In the last man standing match between Rhino and A.J. styles, Rhino won after Styles failed to answer during the 10 count after Rhino landed two gores. Chris Sabin beat Jerry Lynn and Christopher Daniels to win the TNA X Division Championship. Sabin pinned Lynn with a roll-up after Lynn hit Christopher Daniels with a piledriver.

The PCS finals were a draw after the 10 minute opening round and went to a 5 minute extra period. Alex Shelley pinned Austin Starr with a roll-up 20 seconds into the extra frame.

Next on the docket was the James Storm and Petey Williams bout. Storm pinned Williams while holding the ropes leading former associate Gail Kim to side with Petey Williams. Storm proceeded to attack his former partner going so far as to threaten attacking him yet again with a beer bottle. Kim saved Williams with a low blow to storm making him stop his attack. Jacqueline returned to TNA by siding with Storm and attacking Kim.

In the match for the NWA Tag Team Championship LAX came out on top after Team 3D was disqualified. Team 3D was disqualified when Brother Runt interfered with the match, climbed to the top rope, and jumped onto Homicide of LAX. Expect both this rivalry and the Williams/Storm ones to go until at least the next PPV.

Now to the big two matches of the night. First up was the Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe 30 Minute Iron Man Match. Great match type for all the hype with a guaranteed length of time. Joe led off the match by Submitting Angle with a Coquina Clutch 13 minutes into the match. Just 3 minutes later Angle for Joe to tap out with an ankle lock. 3 minutes later Angle went up 2-1 when Joe submitted again to another ankle lock.

Joe tied it up a few minutes later when he pinned Angle after the muscle buster. With 5 minutes left in the match Angle went up 3-2 when he got a cradle pin. Time expired and Angle won the match 3-2. Because of the win Angle gets an NWA World Heavyweight Title shot at Against All Odds.

Last match of the night was the three way title tilt between current champ Abyss, Christian Cage and Sting. Cage’s enforcer, Tomko, was locked in a cage at ringside to prevent interference. Just over 5 minutes into the match Sting pinned Abyss after landing the Scorpion Death Drop. Cage then landed the Frog Splash on Sting and got the three count to become the new NEW World Heavyweight Champion. The results of this match set up a likely Angle/Cage main event for Against All Odds in a few weeks.

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• NWA World Heavyweight Title on the line with Elimination Rules: Abyss (c) vs. Christian Cage vs. Sting
• 30 Minute Ironman Match: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe
• NWA World Tag Team Title Match: LAX(c) vs. Team 3D
• X Division Championship Match: Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Chris Sabin
• Last Man Standing Match: Rhino vs. AJ Styles
• 10 Minute Time Limit Match (PCS Finals): Alex Shelley vs. Austin Starr
• Petey Williams vs. James Storm
• Lance Hoyt vs. Chase Stevens

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• NWA World Heavyweight Title on the line with Elimination Rules: Abyss (c) vs. Christian Cage vs. Sting
• 30 Minute Ironman Match: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe
• NWA World Tag Team Title Match: LAX(c) vs. Team 3D
• X Division Championship Match: Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Chris Sabin
• Last Man Standing Match: Rhino vs. AJ Styles
• 10 Minute Time Limit Match (PCS Finals): Alex Shelley vs. Austin Starr
• Petey Williams vs. James Storm
• Lance Hoyt vs. Chase Stevens

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Angle’s match opened the show when he took on  Maverick Matt from TNA’s newest tag team Serotonin. Angle made Matt tap out to the Ankle Lock to finish the match and even resisted attempts to interfere by his fellow Serotonin members Johnny Devine and Kazarian.

After a short backstage piece with Samoa Joe there was a 6-man tag match. The teams were James Storm, Chris Sabin, and AJ Styles taking on Petey Williams, Christopher Daniels, and Rhino. Former partners Styles and Daniels faced off in the ring with AJ rolling Daniels up for the pin. Not a bad match (what I saw of it, not so interested in TNA Tag matches) but this one wasn’t completely intolerable.

The Paparazzi Championship Series wrapped up on last nights iMPACT with Alex Shelley and Austin Starr tied for the lead. Kevin Nash, who is running the PCS, said that Shelley and Starr would be facing off this weekend at No Resolution in a 10 minute timed match.

Throughout the whole thing the LAX/Team 3D match this weekend was being hyped pretty much nonstop but not to worry the main event is in sight.

The main event pitted Abyss against Tomko, Christian Cage’s ally. Before the match began Jim Cornette told Cage that he had to go in the cage or he wouldn’t be his title shot on Sunday. Angle came out to put Cage into the, well, cage and Abyss and Tomko then proceded to battle back and forth until Joe came out and attacked Angle. Kurt had the keys but dropped them near the cage allowing Christian to escape.

After getting out Cage entered the ring hitting Abyss with a steel chair leading to the match being stopped. The lights then went out and Sting appeared to assist Abyss. After Sting helped out with his signature baseball bat he and Abyss were left in the ring to celebrate, or so we though. Abyss put the Shock Treatment on Sting showing he sided with James Mitchell. Interesting twist going into the PPV this Sunday but it was kind of necessary to make the main event interesting.

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