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Welcome to this week's TNA Xplosion on TNA+ report.
8/11/16 Impact: TNA & X-Division champion Bobby Lashley vs. TNA King of the Mountain champion James Storm.
Lashley jumps Storm before the bell, but Storm immediately catches Lashley with the Last Call and makes a cover. The referee is busy getting Borash out of the ring and is late making the count, allowing Lashley to kick out at 2. Storm clotheslines Lashley to the floor and comes off the apron with a double axhandle, then rams Lashley into the barricade and unloads with right hands. Storm continues beating Lashley up around ringside for several minutes before finally rolling Lashley into the ring...and then promptly launching back out the other side of the ring. Lashley grabs Pope's pen and tries to stab Storm with it, but Storm catches him before he can connect and lays him out yet again as we go to commercial.
We're back, and Lashley is in control, putting the boots to Storm in the ring and hammering elbows down on the top of his head. Storm tries to mount a comeback, but Lashley easily pops him up into a tilt-a-whirl powerslam for 2. Lashley with a neckbreaker for 2, then charges in with multiple shoulderblocks in the corner before popping Storm up for a delayed vertical suplex. Lashley sets up for the spear, Storm dodges out of the way, and hits a slingblade. Storm charges, gets backdropped to the apron, hits a leping enziguiri, and runs off the ropes right into a spear from Lashley for 2. Storm blocks a clothesline, hits a lungblower, hits the Eye of the Storm (KNOCKING HIS HEADBAND OFF!!!), and covers for 2. Lashley tries to block an O'Connor roll by holding onto the top turnbuckle pad and rips it off when he gets taken over, but kicks Storm off and sends him face first into the turnbuckle. Lashley hits a spinebuster and a spear, but Storm kicks out at 2! Wow. Lashley can't believe it, so he puts his headband back on, picks Storm up, yells at a limp Storm as he picks him up, but Storm shoves him off and hits the Last Call, hits a second one, and makes a cover...but Lashley kicks out at 2. Lashley blocks another Last Call, Storm hits Closing Time, but Lashley bounces off the ropes and tears Storm in half with the spear to pick up the win.
Winner and NEW King of the Mountain Champion: Bobby Lashley
Lockdown 2026: Trey Miguel vs. Special Agent Zero.
Miguel had some great Spider-Man inspired gear.
Trey tried to use his speed and aerial ability early but Zero was unphased. He went for a powerbomb but they crashed over the ropes to the floor. Miguel went for a dive but was swatted down to the mat. Zero tossed him back into the ring and nailed a suplex. Some fans chanted for Trey but he ate another clothesline. He stalked Miguel, who ate another suplex. Miguel tried to fight back but was caught going for a high cross bodyblock and was slammed for a two count.
Zero set up and charged the corner but was nailed with an elbow. Miguel came off the top, nailing a Meteora. He nailed some chops and strikes. Zero fired back but was kicked to the floor. Miguel nailed a nice springboard dive to the floor. Zero cut him off and pressed and slammed him onto the outside of the ring apron. Zero missed a charge and was caught with a series of kicks.
Miguel went for a rana but was caught and sent into the buckles. Zero went for a chokebomb but was caught in a forward roll for the pin.
Your winner, Trey Miguel!
TNA Hard Justice 2007 -
TNA World Champion & fake IWGP Champion Kurt Angle vs. X-Division Champion & TNA Tag Team Champions Samoa Joe - Winner Takes All. Original report by Buck Woodward.
Angle slowly walked to the ring, dropping one of his title belts at one point, looking defeated. Samoa Joe came out with the Samoan dancers. Karen Angle isn't at ringside yet. They did the "big fight" introductions.
Joe backed Angle into the ropes on the initial lockup, but Angle took Joe down with a headlock. Joe shoved off the headlock and hit a shoulderblock. Angle shoved Joe, but Joe shoved Angle to the mat. Angle rolled out of the ring and looked like he was going to cry. Karen Angle and her boyfriend, champagne in hand, came out and sat at ringside. Angle yelled something at them, then reentered the ring. Angle took Joe down with an overhead wristlock, but Joe powered up, only for Angle to pull down Joe by the hair. Angle left the ring as an angry Joe got up. Angle reentered the ring, and Joe put him in a headlock. Angle put Joe in a wristlock and pulled him down by the hair again. Again, Angle went to the floor to avoid an angry Joe. Karen Angle kissed her boyfriend at ringside. Angle went into an overhead wristlock with Joe, and Joe shoved Angle down this time before Angle could grab the hair. Joe put Angle in a side headlock, using Angle's singlet to prevent Angle from shoving it off. Angle made the ropes to break the hold, then pulled down his straps.
Angle hit a punch to the head, then Joe hit a sunset flip. Joe pulled down Angle's trunks, and Angle's bare ass was exposed to the crowd. Angle left the ring and went to ringside to argue with his wife. She threw the glass of champagne into his face. Joe came out and chopped Angle, then threw him into the ring for a kick, a chop and a kneedrop for a two count. Joe hit a series of right hands, then side stepped an Angle charge and Angle ran shoulder first into the ringpost. Joe hit some punches in the corner, then face washed him with the boot. Joe then nailed the running kick to the head. Joe chopped Angle in the corner, but Angle ducked a shot and hit a German suplex. Angle hit an uppercut and a series of punches. Angle hit a vertical suplex for a two count, then applied a chinlock. Joe fought up, but Angle gave him a pair of German suplexes. Angle went for a third, but Joe reversed and flipped Angle with a German suplex of his own.
Then two men traded punches, then Joe hit a pair of elbows and a pair of clotheslines. Angle came back with an uppercut, but Samoa Joe snapped him with a powerslam for a two count. Angle elbowed a charging Joe and went to the second rope, but Joe jumped up with a kick to the head for a two count. Angle raked Joe's eyes and hit a German suplex. Karen and her boyfriend were shown drinking with linked arms. Angle went for an Olympic Slam, but Joe blocked it and hit some punches. Angle whipped Joe into a corner, but then ran into a uranage for a two count. Joe set up for a Muscle Buster, but Angle turned it into a sunset flip and grabbed an Ankle Lock. Joe turned it and rammed Angle into the corner. Joe applied the Kokina Clutch, but Angle dropped down into the ankle lock. Joe kicked it off and grabbed a small package for a two count. Angle kicked Joe in the gut and hit the Olympic Slam for a two count. Angle hit Joe with a forearm and sat him on the top rope. Angle went for a second rope belly to belly suplex, but Joe headbutted Angle to the mat. Joe went to stand on the top rope, but Angle ran up the ropes and hit a belly to belly suplex off the top for a two count.
Angle yelled something to his wife at ringside. Angle went to the top rope for a moonsault, but Joe rolled out of the way. Joe sat Angle on a top rope, hit a chop, then grabbed the Muscle Buster for a 2.999999 count. Joe grabbed the Kokina Clutch, but Angle bit Joe's hand to break the hold and grabbed the ankle lock. Joe rolled over, pulled Angle down towards him by his trunks, and grabbed the Kokina Clutch again. Angle got his foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Joe hit a series of punches to Angle in the corner. Fans were chanting "This is Awesome". Angle tried to reverse a whip, but ended up colliding with the referee. Joe applied the Kokina Clutch, and Angle tapped out, but there was no referee to see it. Angle hit Joe with a low blow. Both men down on the mat.
Karen Angle came up to ringside with a chair and gestured for Joe to take it. As Joe reached for it, she pulled it away and smiled. Angle chopblocked Joe in the back of the leg. Angle blasted Joe with the chair in the head, woke up the referee, and got the pin at the eighteen minute mark.
Winner: Kurt Angle.
Kurt Angle, Karen Angle and the boyfriend all celebrated together in the ring. Kurt Angle is now the TNA World Champion, X-Division Champion, TNA Tag Team Champions and fake IWGP Champion
Cheeseburger vs. Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson cut a good promo before the bout.
Nice pop for Cheeseburger.
Johnson shoved him in the face at the bell. The crowd chanted for Burger. They locked up and Burger grabbed a side headlock. He was sent into the corner but Burger escaped and locked him up in a submission before dropping a knee. Johnson snapped him into the ropes and hit a belly to back suplex. Johnson nailed a short arm clothesline. Johnson nailed another clothesline but was unable to score the three count. Johnson caught Burger and went for a suplex but was kneed in the face. Burger blocked another and finally reversed it.
Burger nailed a superkick and a snap Dragon suplex. He nailed a kick to the back of the neck but Johnson kicked out. Burger went for the Liger palm strike but Johnson avoided. Burger scored a series of near falls but was caught with a right hand. Johnson charged but was kicked off. Burger was caught with a thumb to the eye, hit with the Process and was pinned.
Your winner, Brian Johnson!
That's it for this week. Johnson again looked good and it's always great to see Cheeseburger.
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