BREAKING NEWS: KEVIN NASH WILL NOT BE IN THE MAIN EVENT OF BOUND FOR GLORY! READ BELOW

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THE FANS REACT TO SATURDAY'S "iMPACT!"
* Impact Community Member: highheatkingsb – Good grief, TNA puts on more action in one hour than the competition does with one whole week of their shows together
* Impact Community Member: Classic Colt – TNA top themselves by the week.
* Impact Community Member: StylesClash – Very good show and an awesome ending. Less talk, LOT more action.
* Impact Community Member: WCWite – Talk about nonstop action, that ending was awesome.

OFFICIAL TNA "IMPACT!" RESULTS
Saturday, October 22, 2005 – Orlando, FL
By: Marcus Cygy

SAMOA JOE vs. ELIX SKIPPER w/ SIMON DIAMOND
The opening match of iMPACT! featured the debut of "The Samoan Submission Machine" Samoa Joe as he took on Elix Skipper of The Diamonds in the Rough. The match started off with each combatant delivering gigantic stiff kicks, however, Skipper could not get up after the kicks, thus making Joe’s kicks the harder ones. Later on in the match, Skipper ate Samoa Joe’s running boot in the corner as Joe then pinned Skipper. Much to Simon Diamond’s relief, Skipper was able to matrix out of the pin. Later Samoa Joe took Elix Skipper and hit the Muscle Buster followed by the Choke Sleeper for the victory.

Winner: Samoa Joe

- At Bound For Glory, Samoa Joe will face off against the Japanese legend, Jushin "Thunder" Liger!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

NWA World Tag Team Title Match:
THE NATURALS (c) vs. AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
The following match is the first title match on SpikeTV and this one had a wild start. America’s Most Wanted found themselves outside the ring at the very beginning stage of this match as Andy Douglas held them and Chase Stevens went to the top rope and showcased a Shooting Star Press that he delivered onto AMW. Gail Kim then made her presence felt to cheer on America’s Most Wanted to help them regroup. The cheerleading didn’t seem to help though as Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens of The Naturals had full control; however, it was Gail Kim that got her way one way or another as she held Andy Douglas’ leg near the ring ropes as that got his attention and he went out of the ring to confront her. Andy then found himself chasing AMW to where he caught an NWA Tag Team belt in his face and he was now cut open. Moments later, Chase Stevens took matters into his own hands by getting some offence in. Andy Douglas also played part by taking out Chris Harris but the numbers game took part as Gail Kim got on the ring apron and held the referee. Chris Harris then got the ring bell and hit down Chase Stevens. AMW received a 2-count pin. The referee was then knocked out by Chris Harris by accident as The Naturals hit The Natural Disaster; Gail Kim then tried to make her physical presence by hitting Andy Douglas from the top rope but instead she caught James Storm. Later, The Naturals tried hitting The Natural Disaster on Gail Kim now, but it was Jeff Jarrett, the leader of the squad that came in and low blowed Andy Douglas from behind where the now okay referee could not see. The referee then saw Jarrett who was now outside. Back in the ring though, James Storm had a beer bottle and smashed it across Chase Stevens’ head as he was cut open now. AMW pinned and won the match, as they became 6-time NWA World Tag Team Champions.

Winners & New NWA World Tag Team Champions: America’s Most Wanted

COMMERCIAL BREAK

- A video was shown hyping the Ultimate X Match for Bound For Glory. We also learned that Ultimate X would be coming soon to SpikeTV!

BOBBY ROODE w/ SCOTT D’AMORE vs. RON KILLINGS w/ 3LIVE KRU
Both Bobby Roode and Ron Killings both started out the match showing their true strengths towards one another, along with their specialties. It was truly two unique styles within the heavyweight division clashing here in this match. Mid way in the match, Ron Killings delivered an amazing flip dive onto Bobby Roode to the outside. Moments later, Bobby Roode gained momentum with a few moves of his own. Roode also was able to taunt the crowd in his typical Canadian fashion. Kip James was then seen coming down as he said to Mike Tenay and Don West that he was going to settle this once and for all with his brother BG James. Konnan was backstage with Apolo in the background watching the television screen in displeasure. Immediately, Konnan made his way down and got right into Kip’s face. BG James tried separating the two, Ron Killings then got into action. Later, we saw Team Canada use their tactics within the confusion and broke the hockey stick across The Truth’s back as Bobby Roode gained the victory.

Winner: Bobby Roode

- We were taken backstage with Shane Douglas along with Jeff Jarrett, Abyss, and "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown. Brown said that he didn’t want to participate in the match tonight nor hunt with Jeff Jarrett. He wants to hunt against Jeff Jarrett and claim the NWA World Heavyweight Title.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

JEFF JARRETT, MONTY BROWN, & ABYSS vs. AJ STYLES, JEFF HARDY, & LANCE HOYT
This wild match started off with Lance Hoyt and Abyss going at it. The two big men exchanged punches as Jeff Hardy was later tagged in by Hoyt. Jeff Hardy gained offense but it was Jeff Jarrett that blind-sided Hardy with a knee to the back while near the ropes. Moments later, Monty Brown was in the ring showcasing many of his high impact maneuvers against Jeff Hardy. Jarrett had to give in his two cents as well with a drop kick. It was AJ Styles though that cleaned house with his physically athletic phenomenal moves against the three opposes. All six combatants continued battling on the outside, but AJ Styles found himself getting a piece of Jeff Jarrett on the top rope with punches to the head and that’s when Abyss attempted a Black Hole Slam to AJ, however, AJ Styles turned it into a DDT. With all the full ahead steam AJ had, Monty Brown put that to a halt as he made his physical presence. Abyss then took his turn, as did Jeff Jarrett. Later on, all six men were turned loose as all competitors delivered their specialty moves. Ultimately in the end, it was the Christopher Daniels who took down AJ Styles from the top rope as Jeff Jarrett was then going to hit the Stroke. However, Monty Brown was seen running to hit the Pounce on the two, but Jarrett backed off and Brown hit Styles and got the pin for the victory.

Winners: Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, & Abyss

- After the match, all hell broke lose as Rhino, Sabu, and Kevin Nash all came down in the end to join in on the uncontrollable mayhem within the iMPACT Zone.

- During the match, Cassidy Riley said on the commentator’s headset that Raven would be in the building at Bound For Glory. Also announced was that the new NWA World Tag Team Champions, America’s Most Wanted would be defending the titles against The Naturals in a rematch at Bound For Glory.

- Be sure to not miss TNA Bound For Glory – A Time For Greatness Sunday at 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT with the first 30-minutes free live and exclusively on pay-per-view!

Quick Match Results:
* Samoa Joe defeated Elix Skipper.
* America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions, The Naturals (Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas), to win the titles.
* Bobby Roode defeated Ron Killings.
* Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, & Abyss defeated AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, & Lance Hoyt.

Next Week:
The wrestling world will feel the aftermath of "Bound For Glory" on "iMPACT!" on SpikeTV on Saturday night at 11PM ET! If you missed the Pay-Per-View event, tune into "iMPACT!" for a complete rundown of match results and news from the epic event! Also on "iMPACT!" will be news on the upcoming November "Genesis" Pay-Per-View! For a complete lineup for Saturday's "iMPACT!" check back to TNAwrestling.com later this week!

CREDIT:TNAWrestling.com

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KEVIN NASH UPDATE, MORE REGARDING TONIGHT'S "BOUND FOR GLORY"

Update: On Sunday, TNA management learned that Kevin Nash will not be medically cleared to compete tonight in the main event of "Bound For Glory" for the NWA World Heavyweight Title. TNA management official Terry Taylor spent the night with Nash at the hospital, who also had his family in attendance. Nash was admitted to an Orlando hospital on Saturday afternoon after dialing 911 from his hotel room shortly before the fanfest.

TNA management along with Championship Committee member Larry Zbyszko have ensured TNAwrestling.com that the NWA World Heavyweight Title will indeed be defended tonight at "Bound For Glory". We hope to have an update on the condition of Kevin Nash as soon as possible.

OTHER BOUND FOR GLORY NEWS:

In addition, following last night's "iMPACT!" on SpikeTV, two matches have been added to the "Bound For Glory" Pay-Per-View. Following the controversial ending in the NWA World Tag Team Title match, Larry Zbyszko has ordered a rematch tonight on the Pay-Per-View as new titleholders America's Most Wanted will defend the gold in a rematch against The Naturals! Can Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas rebound from the brutal and bloody beating they suffered on "iMPACT!" to reclaim the gold, or will AMW steal another win?

Another match added will be a six-man match featuring The 3 Live Kru (BG James, Konnan and The Truth) taking on Team Canada (Bobby Roode, Eric Young and A1).

Finally, TNAwrestling.com has learned that tonight's show will kick off with the four-way X Division bout in the first 30 minutes for free, featuring Sonjay Dutt vs. Austin Aries vs. Alex Shelley vs. Roderick Strong!

CATCH "BOUND FOR GLORY" TONIGHT LIVE AND EXCLUSIVELY ON PAY-PER-VIEW!

CREDIT: TNAWrestling.com

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BOUND FOR GLORY PICKS

They will be short this week as I did not write them last night, and I am writing them right now. They still give out a winner!

NWA World Heavyweight Title Match
Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Kevin Nash
Special Guest Referee: Tito Ortiz

Well Kevin Nash will no longer be in the match because he is having health problems. So I think Raven will be in the main event, but I want to be suprised!

X Division Championship Ironman Match
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles (c) vs. "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels

Daniels is going to win this one. He has to. Come on Daniels...

NWA World Tag Team Title Match
America's Most Wanted (c) vs. The Naturals

America's Most Wanted are going to win and take on Team 3D next month... I think...

The Ultimate X Returns
Matt Bentley vs. Chris Sabin vs. Petey Williams
Winner Becomes The X Division #1 Contender

They are starting to put over Chris Sabin on iMPACT. Sabin wins.

Monster's Ball 2
Abyss with James Mitchell vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Rhino vs. Sabu

I want Sabu to win badly, but they are putting over Jeff Hardy as a big main event wrestler, so Jeff Hardy is our winner here tonight.

International Showdown
Samoa Joe vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger

This is going to be a great match. It will also be my first time seeing Jushin "Thunder" Liger in action. Somoa Joe is undefeated, and I think he still needs to go undefeated and win the X-Division Championship.

X Division Four Way:
"The Original Playa From The Himalaya" Sonjay Dutt vs. Austin Aries
vs. Alex Shelley vs. Roderick Strong

SONJAY FREAKIN DUTT... thats all I have to say.......

Lance Hoyt vs. "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown

It's time for Monty Brown to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. I have been stressing it since forever! Monty Brown has this one.

3Live Kru vs. Team Canada

We seen this match on iMPACT! a few weeks ago. I believe the match ended with 3 Live Kru picking up the victory.I for sure believe that Kip James will be involved in this match. I really cant pick, but I am going to go with Team Canada finding a way to win.

Team Canada

The Diamonds In The Rough (Diamond, Primetime, Young)
vs. Apolo, Sonny Siaki, and Shark Boy

First off, Diamonds in the Rough have been showing great action, and it is about time for them to get pushed,

SATURDAY ON "iMPACT!" ON SPIKE TV AT 11PM ET
One night before "Bound For Glory" next Sunday on PPV!

The intensity will reach a whole new level Saturday night on "iMPACT!" on Spike TV at 11PM ET, less than 24 hours before the live "Bound For Glory" Pay-Per-View on Sunday night! All of your favorite TNA stars will be a part of the final "iMPACT!" before "Bound For Glory" which will be the biggest weekend in TNA Wrestling history. The huge lineup for Saturday’s "iMPACT!" is as follows:

6-MAN MAYHEM MAIN EVENT
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown and "The Monster" Abyss vs. X Division Champion "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff Hardy and Lance Hoyt

Some of the biggest stars in TNA Wrestling will compete in six-man one match this Saturday night on "iMPACT!" just hours before the Pay-Per-View! In addition, all three TNA champions will be in action on the final "iMPACT!" before "Bound For Glory" as Championship Committee member Larry Zbyszko has ordered the following bout:

THE FIRST TNA TITLE MATCH ON SPIKETV – NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE NATURALS vs. AMERICA’S MOST WANTED

Longtime enemies will collide again this Saturday night, marking the first TNA title defense on SpikeTV, as NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals defend the gold against America’s Most Wanted! Can The Naturals win another battle in the ongoing war between the two teams, or will AMW walk into "Bound For Glory" as the new champions? Tune in and find out!

THE SPIKETV DEBUT OF "THE SAMOAN SUBMISSION MACHINE" SAMOA JOE vs. "PRIMETIME" ELIX SKIPPER

The unstoppable "Samoan Submission Machine" Samoa Joe makes his "iMPACT!" debut on SpikeTV on Saturday night, taking on TNA X Division star and Diamonds In The Rough member "Primetime" Elix Skipper! With his match against Jushin "Thunder" Liger less than 24 hours later at the Pay-Per-View, can Samoa Joe successfully make it past "Primetime"?

3LIVE KRU’S RON "THE TRUTH" KILLINGS vs. TEAM CANADA’S ENFORCER BOBBY ROODE

The war between The 3Live Kru and Team Canada continues to heat up on "iMPACT!" on Saturday night, with 3LK’s Ron "The Truth" Killings facing the Team Canada enforcer Bobby Roode! The question is, will the members of their respective groups get involved in the bout? Will Team Canada’s tactics come into play, or will the 3LK win this battle? Tune in and see!

ALL THIS AND MUCH MORE ON SATURDAY’S "iMPACT!" ON SPIKETV AT 11 PM ET – JUST HOURS BEFORE SUNDAY’S "BOUND FOR GLORY"!

QUICK PREVIEW FOR SATURDAY’S IMPACT:
Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown and Abyss vs. AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and Lance Hoyt
Tag Team Title Match: The Naturals vs. America’s Most Wanted
Samoa Joe vs. "Primetime" Elix Skipper
Ron "The Truth" Killings vs. Bobby Roode
Plus, more news on Sunday’s "Bound For Glory"
CREDIT: TNAWrestling.com

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TNA... The New Face of Professional Wrestling

OFFICIAL TNA "IMPACT!" RESULTS
Saturday, October, 15, 2005 – Orlando, FL
By: Marcus Cygy

This is TNA, the new face of professional wrestling. We’re just one week away from TNA performing on the biggest stage of them all, it’s Bound For Glory on Sunday, October 23, 2005!

- iMPACT! began this week with a video package highlighting the events that closed off the show last week where Gail Kim debuted and joined the faction of Jeff Jarrett and America’s Most Wanted as the four of them took matters to their own hands and demolished Brother Ray and Brother Devon of Team 3D. It was one of the most brutal things we have ever seen occur to Team 3D in their illustrious careers.

HANDICAP MATCH: MONTY BROWN vs. MIKEY BATTS & JERRELLE CLARK
The opening match of TNA iMPACT! featured the former NFL player and two time SuperBowl participant, "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown as he had his hands full with Mikey Batts and Jerrelle Clark in a Handicap Match. Immediately when Monty Brown made his way down to the ring, Mikey Batts went out of his way to start the match as he went over and outside of the ring as Monty Brown caught him in mid air.. Out came Jerrelle Clark, as Monty Brown, who still had Mikey in his arms, swung him as his legs hit down his own partner, Jerrelle Clark. Later, Monty Brown delivered the Pounce to Jerrelle Clark and the Alpha Bomb to Mikey Batts as he then pinned them at the same time for the victory.

Winner: Monty Brown

- Monty Brown then got on the microphone and welcomed us to the Serengeti. He then said that no one would stop his quest to the NWA World Heavyweight Title. That was when Lance Hoyt then made his way down to the ring and challenged Brown. Monty Brown left the ring as he would wait till Bound For Glory. Lance Hoyt went on the microphone and reminded Monty Brown to not forget the name Hoyt because at Bound For Glory, the two of them will be facing off against each other.

- We were then taken to the back as Larry Zbyszko announced that for the first time next week on SpikeTV there will be a title match as The Naturals defend the NWA World Tag Team Titles against America’s Most Wanted. Raven then made his way onto the scene, as he wanted his rematch against Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Title. He wanted Kevin Nash’s spot at Bound For Glory. Security took Raven out of the building for the third week in a row on SpikeTV.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

- A video package was shown hyping the match at Bound For Glory between Samoa Joe and Japanese legend Jushin "Thunder" Liger.

MATT BENTLEY w/ TRACI vs. DAVID YOUNG w/ SIMON DIAMOND
The Bentley Bounce was going strong down "In The Pit" of the iMPACT! Zone right before this one got underway. During the bout, Matt Bentley had the initial advantage with a series of punches, but it was Simon Diamond at ringside who was able to help David Young gain offensive control. Later on in the match however, Matt Bentley gained back that offense and hit David Young with the Picture Perfect Elbow; later followed by the Super Kick for the win against David Young of the Diamonds In The Rough.

Winner: Matt Bentley

- Immediately after the match, Petey Williams of Team Canada ran into the ring and attacked Bentley from behind before he could get up. Petey Williams then hit a wicked Canadian Destroyer on Bentley, which had him down. Traci came in to aid Bentley, but Petey turned around and grabbed her by the hair as he then planted the lips on her. Traci delivered an open hand slap to Petey’s face, as he then was going to deliver the Canadian Destroyer on her, but it was Chris Sabin that came in and made the save. At Bound For Glory it will be Petey Williams vs. Chris Sabin vs. Matt Bentley in wrestling’s most innovative match, the Ultimate X!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

- A video tape was played courtesy of Jeff Jarrett and America’s Most Wanted as it featured them along with Gail Kim, Team Canada and Abyss as they all acted out a funeral for the careers of Team 3D. James Mitchell hosted the event as he then said a funeral would be taking place after Bound For Glory for Kevin Nash as Jeff Jarrett will be defending the NWA World Heavyweight Title against him.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

SABU vs. RHINO
It was now a match up between Rhino and Sabu as they went right at each other from the very beginning. These two are no strangers in the ring as they have had past encounters in TNA as well as the past. Sabu delivered several high-risk moves from his playbook of moves while "The Man Beast" Rhino just ate them and fired back. At one point it was almost like a sword fight of steel chair shots, but after a few, Rhino knocked Sabu’s chair out of his hands and delivered a viciously loud chair shot knocking Sabu down. A few moments later, Rhino was about to deliver the Rhino Driver to Sabu from the top rope but Sabu managed to avoid it and hit a hurricarana from the top. Later, Sabu missed Rhino from the top rope as he then turned around and was hit by a vehicle in Rhino’s GORE! Rhino got the win.

Winner: Rhino

- The aftermath saw all four competitors for Monster’s Ball 2 at Bound For Glory battle it out in Abyss, Jeff Hardy, Rhino, and Sabu as security then broke up the brawl.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

IRONMAN CHALLENGE: CHRISTOPHER DANIELS
The following match was Christopher Daniels taking on three X-Division competitors of AJ Styles’ choosing as The Fallen Angel has 15-minutes to defeat all three of them one at a time. The Fallen Angel’s first opponent was Shark Boy as in the beginning moments; it was a game of tag to start out as Shark Boy ran around with Daniels chasing him. Much to Christopher Daniels’ credit though, he was able to finish off and defeat Shark Boy with the Angels Wings in 1 minute and 15 seconds.

Next, AJ Styles sent out "The Original Play From The Himalaya" Sonjay Dutt to take on Christopher Daniels. This was Sonjay Dutt’s first match back from his tour in India and during the match he definitely served as a challenge. Christopher Daniels found himself on the brink of losing a couple of times; however, he finally was able to nail the Angels Wings to defeat Sonjay Dutt with just 3:05 left on the clock.

AJ Styles then picked himself to be the third opponent for The Fallen Angel as he right away went into the ring and chased Christopher Daniels around. The two locked up in a number of moves, as Daniels tried using his tactics to steal a win, but it was AJ Styles who countered and used his phenomenal moves to where he almost picked up the victory. It was Christopher Daniels who ran from an attempted move by AJ Styles as the clock ran out and we had a no-contest.

The two looked on at each other as the show came to a close with both of them keeping in mind about the 30-Minute Ironman Match for the TNA X-Division Championship of the world at Bound For Glory on October 23, 2005.

Quick Match Results:
* Handicap Match: Monty Brown defeated Mikey Batts & Jerrelle Clark.
* Matt Bentley defeated David Young.
* Rhino defeated Sabu.
* Ironman Challenge: Christopher Daniels defeated Shark Boy, and Sonjay Dutt, but the time ran out against AJ Styles in the final minutes.

iMPACT! Feedback:

* Impact Community Member: jarrettsgirl – I liked the whole episode. I LOVED the funeral segment!!!

* Impact Community Member: Dres120188 – This weeks Impact on Spike TV was the best so far.

* Impact Community Member: indyprocentral – That is hands down the funniest TNA vignette of all time.

* Impact Community Member: Marty2Hotty – A lot of people probably haven't sampled the TNA product yet, but if they see it for the first time, I guarantee that they'll be hooked.

Next Week:
* NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown and Abyss vs. AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and Lance Hoyt in a Six Man Mayhem Main Event!
* SpikeTV's first NWA Tag Team Title Match: The Naturals vs. America's Most Wanted
* The SpikeTV debut of "The Samoan Submission Machine" Samoa Joe vs. "Primetime" Elix Skipper
* Ron "The Truth" Killings vs. Bobby Roode
* Plus, more news on Sunday's "Bound For Glory"

CREDIT: TNAWrestling.com

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TNA Wrestling announced today that in a hurricane update...

BOUND FOR GLORY AND THE FANFEST IS NOT CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!

Bound For Glory will still be this weekend... October 22 in the fan fest, and October 23 is the pay-per-view!

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POWER PRO WRESTLING UPDATE:

Remember this works the same as IWAll-Stars, and nothing about this is real, it is just for fun. This will shut up those who love copywriting stuff!

TNA Wrestling iMPACT! on Spike TV October 15, 2005- Preview!

 With this being one week from TNA's biggest show in the three year plus history of the company, iMPACT! is coming to you from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida for another action packed exciting night of professional wrestling action.

THE MAIN EVENT

We learned last week on iMPACT! that "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels would take on three guys of AJ Styles' choosing as a preview for the 30 Minute Iron Man match at Bound for Glory. The match will take place this week on iMPACT! as the main event. Who will AJ Styles choose as Daniel's opponents? Find out on iMPACT! this Saturday...

This is a match that I want to see....

"THe Homicidal, Genocidal, Suicidal" Sabu vs. "The Man Beast" Rhino

Two hardcore icons will wrestle this week on iMPACT! in a preview for the Monster's Ball match at Bound for Glory! It should be an amazing match. Remember that at Unbreakable, Rhino was the number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. This promises to be an exciting match.

"The Alpha Male" Monty Brown returns to action this week on iMPACT! His opponent has not been announced, but we should be looking at a chance to see Brown in action for the second time on iMPACT! on Spike TV

Matt Bentley (Accompanied by Traci) vs. David Young

This should be a pretty interesting match. David Young is a member of Diamonds in the Rough, and Bentley is heading into the Ultimate X Match at Bound for Glory.

Also we learned that America's Most Wanted will have a funeral for Team 3D after last week's beatdown....

All this and more on TNA iMPACT! on Spike TV

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AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TEAM CANADA’S “A1”

On Tuesday prior to TNA’s “iMPACT!” tapings in Orlando, Florida, Bill Banks sat down with Team Canada powerhouse “A1” to discuss a number of subjects. In this TNAwrestling.com interview, you’ll read about the background of the TNA star, his ventures into the world of bodybuilding as well as his thoughts on the rest of Team Canada and much more.

BB: Where are you from originally?

A1: I was born in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland – then we moved to a place to Dunnville, Ontario when I was five, which is close to Niagara Falls. I pretty much grew up in Niagara Falls. In 1996 I moved to Windsor to attend the University.

BB: What did your parents do for a living?

A1: My dad was born in England. He was an engineer. My mother was a housewife who looked after us all at home.

BB: How many brothers or sisters?

A1: I have a half-brother and half-sister

BB: What kind of kid were you growing up?

A1: I was into a lot of sports. I swam and played football…and sports I could play. I was a decent student. I got good enough grades to make it into the university. The reason I went to the university was to play football, but I ended up having to walk away because I had to go back home every summer to work and the university was very strict on training throughout that time.

BB: So you went to the university to play football but were unable due to finances? That must have been tough on you personally.

A1: Yes, my life up until that point I had played sports and worked out. I really wanted to do something involving my body because I was very athletic. When I went to talk to the coach about it, he told me I needed to be there in August to play football, but I couldn’t. I had to make money to support myself.

BB: So did you have to cut sports out entirely while you attended the university?

A1: Yes, but I still worked out all the time. I enjoyed working out and being in the gym. But I couldn’t do competitive sports anymore.

BB: Are you a longtime wrestling fan?

A1: Yes, ever since my dad turned wrestling on the television for the first time when I was a kid.

BB: Who were some of your favorites?

A1: Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, Jimmy Snuka, Don Muraco and Rick Rude. The larger-than-life guys with the physiques really captured my attention. It’s what motivated me to start working out and hitting the gym.

BB: How the decision to get into wrestling come about?

A1: As a kid, I always dreamed of being a wrestler but I never thought of it as a real possibility. But the desire grew as I got older, and you only get one shot at life so I didn’t want to look back someday and regret not doing it. I happened to meet some students that were attending the Can-Am Wrestling School run by Scott D’Amore, and I talked to them a lot about it. I really wanted to give it a try and I did. I was working at the time and done with university, so I figured I had nothing to lose to give it a shot.

BB: What did your family think about your decision?

A1: They supported me. I’m sure they would have loved to see me take a safer direction in life, but they were always behind me. They knew how much I loved wrestling.

BB: I heard you won the first bodybuilding competition you ever entered – is that true?

A1: Yes. I had a lot of friends who were into bodybuilding, and they were always doing competitions in Canada. Each competition had different levels of competition, a Level 1, Level 2, etc. Level 4 is the last, and if you win that you can go pro and compete on a national level. The “Level 1” show that year was in Windsor, and two of my friends had won it before. So I thought it would be cool if I could join them. At the time, I was wrestling for D’Amore on a part-time basis, so I gave it a try. If I won, I thought it might be a good accolade to have as a wrestler in Windsor. When I started training, I was overweight for the competition. I was 272 pounds at the time – to make weight I had to get down to 210 pounds. So, thirteen weeks out from the competition I was in the gym nonstop every day, two workouts daily. I did massive amounts of cardio and was super-strict with my diet. I could still wrestle until about 4 weeks out from the competition, but after that my body was way too drained and tired from the intense training. A lot of people don’t realize how taxing bodybuilding is on your body when you’re getting ready for a competition. Physically, you’re depleted – but you have to stand up there and hold poses…really give it your all.

BB: At any point did you say to yourself “Why am I doing this to myself?”

A1: No, because I’m very competitive – but it wasn’t easy at all. All you think about while you’re training is food, but you have to be strict on your diet. You turn on the television and you see commercials for Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Pizza Hut and it drives you crazy. But, overall it was a great experience because I won the competition.

BB: So you win your first competition after going through all that – did you want to keep doing it?

A1: Well, to be honest I knew that physically I didn’t have the genetics needed to make a professional career from bodybuilding. I wanted to keep going to the next level, but I knew the guys out there who made the big money were beyond me genetically.

BB: When was your first match as a wrestler?

A1: It was at a place in Windsor called “Diamonds” against a guy named Bobby Clancy. That was in the summer of 2001 for Border City Wrestling. I did a lot of shows in Ontario and in Michigan.

BB: How well did you know the rest of the guys from Team Canada when you started out?

A1: Me and Petey Williams joined the school at the same time, so I’ve always been tight with him. I got to know Bobby Roode and Eric Young very quickly from traveling to events with them all over Ontario and Michigan.

BB: Talk about coming into TNA for the first time, then joining Team Canada

A1: I came to TNA for the first time in the summer of 2004 for a match against Sabu. So, I was familiar with all the guys from Team Canada but I was still nervous being in a new environment and having to prove myself. Since then, all of us in Team Canada have been tight. Behind the scenes we’re the same cohesive unit you see on camera. We came up together and we’re all having a blast helping to take TNA to the next level.

BB: Give me your brief thoughts on each member of Team Canada, starting with Coach D’Amore.

A1: A great trainer, disciplined and very smart.

BB: Petey Williams

A1: The leader. Very creative when it comes to matches.

BB: Bobby Roode

A1: The intimidator of the group, both on and off camera.

BB: Eric Young

A1: Just plain crazy and entertaining to watch

BB: Outside of TNA, what has been the most memorable moment of your career?

A1: There’s so many that I can’t narrow it down. I will say some of the most memorable moments for me – outside of joining TNA of course – have been getting to wrestle some of the legends I grew up watching. I’ve wrestled Hacksaw Duggan, Honky Tonk Man, Jim Neidhart – a lot of guys. There’s just something about getting in the ring to wrestle some of those greats.

BB: On the flipside, what’s been a low-point in your career? Did you ever think of hanging up the boots and walking away?

A1: There was one time, yes. It was actually just before I came to TNA. Before the TNA opportunity came up, I had wrestled some dark matches for WWE. The locker room in WWE was a strange atmosphere – everyone was very standoffish. It didn’t seem like a very pleasant place. At the time I had been questioning my decision to get into wrestling, so the bad experience I had with them didn’t help at all. After that, I was very depressed about the entire situation. I guess I expected more from it. I got home and wondered what to do next with life – should I get another job? I happened to be sitting on my bed thinking about all of this when my phone rang next to me. It was Scott D’Amore, who told me they had a spot for me with TNA. That was really bizarre, but tremendous luck as well. To go from being depressed one second to completely overjoyed the next was crazy.

BB: If there’s one person you’d like to wrestle right now, who would it be?

A1: Coach D’Amore still owes me a match (laughs). Before I signed with TNA, we were scheduled for match in Canada but the show got cancelled last minute. He still owes me that one, though.

BB: Outside of wrestling, what’s been the most memorable moment in your life so far?

A1: Meeting my girlfriend. She set me straight in life and helped me to focus on the important things. When you have someone there to support you in life it means everything. We’ve been together for four years now.

BB: Last question, when all is said and done in your career, how would you like the fans to remember you?

A1: A great wrestler and someone who gave back to the fans the same enjoyment I got when I was growing up watching wrestling. Someday, when fans go through magazines and see my photo, I want them to remember me along with the rest of the stars of our time. To me, that would make my career worthwhile.

Credit: TNAWrestling.com

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As of tonight we are exactly ten days away from TNA's biggest show Bound for Glory. Here below is the card for the pay-per-view.

NWA World Heavyweight Title Match
Jeff Jarrett vs. Kevin Nash
Special Guest Referee Tito Ortiz

X Division Championship Ironman Match
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles (c) Vs. "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels

The Ultimate X Returns
Matt Bentley Vs. Chris Sabin Vs. Petey Williams
Winner Becomes The X Division #1 Contender

Monster's Ball 2
Abyss With James Mitchell Vs. Jeff Hardy Vs. Rhino Vs. Sabu

International Showdown
Samoa Joe Vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger

More Matches To Be Anounced Soon!

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TNA... The New Face of Professional Wrestling

OFFICIAL TNA "IMPACT!" RESULTS
Saturday, October 8, 2005 – Orlando, FL
By: Marcus Cygy

This is TNA, the new face of professional wrestling.

It was night of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling iMPACT!, the 60-minute adrenaline rush on Spike TV’s Slammin’ Saturday Night!

- iMPACT! this week kicked off with a video package highlighting last week’s debut show on Spike TV. The video featured the debut of Team 3D along with the return of Kevin Nash. The video ended with Brother Ray telling us all that they will be making an impact and tonight they’re taking the next big step to winning the most prestigious tag team belts in history, the NWA World Tag Team Titles.

- As the show began, Raven was seen taken out of the iMPACT! Zone by security.

3LIVE KRU vs. TEAM CANADA
This match featured Ron Killings, BG James, and Konnan of the 3Live Kru taking on Team Canada’s Bobby Roode, Eric Young, and A1 along with Scott D’Amore at ringside. During the match however, Kip James was seen at the top of the entrance sitting on a chair as he closely observed. It was just after Konnan hitting Eric Young with a thrown shoe that Ron Killings hit the axe kick to Eric Young for the pinfall victory.

Winners: 3Live Kru

- The aftermath saw Team Canada take out Ron Killings and BG James who were in the ring. They threw out Killings and then focused their attentions to the helpless BG James lying in the middle of this ring. This is when Kip James came storming into the ring and cleared out the Canadians to save BG James. Konnan showed his displeasure to Kip James after this kind act was performed by Kip.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

- iMPACT! came back as a video package was shown of the history of Ultimate X as the Ultimate X returns on Sunday, October 23rd at TNA Bound For Glory on pay-per-view.

THREE-WAY: CHRISTOPHER DANIELS vs. MATT BENTLEY w/ TRACI vs. AUSTIN ARIES
This match showed just how technically sound these fellow X-Division stars are. Austin Aries, one of the newest members of the TNA locker showed that he can be a contender for the prestigious X-Division belt, he showed such versatile moves that were new to many watching the show. On the other hand, Matt Bentley showed that 3-Way matches are certainly his coup of tea; however, it was Petey Williams and Chris Sabin that started a brawl outside the ring that attracted the attention of Matt as he went flying out of the ring taking the two down. This now attracted Austin Aries as he climbed the ropes to deliver a move of his own, but he learned to never ever turn your back on The Fallen Angel as Christopher Daniels took that opportunity to take control and deliver the Angels Wings to Aries for the victory.

Winner: "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels

COMMERCIAL BREAK

- We were reminded to tune in to the Bound For Glory pay-per-view on October 23rd to witness "Monsters Ball 2" between Abyss, Rhino, Sabu, and Jeff Hardy!

ABYSS w/ JAMES MITCHEL vs. SONNY SIAKI
The following contest showcased shear power between two men out to destroy each other, but in a match between a monster and man, only one comes out superior and in most cases it's always the monster and this match was no exception. "The Monster" Abyss showcased all of his high impact moves including the Black Hole Slam for the win over Siaki.

Winner: Abyss

COMMERCIAL BREAK

- We were back as Mike Tenay was in the ring with NWA Championship Committee member, Larry Zbysko. Mike Tenay was there to get Larry Zbysko’s very important announcement concerning NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Jeff Jarrett vs. Kevin Nash at Bound For Glory. The announcement was the former UFC Champion, Tito Ortiz will be the special referee for this bout. Tito made his way down with two rules and two rules only. Rule number one was: From this night you, you respect Tito as a referee inside this ring. Rule number two was stated: If you ever lay a finger on him, he will break yours. If the rules are broken, punishment will be quick, severe and final. Jeff Jarrett immediately made his way to the ring with displeasure as Kevin Nash soon after came down as Jarrett immediately went to brawl with Nash. As the two brawled in the ring, Tito Ortiz locked in a rear-neck choke on Kevin Nash. Jeff Jarrett then tried to take advantage of the situation and that’s when Tito went and threw Jeff Jarrett out of the situation as security came to enforce peace in this situation as we went for a commercial break.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

- Backstage with Shane Douglas it was Christopher Daniels who said that he has defeated everyone in the X-Division in the past six months. Daniels then went on to mention about "Ironman 2" at Bound For Glory with AJ Styles for the X-Division Title. Daniels then made the challenge of AJ picking three of his favourite X-Division guys to take on The Fallen Angel next week as he claims he can beat them in 15 minutes or less. AJ quickly popped up onto the scene and gladly accepted the challenge.

TEAM 3D vs. AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
This was a tag team dream match for a number of years and finally it happening here on iMPACT! on Spike TV. The fans were of course on the side of Team 3D and not America’s Most Wanted due to Harris and Storm turning their backs on the fans by siding with Jeff Jarrett as Jarrett soon played as a key member at the end of this match. During the match however, it was the 18 time Tag Team Champions, Team 3D with the offensive control for the better amount of this match as both Chris Harris and James Storm, almost in a shock, could not gain offense. It was then another master plan by Jeff Jarrett as Gail Kim made her debut by delivering a low blow to Brother Ray just as Team 3D were about to close things off with a victory. The bell rang as disqualification was declared on America’s Most Wanted.

Winners: Team 3D, via disqualification.

- Post match saw Jeff Jarrett then make his presence felt has he gave multiple shots to Devon with the NWA World Heavyweight belt as he was busted open. Brother Ray received the Death Sentence by America’s Most Wanted as Gail Kim cheered on. Next, Devon received the Death Sentence, as Brother Ray now tasted the guitar thanks to Jeff Jarrett. The faction continues to grow as Jeff Jarrett, America’s Most Wanted, and Gail Kim all raised their arms in the air as the show came to a close.

Quick Match Results:
* 3Live Kru (Ron Killings, BG James, & Konnan) defeated Team Canada (Bobby Roode, Eric Young, & A1).
* Three-Way Match: Christopher Daniels defeated Matt Bentley and Austin Aries.
* Abyss defeated Sonny Siaki.
* Team 3D (Brother Ray & Devon) defeated America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm), via disqualification.

Next week:
* Main Event: "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels in an "Ironman Challenge" against three opponents of AJ Styles' choosing!
* "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown in action.
* Matt Bentley w/ Traci vs. David Young
* "The Homicidal, Genocidal, Suicidal" Sabu vs. "The Man Beast" Rhino
* More matches announced for "Bound For Glory"
* Plus, appearances by NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, America's Most Wanted, Gail Kim, NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals, Abyss, Jeff Hardy and many more of your favorite TNA stars!

CREDIT: TNAWrestling.com

More news is that we did not post the results to IWAll-Stars, because we will no longer be doing those shows. I have decided to post results to another show I will try to finish called "Power Pro Wrestling" which will have an independant wrestling company on the rise to pay-per-view and national television, and maybe... just maybe... become the biggest wrestling company in North America.

Everything will work the same way it did with International Wrestling All-Stars. We will have one show per month, and will try to get a shot at a television contract, and try to work out the way it would in a real wrestling business. Its worth a try. There is no real reason for the closing of IWAll-Stars except I thought that I cheated a bit while making it a company with pay-per-view, and we won't have that this time around.

By Friday or the weekend we should have the first match announced for the first show, which as of now is called "PPW Kickoff Show"  This is going to be a tough challenge to see if I can run a wrestling promotion, and I will try my hardest to make the company survive. Remember it will feature real wrestlers, real promotions, except anything can happen. AJ Styles can sign a contract for PPW and never work for TNA again just like that. The Undertaker can sign a deal with TNA and then there will no longer be a Undertaker on WWE.

This kind of takes place back in 2003 as it is using Extreme Warfare, the game. Now I won't post that much about TNA except what is going on in the ring, because I don't like to look at the spoilers anymore, because I don't want the show to be ruined for me.

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