TNA House Show Results: 7/22 Jacksonville, NC (NWA Tag Team Titles)
On Sunday, July 23, 2006 at 4:24 PM EST TNA House Show Results - 7/22/06
Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina
Notes: Show was said to have drawn 1,824 fans with 1,580 paid. It is believed to have been the best crowd Hermie Sadler has drawn by licensing TNA events with his UWF promotion.
- America's Most Wanted defeated The Diamonds In The Rough.
- Eric Young defeated Petey Williams.
- Samoa Joe defeated Abyss & Rhino.
- Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal.
- Gail Kim defeated Amber O'Neal.
- AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated The James Gang to retain the NWA World Tag Team Titles.
Source: Mike Johnson @ PWInsider.com
Sean also sent in this report from the show:
Hey guys, I just got back from the TNA/UWF event here in Jacksonville, NC. And it was crazy there. They ran out of seats in the beginning of the event, and they had to start bringing in more after the Ultimate Access event was finished. All of the Platinum seats were sold out, but it seems that a few people weren't able to get there to the venue. There was a major miscommunication with the seating arrangement also. People who had purchased the Gold seats were told to sit in the seats of people who had purchased the Ultimate Experience, and this created arguments for a lot of people. But once the show started everyone stopped worrying about the seats and was just happy to be there.
The local radio station 105.5 held a contest for the best sign. A elder woman won the contest and a free pair of tickets for ringside seats. But there was 2 signs that caught my eye before we started. One said "Gore me you pansy, Rhino. You got fired. HAHAHA". And from this same person he wrote "TNA fears WWE.". I believe Rhino took his sign and tore it up. I couldnt tell. But let me get to the matches.
First match was AMW w/ Gail Kim vs Diamonds in the Rough. This was just a funny match altogether. Lots of comedy in this. Finish saw Chris Harris use the handcuffs to knock out Elix Skipper and get the pin.
Next match featured Ex-Canada member Showtime Eric Young against former partner Petey Williams. Well this match saw a lot of fun too, including Eric Young going out of the ring and sitting in a fans seat. Petey like always was very strict in the ring. Petey tried for the Canadian Destroyer several times but it was blocked. Eric Young came over in this match.
Next match was first reported as a 3 way dance to the crowd with Earl Hebner as the referee. There were plenty of "You screwed Bret" chants when he came out. But the match turned out to be a No-DQ 3-way dance between Abyss, Rhino, and Samoa Joe. This match went everywhere. It was suprising to me and my friends when they fought all they way over to where we were sitting and saw Samoa Joe yakuza kick Rhino, while Rhino was sitting in a chair. The finish saw Rhino fly through a table after missing the GORE on Abyss. But Abyss backed right into the rear naked choke from Samoa Joe and actually tapped out. Samoa Joe wins this one, and the crowd chanted for him the whole time. Plenty of chants from the crowd towards Abyss, saying "You tapped out".
They then gave us a 15 minute intermission, which was needed because there was no air condition in the building whatsoever. We come back from intermission to have one of the best matches of the night. Jay Lethal against Alex Shelley. Lots of reversals in the beginning, and then a standing ovation for the speed and agility of the wrestlers. Alex Shelley comes out of this match the winner, but Jay Lethal was in the ring crying, I believe. It looked like he had hurt his eye somehow.
Next match was a eye candy match for the guys. It was Amber O'neil against Gail Kim. Amber stopped in front of me and another guy, and the guy asked to take a picture and Amber posed for him. Very funny. Not much went on during this match, it was a good match but just not enough to keep my attention to the ring. Gail Kim wins with the feet on the ropes.
Next match is the Main event between AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels facing The James Gang. Now the beginning of this match was so funny, that if you werent there. You missed out a lot. Kip James had a lot of fun with this match, he stole the cameramans camera and had. Kip did some really funny intros for this match, he actually did the Rocks, "If you smell", and did a few others. But the ref stopped him during the last intro and took the mic from him. Christopher Daniels then asked for the mic, and asked the crowd if they should give the mic back to Kip, that if they wanted that to say "Hell Yeah". Everyone in the area said it, so they gave it back to Kip, who finished out his Rock fun. Kip then stole the camera from the cameraman, and got some girl to flash him in the bleachers. He then told the camera man what happened and the cameraman started staring at the girl. Kip then jumps the railing right in front of me, and rushed over to the girl and stands in front of her, and yells "Nice t*ts". Cameraman was right there behind him the whole time. Kip then runs back through the chairs and looks at the railing and says to me and the guy next to me "How in the hell did I get over here to begin with". It was so funny. Kip then grabs onto my shoulder and the guys next to me and tries to just get over it. The cameraman is still running through the crowd trying to get back up there, and is yelling, "time-out, time-out". The cameraman finally gets over the railing in time before the match starts. Brian Hebner is the referee after his father, Earl Hebner was thrown out of the match by Hermie Sadler (I hope thats his name). But when Brian was showing the belts to the James Gang, BG stole the belt and was showing it off to the crowd. This match was a lot of fun for The James Gang and The tag champs. BG and Christopher Daniels got into a kicking contest which ended in them dancing for a minute. Finish saw Daniels do the BME, with AJ coming off the other post with a frog splash. Daniels and Styles keep the titles. BG James got up slow and was holding his ribs in what seemed to be a good amount of pain. But Kip stayed around after BG got into the back and shook hands with the champs. And Christopher Daniels got on the mic and said that next time they were in Jacksonville, NC they would fight for the titles again. Kip got the mic and did his "If your not down with that, we got two words for you", and there was maybe 4 people who said "suck it". And Kip said that was a really good suck it too.
Hermie made it official saying it would happen next time. This was a really better show than WWE has been. TNA/UWF did a awesome job on this. I cant wait for them to come back to Jacksonville, and to rule the town again.
Biggest pops:
James Gang
Rhino
Samoa Joe
AJ and Daniels
Eric Young (Dont Fire Eric)
and AMW
Biggest Heat:
Abyss
Petey Williams
Alex Shelley