset. While Mitchell was discussing his opponents of Sting and Christian Cage tonight, Abyss turned his back on Mitchell and realized that Sting’s words could possibly be the bearer of truth. He may not be just a monster after all; he may not be just a puppet of Mitchell’s. However, the now irate Mitchell grabbed Abyss by the hair and took him aside for a lecture on just who his master is, and who controls his soul.

And now it was now time for the promising raucous warriors of TNA to deliver another December to remember as they square off in TNA “Turning Point,” the annual year-end spectacular in Orlando, Florida, and we went straight to in-ring action!

The self-proclaimed X-Division legend and coordinator of the Paparazzi Championship Series, Kevin Nash joined Mike Tenay and Don West at the commentary booth to call the action for the Elimination Match. It featured Senshi, Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, and the man from TV land – Austin Starr!

The opening minutes of the bout saw Jay Lethal going one on one with Alex Shelley. Kevin Nash announced that the PCS will feature a points system with the winner tonight gaining 5 points, and then 4, 3, 2, 1 – depending on the order of elimination tonight.

Tension between Alex Shelley and Austin Starr was very apparent early one with blind tags into the match, and misconception during strategic moves agreed on. Kevin Nash seemed to brush it off and continue to hype Austin Starr as the next big star. In fact, Nash’s homeboy Alex Shelley would gain only 1 point when Austin Starr sold him out in assisting Sonjay Dutt for the submission move he had locked in. Getting at least 1 point was good enough for Nash.

Senshi then eliminated Jay Lethal, as he leaves with 2 points. Senshi would continue his assault now on Sonjay Dutt with some stiff lethal kicks to his chest. He would finally be eliminated when Austin Starr went for the series of a brainbuster to the 450 splash – Sonjay Dutt leaves with 3 points.

In the finals, it was Alex Shelley costing Austin Starr the win with a momentary distraction from delivering another 450 splash. Senshi earned his 5 points via pinfall, as an irritated Austin Starr got 4 points. Nonetheless, Kevin Nash didn’t have much to say except for the fact that these two have been countering each other’s actions for the past few months now.

It was now time for the first ever Intergender Bikini Contest featuring Ms. Brooks along with Robert Roode against “Showtime” Eric Young. In making his way to the ring, Eric seemed really reluctant, but much to the fans’ credit they managed to convince Eric in sticking with his commitment on participating in this contest.

After seeing the assets of both Ms. Brooks and Eric Young, it was now time for the fans to decide who the winner was. It turned out to be none other than Eric Young who first showcased a bikini t-shirt, then some SpongeBob SquarePants boxers, and last but not least a Speedo!

Robert Roode then reiterated on the microphone how sick and tired he is of Ms. Brooks failing him time after time. Brooks was really sorry for the whole situation and told Roode that she can make it up to him. So Roode said that her next mission is to force Eric Young one way or another to sign a contract with Robert Roode, Inc. because he ultimately wants to loveable charm he gets from the fans to rub off on him.

Backstage, behind closed doors in the “Dumb To The Xtreme” locker room were supposedly Michael Hickenbottom and Paul Levesque. Before we would meet them though, we were brought to ringside for the X-Division Championship Match contested with the champion Christopher Daniels against Chris Sabin, with Jerry Lynn as the special guest referee!

The champion Christopher Daniels started off with some trouble early on with Chris Sabin using some underhand tactics such as latching onto his ears. Jerry Lynn, the special referee in charge had promised that he was going to call this match right down the middle, despite Chris Sabin being a former student of his.

The match would take its turns several times between these two physically gifted athletes. They were able to counter and subside each other multiple times. And whenever Sabin would gain any momentum, his cockiness would sure shine with a repeated smirk he gave.

The fans in Orlando were definitely behind The Fallen Angel, who gave up his own body in the later parts of the match with an elbow drop from the top rope to Sabin on the unprotected concrete outside the ring. Daniels would then successfully retain his X-Division Championship after an open palm thrust to Sabin followed with the BME.

After the match, Chris Sabin was whining and moaning over his loss, but Jerry Lynn told him to show some dignity and shake Sabin’s hand like a man. Christopher Daniels didn’t even want to take part in this so Jerry Lynn smacked him square across the face, and that left both Daniels and Sabin upset with Lynn, who was yelling, “You will respect me.” Christopher Daniels tried running after Lynn, but a group of TNA officials were there to stop him from performing any actions he could later regret.

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We then had TNA Management Director, Jim Cornette welcome AJ Pierzynski and Dale Torborg from the Chicago White Sox back to the iMPACT! Zone. The MVP of the World Series, David Eckstein was also brought down. After going through his new book, Pierzynski and Torborg began tearing Eckstein’s book apart, which would lead to a physical debacle. Lance Hoyt would later get involved and save Eckstein from a further beat down from Pierzynski and Torborg.

Our next match scheduled was “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles versus “The War Machine” Rhino, and it was jumpstarted by AJ during Rhino’s backstage interview conducted by Jeremy Borash. They brawled with vicious matter throughout the entire arena.

It was a train wreck that finally made its way to the six-sided ring after about 10-minutes of pure mayhem and the official match was now underway. The culmination of the heat built up between these two former NWA World Heavyweight Champions was now on and they were out for blood.

The two stars would later make their way back outside the ring where AJ Styles leap-frogged over the guardrail to hit a cross-body splash, but Rhino instead caught him and delivered a huge suplex! Back in the ring, Rhino would initiate more pain by tossing AJ out of the ring where he crash-landed harshly into the guardrail. In what looked to be the end of the match, AJ was apparently in need of immediate medical attention when he thought he heard a pop in his knee. Styles even tried getting to his feet but he fell back to the floor. A distort Rhino then turned away in the ring with disappointment in not being able to defeat AJ Styles early on, but just before they were going to rule this a no-contest, AJ outsmarted us all and within an instance won this match with a quick rollup pin.

The two would continue their brawl backstage as we went forward with our next match – the Flag Match between Konnan’s Latin American Exchange and America’s Most Wanted.

The rules of the match were simple: Capture your own flag from the corner of your opposition and then hang it via ladder above the middle of the ring. This match wasn’t about titles; it was about pride and honor amongst their countries. The militant thugs of TNA, Homicide and Hernandez led by the brainpower of Konnan were ready for a fight tonight as they began the brawl with AMW outside the ring.

Both teams including Gail Kim and Konnan were putting their bodies on the line for this one in attempts to decimate the opposing team. Hernandez went great lengths into attempts of killing AMW when he grabbed James Storm by the neck and tossed him overhead straight onto a ladder. However, Chris Harris was later able to take down the flag of the United States of America but before going further, he was taken down by Homicide, but an attempted Gringo Killa was countered upon receiving a drop kick from Gail Kim. She then was proceeding in climbing the ladder to hang the flag, but Konnan was there to halt that act. Trying to even the score now was Petey Williams who was going to deliver a Canadian Destroyer on Konnan, but Hernandez was there to clobber him. Then, it was Hernandez hanging the Mexican flag just after James Storm had cracked Homicide over the head with the glass bottle, which saw pieces of the bottle fly into Harris’ eyes.

After the match, an embarrassed James Storm was so upset over the loss. He was even trying to get shots in at Chris Harris, but much to Gail’s credit she was there to keep some form of order with the assist of Petey Williams while LAX remained in the ring for the Mexican national anthem.

To the back we went where James Storm claimed Chris Harris had quit in their Flag Match tonight. He demanded an apology from Chris Harris!

In the ring, the Voodoo Kin Mafia then issued a million dollar challenge to Michael Hickenbottom and Paul Levesque!

Accompanying Christian Cage to the ring for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match was a sizeable insurance in Tomko. He was set to face both the champion Abyss and the man they call Sting as a part of this triple threat match. Before the match even got started though, both Abyss and Tomko came face to face, but once the bell rang it was fair game for anyone for the time being. Sting was caught in the middle battling both back and forth before “The Monster” Abyss was able to take him down momentarily. However, Sting would answer back with a high-risk cross-body block from the top rope to the outside on Cage and Abyss.

Tomko, the man who was hear to ensure Cage gets the NWA World Heavyweight Title back around his waist, got involved in a big way by sidelining Sting for the time being by sending him into the guardrail with brute force. From there, it was now Abyss and Christian Cage one-on-one in the ring. Sting would try to re-enter the ring, but Abyss would stomp the already wounded ribs of Sting and send him back out. This was all good for Christian Cage, who had the advantage not only on Sting but now Abyss who he managed to weaken with a DDT followed with a drop kick to the knees.

It was a great game plan set out by Cage on applying the pressure and chopping down Abyss with the assist from Tomko – he wanted to win back the title he never lost via pin or submission by any means necessary. The tower of doom would throw Cage back a few steps though when Sting initiated the move. And now the Stinger was back in control with a Stinger Splash to Abyss in the corner. Christian Cage however, was able to mount back some offense but any punches he would deliver Sting was able to fend off and bounce back.

Later on in the match though, just when Sting was about to win back the NWA World Heavyweight Title, Tomko swiped the referee out of the ring and delivered a monstrous clothesline as he and Cage began the beat down on Sting. Abyss then got involved when he tossed Cage and Tomko out of the ring upon pouring out a bag full of thumbtacks. The returning Cage was just about to become a victim of the tacks but just before that could happen, Tomko came in with a big boot and then a huge stomp with Abyss going face first into the tacks.

Abyss would ultimately retain his NWA World Heavyweight Title by delivering a Black Hole Slam to Sting. Before this event took place though, we saw Sting once again trying to get inside the mind of Abyss by talking to him during their competitive match. At one point it seemed to be going down the right road for Sting, but in the end with all the distraction from Christian Cage and Tomko, it was deemed a failure when Sting suffered the Black Hole Slam.

Ever since Samoa Joe entered TNA in June 2005, he was only given one chance and after each chance he has mangled and destroyed his opponents. However, last month at the “Genesis” Pay-Per-View he suffered his first loss in one-on-one competition. Tonight though, Kurt Angle has given Samoa Joe a second chance, a chance that could boost Joe’s stock to immense opportunities.

Once the bell rang, it was game on; the second and final match between these two according to Kurt Angle himself. The two combatants both locked arms where Angle then countered and found himself behind Joe locking him in the corner. The referee released the two as Angle again locked Samoa Joe up this time on the ground with his elbow. Joe was able to use his power to outmaneuver Angle’s offense and that seemed to frustrate him early on as we saw him give a quick kick to Joe when referee Rudy Charles was separating the two.

Samoa Joe went crazy with an open opportunity that you don’t find Angle in too often and that was in the corner where Joe began giving chop after chop to his neck and head. This slowed Angle down but instead of waiting for a fallen Kurt Angle on the outside, Samoa Joe went to the outside in looking for retribution over last month’s loss. Kurt was fired back up though as he sent Joe face first repeatedly into the steel steps – payback from last month’s encounter!

It was back and forth action like we’ve never seen before, not even comparable to last month’s encounter due to the sole fact of the two competitors now having experience in the ring together. They both knew each other’s strengths and weakness going into this match versus not knowing anything at all last month.

Kurt Angle almost went up two-zip when he delivered an overhead suplex to “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe – a move that not only takes a lot out of your opponent, but in this case yourself as well due to the mass advantage Joe has over Angle.

A series of German suplexes were then capped off by Kurt Angle followed with an Ankle Lock. Samoa Joe then broke out and cracked Kurt in the corner with a running knee, but thereafter the Ankle Lock was once again locked in. Later though, Samoa Joe took his turn by locking Kurt Angle into the Rear Naked Choke, but a smart counter by Kurt Angle was initiated for another Ankle Lock. But when Angle was twisting around, Joe grabbed Angle’s tights and brought him down again for the choke. Just when we thought Angle was going to fade away he came back and reversed out into another Ankle Lock, but Samoa Joe wasn’t going to tap again!

So Kurt Angle had to rethink his tactics, and then in an amazing turn of events Kurt Angle managed to release an overhead suplex from the top rope. Later though, Kurt would trip and fall into the referee upon knocking him out momentarily. And in odd fashion, Kurt Angle low blowed Joe with a kick after tapping out from the Rear Naked Choke while the referee was out. But later Kurt Angle would try bringing a chair into play but that didn’t prove to be a factor when Samoa Joe synched in the Rear Naked Choke one more time for the submission win in this rematch of the year!

As the show came to a close, the fans were asking for just one more match!

We’ll see you all Thursday night at 9 PM ET with TNA “iMPACT!” on Spike TV!

Quick Match Results:
• Preshow: Ron Killings & Lance Hoyt defeated The Serotonin (Maverick Matt, Frankie Kazarian, & Johnny Devine).
• Paparazzi Championship Series: Senshi defeated Austin Starr, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Alex Shelley.
• Intergender Bikini Contest: Eric Young defeated Ms. Brooks.
• TNA X-Division Champion, Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Sabin.
• AJ Styles defeated Rhino.
• Flag Match: NWA World Tag Team Champions, The Latin American Exchange (Homicide & Hernandez) defeated America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm), in a Non-Title Match.
• Triple Threat Match: NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Abyss defeated Sting and Christian Cage.
• Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle.