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05-04-2010, 07:53 PM
TNA iMPACT Report – May 3rd, 2010
Report by Stuart Carapola, PWInsider
Tonight’s show opens with a video package recapping last week’s show, and then we go to Hogan and Bischoff in a limo talking about how bad Ric Flair is going to flip out when they see who Hogan gives his Hall Of Fame ring to, and they also anticipate a sticky situation when they confront Sting tonight.
We head to the Impact Zone as Mike and Taz welcome us to the show and drop the big announcement that TNA Impact is returning home to Thursday nights because of the feedback of the fans. Well, that’s one way of putting it. They discuss tonight’s Sting-Hogan Summit, as Sting told Taz earlier that Sting will break his silence tonight.
Ric Flair’s music hits, but instead of Ric Flair, out comes Jay Lethal, who appears to have ditched the Randy Savage gimmick in favor of impersonating Flair and even seems to have Flair’s ring on. This guy’s ability to do impressions is uncanny. He does a dead on impression of Flair as he talks about Hogan wanting to do this at the end of the show but he couldn’t wait because he’s the 16 time, 16 time, 16 time World Champion, and to be the Man, you’ve got (he stops to tear his jacket off and do the Flair strut off the ropes and kneedrops the jacket), to be the Man, you’ve got to beat the Man. I’m telling you, he does a much more convincing Flair than AJ Styles does. The crowd starts chanting “we want Flair” and almost as if on cue, Flair’s music hits and The Real Man comes strolling out. Flair looks like he’s trying really hard not to crack up as the crowd chants “double vision” at them. Flair asks Lethal if he knows where he is, and Flair tells him he’s standing in front of God. Flair says that nobody walks out here and disrespects him, takes off his sunglasses and stomps on them, then asks Lethal if he wants to be Ric Flair…but Lethal willingly takes off the Hall Of Fame ring and hands it back to Flair and says that he meant no disrespect, he just always wanted to be the Nature Boy, even if it was just for two minutes, and tells Flair that he’s The Man, and as sure as they’re standing here today, he’s going to get this footage, frame it, and hang it on his wall because this is the greatest moment of his life. In Elizabeth, NJ there is a beautiful woman who’s watching this and knows that her little boy has made it because he’s standing in the ring with Ric Flair. Flair thanks Lethal for giving back the ring, but tells Lethal that doesn’t dig him out of the hole he’s in. Flair smacks Lethal, takes his shirt off, then slaps him again. He says that he’s Ric Flair and that makes him God, and to tell his mother that the greatest moment of his life is going to turn into the saddest moment of his life and slaps him again. This time Lethal slaps him back and a brawl breaks out with Lethal getting the better of Flair and putting him in the figure four, but out comes Beer Money, AJ Styles, and Desmond Wolfe to put the boots to Lethal. The four of them are too much for Lethal, and they hold him so Flair can kick him in the nuts. Suddenly, Abyss comes waddling out and tries to make the save, but he gets outnumbered and beat down as well. Finally Team 3D comes out to try and make the save, and they get beat down too. Now the World Champion’s music hits, and out comes Rob Van Dam with a chair, and the heels clear out before RVD even makes it into the ring.
We go back to Hogan and Bischoff in the limo, and Hogan gets a text message and then tells the driver to turn around because they have a problem. As the driver busts a U-turn, we head to our first commercial break!
We’re back, and Van Dam’s crew is still in the ring, having apparently waited patiently for the Hogan/Bischoff segment and commercial break to run their course so they can have their turn to talk. RVD has an idea, instead of beating up on “Macho Dude”, why don’t the Four Horse’s Asses come down to the ring for a fair fight. Flair says if they want more, they’ve got it, and Flair’s team rushes the ring and the brawl breaks back out and spills out of the ring and all around ringside and up the rampway. Flair gets Lethal in the nuts again as Hogan’s music hits, and he comes stalking out, singlehandedly beating up all of Team Flair by himself. What a leader. It’s down to Hogan and Flair alone in the ring, and Hogan beats him up too and tosses him over the top rope to the floor as we go to another commercial break.
Report by Stuart Carapola, PWInsider
Tonight’s show opens with a video package recapping last week’s show, and then we go to Hogan and Bischoff in a limo talking about how bad Ric Flair is going to flip out when they see who Hogan gives his Hall Of Fame ring to, and they also anticipate a sticky situation when they confront Sting tonight.
We head to the Impact Zone as Mike and Taz welcome us to the show and drop the big announcement that TNA Impact is returning home to Thursday nights because of the feedback of the fans. Well, that’s one way of putting it. They discuss tonight’s Sting-Hogan Summit, as Sting told Taz earlier that Sting will break his silence tonight.
Ric Flair’s music hits, but instead of Ric Flair, out comes Jay Lethal, who appears to have ditched the Randy Savage gimmick in favor of impersonating Flair and even seems to have Flair’s ring on. This guy’s ability to do impressions is uncanny. He does a dead on impression of Flair as he talks about Hogan wanting to do this at the end of the show but he couldn’t wait because he’s the 16 time, 16 time, 16 time World Champion, and to be the Man, you’ve got (he stops to tear his jacket off and do the Flair strut off the ropes and kneedrops the jacket), to be the Man, you’ve got to beat the Man. I’m telling you, he does a much more convincing Flair than AJ Styles does. The crowd starts chanting “we want Flair” and almost as if on cue, Flair’s music hits and The Real Man comes strolling out. Flair looks like he’s trying really hard not to crack up as the crowd chants “double vision” at them. Flair asks Lethal if he knows where he is, and Flair tells him he’s standing in front of God. Flair says that nobody walks out here and disrespects him, takes off his sunglasses and stomps on them, then asks Lethal if he wants to be Ric Flair…but Lethal willingly takes off the Hall Of Fame ring and hands it back to Flair and says that he meant no disrespect, he just always wanted to be the Nature Boy, even if it was just for two minutes, and tells Flair that he’s The Man, and as sure as they’re standing here today, he’s going to get this footage, frame it, and hang it on his wall because this is the greatest moment of his life. In Elizabeth, NJ there is a beautiful woman who’s watching this and knows that her little boy has made it because he’s standing in the ring with Ric Flair. Flair thanks Lethal for giving back the ring, but tells Lethal that doesn’t dig him out of the hole he’s in. Flair smacks Lethal, takes his shirt off, then slaps him again. He says that he’s Ric Flair and that makes him God, and to tell his mother that the greatest moment of his life is going to turn into the saddest moment of his life and slaps him again. This time Lethal slaps him back and a brawl breaks out with Lethal getting the better of Flair and putting him in the figure four, but out comes Beer Money, AJ Styles, and Desmond Wolfe to put the boots to Lethal. The four of them are too much for Lethal, and they hold him so Flair can kick him in the nuts. Suddenly, Abyss comes waddling out and tries to make the save, but he gets outnumbered and beat down as well. Finally Team 3D comes out to try and make the save, and they get beat down too. Now the World Champion’s music hits, and out comes Rob Van Dam with a chair, and the heels clear out before RVD even makes it into the ring.
We go back to Hogan and Bischoff in the limo, and Hogan gets a text message and then tells the driver to turn around because they have a problem. As the driver busts a U-turn, we head to our first commercial break!
We’re back, and Van Dam’s crew is still in the ring, having apparently waited patiently for the Hogan/Bischoff segment and commercial break to run their course so they can have their turn to talk. RVD has an idea, instead of beating up on “Macho Dude”, why don’t the Four Horse’s Asses come down to the ring for a fair fight. Flair says if they want more, they’ve got it, and Flair’s team rushes the ring and the brawl breaks back out and spills out of the ring and all around ringside and up the rampway. Flair gets Lethal in the nuts again as Hogan’s music hits, and he comes stalking out, singlehandedly beating up all of Team Flair by himself. What a leader. It’s down to Hogan and Flair alone in the ring, and Hogan beats him up too and tosses him over the top rope to the floor as we go to another commercial break.