TNA iMPACT!
September 1st Week
Kurt Angle opened the show by coming out to the ring and bragged about still being TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Samoa Joe came out and said that Angle had proven nothing at Hard Justice because Angle didn't beat Joe. Angle said that he proved that Samoa Joe cannot submit or pin him to win the TNA World Heavyweight title. Joe said Angle was a coward and that he only retained the title because he got intentionally counted out and disqualified. Jim Cornette came out and said he has heard enough bickering from Joe and Angle and announced that the feud would officially end once and for all at No Surrender when the TNA World title will be on the line in a No-Disqualification, No-Count-out, Iron-Man Wrestling Match. Cornette then announced that he would make sure the title shots move on by having Sting face Christian Cage in a #1 contendership match at No Surrender.
1) "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles & Chris Sabin defeated "The Canadian Destroyer" Petey Williams & Jay Lethal
- An open, competitive tag team match which the ending saw Styles and Williams brawl on the outside which distracted the referee and allowed Alex Shelley to surprisingly interfere and hit Lethal with a Sliced Bread #2 and allow Sabin to pin for the victory.
A video promo played in which Mike Tenay had a sit-down interview in the ring with Kevin Nash about his interest in Jeff Jarrett at Hard Justice. Nash talked about his last match in World Championship Wrestling in 2000, when he faced Jeff Jarrett for the World Heavyweight title and came up short, and said that his life spiralled downhill afterwards, because he got injured and remained out of action until his contract with Time Warner expired in December 2001. Nash said that he feels it's Jarrett's fault that Nash has suffered his injuries for the last near-decade, and maybe if Jarrett hadn't injured him in WCW, he could have became the top star in the WWE or the current World Champion in TNA. Nash said that when he got the call in October 2004 about signing with TNA, he was ecstatic to be given the opportunity to end the best part of Jeff Jarrett's career like Jarrett had done to him in 2000. Nash said that after breaking away from a terrible Kings of Wrestling gimmick with Jeff and Scott Hall in 2005, he looked for the NWA World Heavyweight title but then his injuries striked again in both April and October of 2005, and he even took a heart attack and was hospitalised. Nash said that he had barely stepped in the ring since except a feeble attempt at a Giant vs X-Division feud which ended with Nash becoming the manager of the X-Division at Bound for Glory 2006. Nash said he has been trying to get back into shape in recent months to make "the challenge of the century". Nash then announced that he was challenging Jeff Jarrett to a "Retirement Match" and said if he can't end Jarrett's career and proves he's still good enough, then he deserves to retire.
2) "Cowboy" James Storm defeated Shark Boy
- Coming off a domination loss at Hard Justice, James Storm dominated Shark Boy easily and pinned after his finisher quickly
- James Storm got on the microphone after the match and announced that he was looking for a new tag team partner.
Backstage, Christian Cage cut a promo on Sting and Abyss to put over both of his matches. Cage said that tonight, he had to prove once again that he is better than a monster with half a brain, but after dealing with that tough task, he would go into training, to come out at No Surrender and beat Sting to take his spot again atop the ladder as the next man to get a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight title.
3) "The Monster" Abyss defeated "The Instant Classic" Christian Cage (w/ Tomko) in a Hardcore Match
- An open, competitive match which saw Abyss repeatedly fight off the interference from Tomko and look unphased
- The finish saw Abyss chokeslam Christian through a table covered in barbed wire and pin for the victory and revenge from Hard Justice.
- After the match, Abyss was sneak attacked from behind by Raven and Serotonin, but fought back and destroyed Serotonin with a Black Hole Slam each but Raven bailed. Abyss turned around but was hit by Tomko with a Big Boot as Raven looked impressed, backing up the ramp as the show came to a close.
TNA Online Match:
Ron "The Truth" Killings defeated Jerry Lynn
- Killings pinned Lynn following a Double Underhook Facebuster after the open, competitive match and then he got on the microphone and cut a promo about "white boys" until Ken Shamrock came out and destroyed Killings before saying he wasn't racist to Killings so Killings shouldn't be racist towards him.
