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TNA House Show Results 1.17.14: Mobile, Alabama
By: tnafan Date: January 20, 2014, 7:27 am
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Not a very good turnout. I’m not sure how many fans TNA house
shows draw in other cities, but there was maybe around 150-200
fans in attendance, mostly on the ground floor. I saw a few fans
in the stands though. I hope this doesn’t discourage TNA from
coming around Mobile more often.
There was a meet and greet before the show with Ethan Carter
III, Gunner, Gail Kim, and Madison Rayne. My friend told EC3
that he looked like a “poor man’s Rick Martel” to which Carter
stayed in character and simply responded with “How
disrespectful!”. Funny moment.
Christy Hemme was announced as the ring announcer to a nice
reaction.
1. Chris Sabin defeated Austin Aries to retain the X-Division
Championship. An OK match. Lots of stalling at first from Sabin,
though the match never seemed to get out of first gear and there
wasn’t much in the way of high risk movies from either man.
Sabin pinned Aries after a roll-up with his feet on the ropes
after a fairly short match. Not much of a reaction from the
crowd, but they were into Aries and booed Sabin after he cheated
to win. I definitely expected better from these two.
Christy introduced referee Earl Hebner to a nice reaction. He
took off his standard referee shirt to reveal his ‘Damn Right I
Did!’ t-shirt. My friend and I tried to get a “You Screwed
Bret!” chant going, but sadly it didn’t take.
2. Madison Rayne defeated Gail Kim to retain the Knockouts
Championship. I will start by saying this, Gail Kim is
absolutely beautiful in person and according to my friend who
attended the Meet and Greet earlier, she’s always a really sweet
person. Madison is really pretty as well. Another ok match that
was similar to the first with lots of stalling from Gail to
begin and then some nice action from both ladies. Finish came
when Rayne blocked the Eat Defeat and hit the Rayne Drop for the
pinfall in another short match. Gail argued with Earl after the
match.
3. Gunner defeated Bobby Roode. Gunner didn’t receive much of a
reaction during his entrance. I don’t think much of the crowd
knew who he was at first. Roode received pretty good heat during
his entrance with a few noticeable cheers. He appeared to get
into an altercation with some moronic drunk redneck in the crowd
during his entrance. Security started holding Roode back so I
don’t know if he was simply heeling it up or legit pissed. A
good match with some nice nearfalls by both men down the
stretch, with the crowd eventually getting fully behind Gunner
due to Roode getting tons of heat. Gunner ended up winning the
match after a roll-up while Roode was jawing with the ref.
4. Ethan Carter III defeated Eric Young. EC3 came out to little
reaction, but got a nice amount of cheap heat after cutting a
promo running down people from Mobile. Eric Young came out to
probably the biggest pop of the night so far. He was especially
over with the kids. Not too much comedy from EY tonight as he
played it straight for the most part. EC3 got the clean win with
the One Percenter after some pretty good back and forth action.
5. Magnus defeated James Storm to retain the World Heavyweight
Championship. Huge pop for Storm from the heavy redneck crowd.
He easily got the biggest pop of the night. Magnus came out to a
lot of heat and antagonized the crowd to even bigger heat.
Probably the best match of the night with the crowd super into
Storm. Storm appeared to have the match won after he hit Magnus
with the Last Call, but EC3 came down to ring to put Magnus’s
foot on the rope. Storm chased Carter into the ring only Magnus
to hit him with the title belt while the ref was trying to eject
Carter from the ring. Magnus got the pin and the crowd wasn’t
happy. Carter got in the ring and attempted to talk trash to
Storm, only to receive a Last Call to make the crowd happy.
Magnus had tons of heat by the end of the match. This guy is
gonna be a star.
There was a brief intermission so the crew could put the cage up
for the main event. Earl and Brian Hebner were at the merch
table for pictures and autographs.
6. Samoa Joe defeated Bully Ray in a Cage Match. Joe came out
first to a good reaction, but was attacked by Bully from behind
before he could enter the cage. Really disappointed we didn’t
get a promo from Bully. He easily could have had this crowd
ready to murder him. A solid match, but could have been better
considering who was involved. There also wasn’t much use of the
cage which made me wonder why it was needed, even though it was
cool to get to see a cage match in person. There was a ref bump
and Joe made Bully tap to the Coquina Clutch. Joe checked on
Earl Hebner, which gave Bully enough time to recuperate and hit
Joe with the chain. Earl finally got up to make the count with
Bully exclaiming “I love you Earl!” to get a laugh out the
crowd. Surprisingly, he only got a two-count. Joe eventually
locked in the Coquina Clutch once again to make Bully tap and
get the submission victory.
Notes: After the match, fans were invited to get a picture with
Joe for $20 a group no matter how big the group was. Since it
was just my friend and I, we decided to pass on it. Still, a
nice deal for parents who brought their kids out.
It was actually my first time seeing a pro wrestling show live
(aside from some crappy local promotion shows), though I will be
attending Wrestlemania this year, which I realize will be a
completely different animal. The lack of Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy,
Bad Influence, and Sting was disappointing (especially after
reading that Sting made an appearance at a house show in
Bristol), but other than that I can’t really complain. Very
small crowd who were strictly behind the babyfaces and were very
vocal during the matches which made for a fun atmosphere. My
friend and I even got some pretty mean looks by the mostly
redneck, mark-heavy crowd for applauding Magnus after his win.
Overall, it was a very fun show and I wouldn’t mind going to
another TNA show should they decide to come back to the area.
Biggest Pops
James Storm (by far)
Eric Young
Samoa Joe
Most Heat
Magnus (the crowd absolutely HATED this guy)
Bobby Roode
Ethan Carter III (after his promo
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Re: TNA House Show Results 1.17.14: Mobile, Alabama
By: SheriffLonestar Date: January 20, 2014, 5:25 pm
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Good news for Magnus at least, he needs to be a heat magnet in
the position he is in.
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