We get a video package highlighting the events that have led up to this match, which will lead to TNA contracts for Hall and Waltman if they’re able to win.
JB is backstage with Hall and Waltman. Waltman and Hall get excited because JB says if they lose they’ll be ‘band’ for life. Hall says he broke out the old gear cause he’s here to wrestle. Hall says he’s gotta prove that’s he’s better than him tonight. Hall says when you tune into TNA on Monday, you’ll see the highest paid superstars in TNA. Waltman says it doesn’t matter what they have to do to win, because their asses are grass, and they will smoke them. How appropriate.
Kevin Nash & Eric Young vs. Scott Hall & Syxx Pac
Tag Team Match; if Hall & Pac win, they earn TNA contracts. If not, they must leave TNA for good
Hall and Waltman are out first, and even though they get a formal announcement, they get no music. Tenay says it’s because they aren’t under contract. They make their way to the ring to a mixed reaction, and Hall grabs a mic. Hall says they’re going retro now, he’s even got the tights on, but they want to take a survey. He asks how many people want to see Hall and Waltman in TNA with some big money contracts, and depressingly, a lot of the crowd cheers. Hall says one more for the bad guys. Nash and Young are out next, with music, and to a much more positive reaction from the crowd. Young and Waltman look to start things out for their respective teams. They lock up, and Young back up Pac into the corner, where he begins to pound on him until he catches a thumb to the eye. Waltman hits a shoulderblock, but he walks right into a Thesz press and a series of punches. Young rams Waltman’s head into the mat, but he’s distracted by Hall, which allows Waltman to connect with a big kick. Hall tags in, and he gives Young the old DX crotch chop. They lock up, and Hall starts to work over Young’s arm, locking in an arm bar and slapping him in the head. Hall catches Young out of a cross body and connects with a fall away slam that’s good for a two count. Hall tags out to Waltman who hits a quick chop, but quickly eats a back body drop. Young charges Pac, but he’s thrown to the outside and Pac follows with a big plancha.
Young crotches Waltman on the ring post on the outside, but Hall is right there to put Young down and turn the tide. Back in the ring, Hall tags in, and continues to humiliate Young with slaps to the head before sending him into the ropes and locking in a sleeper. Young is able to turn it around into a sleeper hold of his own, but Hall is able to connect with a back suplex to break the hold. Young reaches over and is able to make the tag, but Waltman distracts the ref, and the ref doesn’t see the tag. Pac starts to search under the ring, and he grabs a can of spray paint, spraying Young in the face. Back in the ring, Waltman and Hall team up on Young, but Young fights them off and tags in Nash. Nash comes in, shoves the ref, and hits the jack knife powerbomb on Eric Young. Nash rolls Young to the apron, and makes the tag, sending Young back in. Waltman picks up Young and hits the X Factor. Hall hits the outsider’s edge, and Waltman makes the pin, with Hall on top, getting the three count.
Winners and the newest members of the TNA roster: Scott Hall and Sean Waltman
After the match they go back and grab the spray paint. Waltman takes the can and uses it to outline Young’s body, like a chalk outline at a crime scene. The WolfPac music hits, and Hall and Waltman dance around in the ring, smiling the whole time.
JB is backstage with Angle. Angle says he’s had a problem with people holding mics in his face lately, so he wants to do this alone. He holds up an 8×10 of Mr. Anderson, and he uses a lighter to set it on fire. Angle smiles, and says it’s real, it’s damn real.
Doug Williams (c) vs. Shannon Moore
TNA X Division Championship Match
Shannon Moore is out first, to a big pop in all of his goth glory. Williams is out next, and unfortunately his technical expertise doesn’t get him quite as warm of a reaction. The outline of EY is still in the middle of the ring. Williams takes down Moore to start off the match, but the chain wrestle for a bit before Williams kicks Moore away. Williams takes Moore down to the mat again, and he takes him over with a side headlock, but Moore fights out. Williams takes it to Moore with a kick and a couple of punches, but Moore retaliates with a couple of arm drags, an inverted atomic drop, and a big leg drop. Moore goes for the pin, but he can only get two. Moore goes to the top rope and hits a leaping hurricarana on Williams, but he still can’t keep Williams down for more than two. Moore goes for a top rope hurricarana, but Williams ducks out of it, and knocks Moore to the mat, choking away at him.
Williams hits Moore with a high knee off the ropes, but it’s only good for a near fall. Williams locks in a front chancery, but Moore fights out of it, only to walk right into a gut wrench suplex. Williams goes for the chaos theory, but Moore fights out of it. Williams hits a running knee on Moore in the corner, and chokes him with his boot before stomping away at Moore. Williams pounds on Moore with a series of forearms, before choking him in the corner, but when the ref breaks it up, Moore fights back, and he’s able to hit a bulldog, leg lariat, and dropkick in succession. Moore goes to the top and hits a twisting moonsault on Williams, that sends him to the outside, where he eats a baseball slide. Moore goes to the top turnbuckle, and he hits a moonsault to the outside right on top of Williams.
Williams grabs a foreign object, that looks like a brick, and he and Moore fight over it, and the ref ends up distracted. Williams is able to hit Moore with the brick, and he pins Moore, getting the three count.
Winner and STILL X Division Champion: Doug Williams
