TNA Impact Wrestling Report for January 19th, 2012

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We start with a look at last week as Robert Roode was ordered to defend the World Title against Jeff Hardy in a match where he'd lose the title if he was...

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Excellent match, and I'm glad to see Gunner's push has returned, he could use a bit of momentum coming off the losses to Garett Bischoff. Gunner pulls back the ringside mats and Kazarian looks like...

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Time for main event #1! <br />
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Cage Match: Mickie James vs Madison Rayne <br />
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Gail walks off before the match, leaving a perplexed and terrified Madison alone to face Mickie in the cage. Mickie goes right...

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Speaking of Aries, the X Division Champion makes his way out to the ring in a slick button down shirt and grabs a microphone out of So Cal Val's hand to share his thoughts on SOPA and Rick Perry dropping out of the GOP nomination race. Oh yes, and he also says everyone's going to need to excuse him for sounding like a broken record, but this is the time of month when he comes out after another successful title defense and says again that there's nobody here in Impact Wrestling who's in his league. He's beaten every X Division wrestler put in front of him, and the fans can say he sucks all they want, but if he sucks so bad, how come he's still holding the X Division Title? Crowd starts chanting for Aries, and he says that if they think he wants them chanting his name, they're sadly mistaken because he doesn't need a bunch of nobodies telling him that he's the Greatest Man Who Ever Lived. There's nobody in the back to take him on, so maybe it's time to set sail and see if there's real competition elsewhere because there's obviously none in Impact Wrestling.

Suddenly, the Motor City Machine Guns music hits and Alex Shelley comes out to go face to face with a man he knows very well and has battled many times. Shelley thanks the fans for their cheers and tells them he missed them, and says that he separated his shoulder a year ago and four mounths later, he comes back and Chris Sabin tears his ACL and goes on the shelf as well. Shelley's life has always revolved around wrestling, with some punk rock and video games thrown in. He was going to wait around and come back with Sabin because he knows the fans love the MCMGs, but he wishes TNA PPVs came with a noose because Aries' matches are so painful to watch. I can think of other reasons I wish they came with a noose, but I'll continue recapping as Aries says he wants men to challenge him, and Shelley tells him to shut up because last time he faced Aries, he had to low blow him to beat him. Aries says that's all very sad and it's too bad Sabin's not here because he's been latching onto his coattails for three years because before they teamed up, Shelley was nobody. Shelley says if he sucks so bad, then he should have no problem putting that title on the line against him. Aries says he needs to earn a title shot just like everyone else around him, so he suggests Shelley go to the back and find an X Division wrestler he's beaten, which is all of them, and when he beats them, he'll get a title shot. Shelley says he'll let Aries pick his opponent, and then when Shelley beats him, he'll be coming for the title at Against All Odds. Another great promo, really good stuff!

ODB is backstage getting liquored up, and the Mystery Cameraman asks what she wants EY to do to Angelina tonight. ODB says she wants her to go tear Angelina's weave out and all kinds of stuff like that, but Winter runs in and attacks ODB from behind and they brawl until Winter cracks ODB in the ribs with a metal pipe, then takes her belt off and whips ODB with it, then chokes ODB with the belt and tells her that they're going to take care of her little boyfriend.

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Angelina Love vs Eric Young <br />
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Eric goes and ties up with the referee, and Angelina keeps telling him to fight her, but he keeps going back to tie up with the referee. The referee finally has enough...