TNA Impact Wrestling Report for February 16th, 2012

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We open the show with a look back at this weekend's Against All Odds PPV...beginning, of course, with Garett Bischoff vs Gunner before moving on to the main event....

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Angle stares back at Roode as the champion clutches his precious title and we go to commercial.

We go to Roode backstage saying the It Factor prevails again,and Sting keeps stacking the deck, but he keeps outsmarting him. Sting busts in on Roode's promo and says that he cheated the system again, so he's not done yet and that means Roode isn't done yet. He's going to defend the title again, and he's got two more guys who want a title shot and he's going to have a #1 contender's match tonight to see who gets Roode tonight.

Eric Young is backstage with a guitar and he forgot to get ODB a Valentine's Day present, so even though he lost his driver's license and he had to walk three hours to play Backgammon with his blind mom, he wrote a song for ODB and we get to hear it tonight.

Sting is backstage telling James Storm and Bully Ray that they're all pissed off, they both got cheated last time they were in the ring with Roode, so maybe they ought to wrestle tonight. Bully Ray says this match shouldn't be happening because he should be the champion right now, but Storm says he's the #1 contender and he'll prove that tonight.

We go to a video package looking back at the unfortunate injury suffered by Jesse Sorensen at Against All Odds, as well as an update on his condition of his neck injury. They did mention that he's doing much better, and as we heard earlier in the week, he's already been released from the hospital, which is great news.

X Division Champion Austin Aries & Zema Ion vs Alex Shelley & Shannon Moore

Aries is obviously the captain of his team, ordering Ion out to the ring apron as he goes at it with Moore. Aries takes him down with a side headlock, Moore escapes with a headscissors, but Moore obviously has never seen Aries wrestle because he's caught completely unaware by the kickout and dropkick to the face. Ion tags in and he goes at it with Moore, but he quickly winds up in the wrong part of town and Shelley tags in to work over his arm. Ion blatantly grabs Shelley's hair in front of the referee, Shelley hits a headscissors, but Ion catches him with an enziguiri. Ion tells Aries that's how it's done, so Aries tags himself in and their miscommunication leads to Moore getting an opening to clean house on both guys. Aries rolls out to the floor and Moore takes him out with a baseball slide and then hits the same Asai moonsault that took Sorensen out at the PPV. Moore grabbed Ion's hairspray can, but this infuriates Ion and he baseball slides Moore, then gets takes outby Shelley. Moore slams Aries and tags out to Shelley, who misses a double stomp, but he hits a superkick and goes for Sliced Bread #2. Aries shoves him off into the corner and he hits the IED and goes for the brainbuster, but Ion tags himself in and rolls Shelley up for the win.

Winners: Austin Aries & Zema Ion

Aries looks confused at what happened and Ion gets into a shoving match with Ion, but that gets cooled off quickly and Ion and Aries get in each other's faces.

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Gail Kim and Madison Rayne are backstage and Madison says they've gotten in each other's faces lately, but they're both under pressure and she just wants to be friends. <br />
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We look back to earlier...

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#1 Contender's Match: Bully Ray vs James Storm

They tie up and Storm takes Bubba to the ropes and gives him a playful shove to the head that wasn't really playful. Now Bubba takes Storm to the corner and tries a cheapshot, but Storm ducks under him and starts unloading with right hands and kicks to the midsection. Storm whips him across the ring and follows in with a clothesline in the corner. Storm tries to go after Bubba's arm, but Bubba picks his leg and drops a series of elbows to the inside of Storm's knee, then drags him over to the corner and rams his leg downward onto the edge of the ring apron. He tears Storm's boot off while pausing every now and then to fire more shots at his knee, then goes back inside and gets a leglock on Storm's exposed ankle. Storm makes the ropes, so Bubba drops all his weight on Storm's leg and then pulls off his kneepad and sock before going back to work on his bad leg and turning Storm over in a half crab. Storm gets out but Bubba covers and hooks a leg for 2, then grabs his chain. The referee pulls it away so Bubba goes back to ramming kneedrops into Storm's injured leg as we go to commercial.

We're back as Bubba hits a running splash in the corner, Storm starts to fire back and sends Bubba to the ropes, but Bubba comes off with a dropkick to the knee and goes for a couple of two counts before ramming Storm's knee into the mat. Bubba blows his nose on the referee and fires more right hands at Storm's knee before hitting a rolling snap on the leg. Bubba claps along with the fans as they chant "Cowboy" at Storm, and this gives Storm an opening to hit a Codebreaker out of nowhere, Storm ducks a running big boot and hits a superkick for the win.

Winner: James Storm

Storm is now the #1 contender to Roode and he celebrates by pouring a beer down the front of So Cal Val's shirt. Hey, can't blame the guy forbeing excited. The guy from the Giants comes over the rail and they enjoy a beer together, but Bully Ray comes out of nowhere and blindsides Storm, then has a staredown with the football dude. Bubba gets in his face and asks him where his ring is because he doesn't have one in Bubba's house, then he takes the guy's beer and drinks it, then spits it back in his face. Football Man responds by shoving Bubba so hard he literally flies backward into the ring apron and lands on his butt. Football Man has his "come on, let's fight so I can destroy you" look on his face as Bubba cowers against the guardrail.

After a quick recap of what just happened after our main event, we go backstage where Brandon Jacobs says he came here to watch his buddy Storm beat Bully and he beat Bully, and now Storm wants to celebrate Giants style. Jacobs says Bully Ray was out of line and he stood there trying to grasp everything before he finally lost his mind and got the last word. Next week, payback is coming, and Storm and Jacobs are off to celebrate.

Sting is in the ring and has some good news, but first he wants Bobby Roode to come join him in the ring. Roode comes out to the ring and Sting informs the champion that he gets to finally announce the match he's wanted to see for months, and says that Roode will defend against James Storm in a cage at Lockdown in April. Roode responds by kicking Sting low, then doing it again, before hitting a running punt to Sting's ribs. Sting tries to pull himself up on Roode's legs, but Roode steals his sunglasses and puts them on, then knocks Sting out with the belt and Sting is busted open. Roode gets on top of Sting and repeatedly drills right hands into Sting's bloody forehead, then thoughtfully puts the sunglasses back on Sting. He crouches over the Commissioner and tells him that he should really learn to mind his own business, then pats him on the face and walks off as we call it a night.