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TNA HOUSE SHOW REPORT FROM DANVILLE, IL - JULY 19TH - 2013
By: tnafanforum Date: July 21, 2013, 11:46 am
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Check out TNA house show from DANVILLE, IL on JULY 19TH - 2013
This is just a Quick Results list for you to see who won and
lost etc.
Sabin won over Bully Ray,
Samoa Joe won his BFG match against Jay Bradley,
Gail Kim won over Miss Tessmacher,
Tag team champion match Storm/Gunner won over Bischoff/Briscoe,
Devon won over Angle,
Hardy over Roode,
all by pinfalls
Full Results and cover :
They opened the show with a title match! Bully Ray vs. new champ
Chris Sabin. Bully cut a promo about being screwed out of the
title, demanded a rematch before the night was over. Sabin came
out and said we didn't have to wait, he would make Bully "Hail
Sabin" right now. Decent match with Bully continuing to work on
Sabin's knees. Sabin gets with win with some sort of surprise
rollup. Don't really know what to call it, but it looked cool.
Second was BFG match, Samoa Joe vs. Jay Bradley. Surprising
amount of offense for Bradley, I thought. Joe is a freakin'
machine. How a man that size pulls off the moves he does, I
don't know. Joe teased the muscle buster, Bradley countered, Joe
gets a pin for the win.
--I have to note some of my memory is clouded by the distraction
of Christy Hemme as the ring announcer. Frankly, TV does none of
the Knockouts justice, they are beautiful, but Christy...wow.
Next up, a Knockouts match with Gail Kim and Miss Tessmacher.
Tess was really over with the crowd, probably because of her
autograph/photo session prior to the show. She knows how to work
a crowd, and is extremely likeable. The match was pretty back
and forth, nothing spectacular, Gail getting the win. Tess put
on a little dancing show for the crowd, post match.
Next was the tag match, Gunner and James Storm vs.
Bischoff/Brisco. Really a fun match until Storm apparently got
hurt. Bischoff was pulling hair constantly with Storm, Earl
Hebner (who is much funnier than I expected) would never catch
it. Then when Storm would go on offense, Bischoff would loudly
complain that Storm was pulling hair, continually whining to
Earl. Storm said something to Earl, threw Bischoff into the
ropes. Storm AND Earl gave him a two-man hip toss. Crowd ate
that up. Towards the end of the match, Storm took a move from
Bischoff (I believe, was taking photos, watching for Gunner to
come in and clean house). Storm tagged Gunner, rolled out of the
ring, and just lay on the floor for a long time. To me, it was
obvious Earl figured out what was going on, told the boys to
take it home, and Gunner ended up with the pin for the victory.
Storm was beginning to move a little obviously in pain, couldn't
really tell what body part he was favoring. A stretcher was
rolled out, but after EMT's worked with him for a while, he was
able to make it to the back with Gunner's help. The man was
obviously in pain. Intermission was quickly called.
After the intermission, Devon vs. Kurt Angle. I should point out
all Aces and Eights members (except Bully) made their entrances
from the crowd, not the aisle. Atlas Security leading the way,
of course. This was probably my favorite match of the night. No
one throws a suplex like Angle. Textbook brawler versus wrestler
kind of match, good back and forth action. One thing young guys
could learn from Devon and Bully Ray, is how to continue being a
heel during the match. The joy of sitting first row is being
able to hear all the chatter. Bully and Devon NEVER stop
talking. I was expecting Angle to go over. The crowd was big on
Angle, and it just felt like from a booking standpoint, we were
due for a face win. Sad to say, Devon got the win, and I'm not
sure exactly what happened, other than it was a pinfall. Kind of
caught me off guard. Angle sold for quite a while, then gave a
very nice "thank you" speech to the fans, seemed very genuine in
appreciation for the chants that broke out.
Then time for the main event. Yeah, a little on the short side
tonight, which would be my only complaint. Then again, they just
did live tv the night before. Probably not the best scheduling.
Main event was Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Roode. Biggest pop of the
night for Hardy. I was surprised he was on the card, since he's
not been on TV much lately. I'm not the biggest Hardy fan, but
he is good with his fans. He made his way around the ring
slapping hands, and took some time to hug a few, and made sure
kids and folks in wheel chairs got a chance to say hi. Match was
decent, but to me not as good as Angle/Devon. Didn't tell a
story as much. Both men got in signature moves (no Swanton
though). Roode nailed a spinebuster and someone in the crowd
yelled "Triple H does it better". If looks could kill....Roode
was not happy! Roode picked up Hardy almost like setting up for
a pile driver, Hardy got free, shot Roode off the ropes, then
caught him for the Twist of Fate for the win.
Not good at estimating crowd size, but it wasn't much. I will
say it was a buying crowd. Merchandise table was pretty busy,
lots of people carrying items around with them. I did the
pre-show meet and greet, and could not pass up a chance for a
photo with Miss Tessmacher. Yes, some of the extras cost a few
more dollars, but you will not get treated better at any
wrestling event. For all the things they do wrong, Impact does
their best to make the fans feel special.
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