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6/17 TNA RESULTS FROM TORONTO, CANADA

Meet and Greet was sold out. Don West came outside to let everyone know that we'd be escorted into the building in about 15 minutes but first he wanted to sell us stuff. Brown Bag Special: $25 for new Impact Wrestling Shirt + 4 DVDs - not a bad deal. There's also an Elite Pass to go backstage at intermission to "party like a rock star."

True to his word, we were escorted in shortly after and Don went through the sales pitch again.

Meet and Greet is everybody gathered around the railing and the wrestlers come out and go around with their own Sharpies signing.

Stars that came out:

Eric Young
Orlando Jordan
British Invasion
Winter (no makeup and still gorgeous)
Matt Morgan
Abyss - DW advises us not to look him in the eye.
Kaz
AJ Styles
Alex Shelley

Pope - he would only sign if you said please and thank you but stayed longer than anybody and really played to the fans. He even cut a promo into a guys video camera. That guy almost got kicked out because Don West was pretty adamant that there should be no video.

All the wrestlers were really cool about signing for everybody and taking pictures.

At 6:30 they opened the door for the rest of the general public and Beer Money came out to sign at a table. They would only sign TNA merchandise.

At 7:00 Don West hit the ring to sell more stuff - he's like a wind up toy. You wind him up and he just starts selling stuff.

7:20 - they play Enter Sandman.

7:25 - lights go down and they play 1elcome to the Jungle. TNA chants and Whoos ring out.

The ring looks really small compared to the WWE ring. I estimate 1000 fans max.

JB comes out promptly at 7:30 to warm up the crowd and does a great job.

.Match #1 - Pope vs. AJ Styles
:Great back and forth match. AJ was way over and won with the Styles clash in about 14 minutes. Many of the people around me felt that Pope's tights were far too short leaving little to the imagination.

JB out to introduce Earl Hebner and the expected chants ensue. Hebner loves it but does a good job playing to the crowd at one point threatening to leave the ring to beat up a fan. He then reveals a "Damn right I did" referee shirt and mocks Bret.

Match 2: Mickie and Tara vs. Angelina and Winter.. Angelina looks like she needs a facelift and a cheeseburger. Mickey is looking for a tag rope but there isn't one. Nobody complaining about Mickey's short shorts. Tara is a great ring general and leads the ladies to a decent match which her and Mickey win in about 9 minutes. Mickey and Tara look like they're having a blast. After the match they kissed on the lips and played to the crowd - smiling and laughing the whole time. Did I mention that Winter is gorgeous?

JB comes out to read a text message from Jeff Jarrett asking the fans not to riot like our countrymen in Vancouver.

Match 3 - X Division Championship. Kaz vs. Abyss. Abyss does not belong in the X Division. He was gassed in 5 minutes even with a couple of rest hold breaks. Kaz hit some nice moves but ultimately lost to the blackhole slam in about 7 minutes. Mediocre match and the worst of the night so far.

JB is out looking for loud people - there are many as the crowd's been hot all night.
JB pushes a cute kid aside to give a backstage pass to a louder fat guy. He did it nicely though.

Match 4 - British Invasion vs. Storm and Shelley w/ Robert Roode. Doug Williams live - my lucky day!

Wait! Magnus has something to say! He accuses Roode of feigning injury because, notwithstanding he's in his hometown he's just a Canadian coward.

Roode has a rebuttal! He says that he is not 100% and the US doctors have not cleared him to wrestle. But in Canada we have free healthcare and 45 minutes one of those cheap bastard Canadian doctors told him he was cleared to kick some British ass and good old Alex Shelley has volunteered to step aside. So off comes the sling and here we go.

Roode is really protecting the shoulder and can barely move his arm. Decent match which Beer Money wins in about 10 minutes. I want see Williams in one on one match with Kurt Angle.

Intermission! They wind up Don West and off he goes with the sales pitch! Mickey is signing TNA merchandise if you have it. She's really cute and seems to be enjoying herself.

Hebner is signing too and Don West says he needs the money for 6 alimony payments and 27 illegitimate kids. Sounds like Bret wasn't the only one getting screwed!

Match 5: Jeff Jarrett vs.

Before announcing the opponent - JJ reiterates that he's like us to avoid rioting and talks about how the Nashville Predators are better than the Maple Leafs. JJ wipes his ass with a Canucks cap he takes from some poor sap at ringside.

Match 5: Jeff Jarrett vs. Eric Young

Eric Young steals JJ's ring robe and puts it on then does his best warrior impression (without getting gassed). Then he does laps around thge ring until JJ gets bored and takes a nap in the ring.

EY is waaaaay over with his fellow Canadians. Some great comedy bits at the beginning of the match. EY is one hell of an entertainer and JJ played off him like the pro he is.

EY hulks up and pulls off his regular trunks to reveal Team Canada trunks. Ref bump! JJ grabs a chair but Orlando comes in for the save but distracts the ref allowing JJ to hit the Stroke for the win in 10 minutes. Fun comedy match. A little MILF action from Karen Jarrett would have been a good addition.

Match 6 - Scott Steiner vs.

Oh wait - Steiner wants to figure out where his freaks are at. The lady behind me wets her pants. Steiner with some good heel mic work but his physique is disturbing.

Match 6 - Scott Steiner vs Matt Morgan

Morgan's body looks like it belongs on him. Steiner looks like a character in the new WWE video game.

Pose off - Morgan wins based on crowd reaction.

Fans in my section debating whose older - Steiner or Hebner. Lady behind me has dried off and decides Steiner is too lumpy for her to join the freak club.

Keener in my section has used Google to confirm Hebner is older than Steiner (who is 48 btw).

Pretty slow and boring big man match with a lot of sloppy spots. Steiner wins. I forgot to time this one but it felt like an hour although it was probably 10 minutes. Made bearable by my funny section mates.

JB wants to know if we're ready - you're asking now 2 1/2 hours in? Oh - he meant for the Main Event which is next.

Match 7 - non-title. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle

Anderson looks for the drop down mic but this is a cheap building so none falls. So he grabs the house mic to overuse the work a-hole. Does his usual intro while sporting a shiner on his left eye.

Here comes Angle! Never seen him live either and can't wait.

Decent match - pretty standard stuff but well executed. Angle wins with the Angle Slam in 10 minutes. Angle may have hurt his left arm but also could have been selling.

After the show was over - for $20 you and your whole crew could get a picture with Angle in the TNA ring. Pretty cool but I didn't stay.

Jeff Jarrett and Earl Hebner also signed at the end of the night.

All in all a nice night of wrestling. If their TV shows were this good I'd watch them!

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