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TNA Sacrifice 2007 - Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle vs. Sting
Cage was announced as "The Heavyweight champion of the World." All three faced off center ring at the bell. Angle and Sting both tossed Cage to the floor and got in each other's faces. Cage returned and was tossed out again. Angle misses a shot and Sting unloaded with shots. Angle caught him with an elbow. Sting gets tossed into the rail at ringside.
Cage and Angle go at it. Cage tosses Angle into the ringpost shoulder-first. Sting and Cage went face to face. Cage tried to shake Sting's hand, but Sting slapped him and pressed and slammed him. Sting elbowed Cage. Sting hit the Stinger Splash in the corner, then backed up for another. Sting was grabbed and pulled out of the ring by Angle, who then suplexed Sting on the ramp.
Angle was taken down by Cage, who caught him in a side chinlock. Cage goes outside and clotheslines Sting on the floor, then peppers him with punches. Angle hits a back suplex on Cage for a two count. He goes into a series of German suplexes. Sting goes to suplerplex Cage but Angle suplexes Sting off at the same time. Angle tries to cover both but they kick up. The place chants, "That was awesome."
Cage is picked up and slammed by Angle, who pulls down the strap. He went for the Olympic Slam but Cage evaded and went for the Unprettier.. Angle backed him into the corner, where Sting splashed them both. Sting hits the Scorpion Death Drop on Angle, but Cage broke up the count by pulling the referee out of the ring. Sting looks around and goes for the Scorpion Deathlock, but Angle goes for the Anklelock. Cage tried to interfere but was taken down. Angle locked them both in Anklelocks at the same time. They both rolled forward, sending Angle out of the ring to the floor.
Sting slammed Cage to the mat. Sting looked for the unconscious referee and pulled him back into the ring. That gave Cage a chance to nail him with a lowblow, then went for the Unprettier. Sting rolled him up but Angle grabbed him in an Anklelock. As one referee counted three on Cage, another referee ruled that Sting tapped out. Sting started tapping less than a second after the three count, although for the purposes of the storyline, it will be "the same moment."
They played Angle's music and announced Kurt Angle was the new World champion.
Solid match with some good fast paced stuff and back and forth work.
TNA Champion Mike Santana and TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater vs. Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth.
Frankie Kazarian was on commentary,
Nic and Leon battled back and forth. Slater drilled him with a kick to the back of the head and an elbow off the ropes. Ryan tried to interfere but was sent to the floor. Santana drilled him onto the mat. Slater hit a pescado onto both brothers on the floor. Santana tagged in with a double stomp off the ropes onto Nemeth and followed with a back elbow in the corner for a two count. The Nemeths gained control and worked over Santana for some time with double-team maneuevers.
When they returned from control, Santana fought back and made the hot tag to Slater. He nailed a big boot in the corner and then a flying bodypress on Nick for a two count. Slater was sent to the floor. The Nemeths hit a back suplex/neckbreaker combo on Santana, who kicked up at the last second. Slater returned but was caught with a Famouser for a two count. Nic and Slater battled to the top. Nemeth was knocked into the ring. Slater was prepped to come off the top but Eric Young, who has a guaranteed X-Division title shot, ran out and distracted him. Santana got into it with Young. Slater came off the ropes but the distraction allowed Nemeth to nail Slater and pin him.
Your winners, Ryan and Nic Nemeth!
Good match.
The top Don West trending topic was Steve Maclin challenging Mike Santana.
TNA Sacrifice 2014 - Sanada versus Tigre Uno - Original coverage by Richard Trionfo
They lock up and Tigre with a side head lock. Sanada with a waist lock but Tigre lands on his feet. Sanada with a leg sweep. Tigre with a chop. Tigre lands on his feet on a hip toss and Tigre with a leg sweep. Sanada gets to his feet. Sanada with a rana and Tigre goes to the floor. Sanada teases a dive to the floor when Tigre returns to the ring. Tigre with a kick to Sanada on the apron. Sanada tries to suplex Tigre to the floor but Tigre blocks it and they go into the ring. Sanada with a rolling abdominal stretch into a near fall.
Sanada with elbows to Tigre's back and neck. Tigre with a satellite arm drag into a rollup for a near fall. Tigre with a back heel kick for a near fall. Tigre works on the leg and he kicks Sanada in the hamstring. Tigre with a step over toe hold into an arm bar submission. Sanada escapes and he applies a Dragon Sleeper and tries for an inverted suplex but Tigre lands on his feet. Tigre goes for a springboard move and Sanada counters with a drop kick.
Sanada with a belly-to-back suplex and he gets a near fall. Sanada tries for a Dragon suplex but Tigre backs him into the corner. Tigre sends Sanada to the apron and Tigre with a springboard drop kick followed by a corkscrew plancha onto Sanada.
Sanada holds his neck because Tigre's knee may have caught Sanada in the collarbone. Sanada with elbows. Tigre with a kick to the head and Sanada goes down. Tigre goes to the turnbuckles for a split legged moonsault but Sanada gets his knees up. Sanada goes to the apron and he hits a springboard chop to the head.
Sanada with another springboard chop to the head. Sanada signals that he is going to go for it again, but since it is the third time, Tigre moves and he rolls through and hits a German suplex into the turnbuckles for a near fall.
Tigre goes up top and he picks up Sanada, but Sanada crotches Tigre on the turnbuckles. Sanada goes up top for a super rana and then he hits a Tiger Suplex for a near fall. Sanada goes up top for a moonsault but Tigre moves and Sanada lands on his feet. Tigre counters a Tiger Suplex with a sunset flip and a near fall.
Sanada misses a charge into the corner and Tigre hits a head and leg overhead DDT. Tigre goes up top and misses the Sabretooth Splash when Sanada moves. Sanada with the moonsault for the three count.
Winner: Sanada
After the match, Sanada picks up Tigre Uno and he offers his hand. Tigre Uno shakes his hand and Sanada raises his arm.
Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore vs. Harley Hudson & Myla Grace
Hudson and Crawford started out with Hudson using several armdrags to keep Crawford at bay. Crawford grabbed the ropes to cull her momentum but was quickly rolled up for a two count. Hudson avoided Crawford and nailed a jawbreaker. Moore tagged in and drilled Hudson, who quickly grabbed her in an armbar and tagged out to Grace. Grace came off the ropes, drilling the arm and used several pinfall combinations for near falls. Grace nailed several takedowns on Moore and drilled a dropkick. Hudson tagged in and hit a double stomp for a two count. Hudson was tripped by Tessa Blanchard as she rebounded off the ropes and was sent to the floor. Crawford tagged in and tossed Hudson back into the ring, hitting a Northern Lights suplex for a two count. Hudson was drilled into Moore's boot.
Moore tagged back in and nailed a shoulderblock in the corner. Moore and Crawford kept tagging in and out as they controlled Hudson. Grace ade the hot tag and worked over Moore. Crawford got involved but Hudson intervened. They battled on the floor. Grace nailed a belly to back suplex inside on Moore and ascended to the top rope. She went for a moonsault but Crawford knocked her off. That allowed Moore to nail a double knee strike to the back.
Your winners, Mila Moore & Victoria Crawford!
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