Rob Terry vs AJ Styles

Winner and NEW Global Champion: AJ Styles

Mike and Taz, who tell us that tonight is going to be a night of answers, and Mike says he’s had doubts about Taz because of his history with ECW and asks if he knew about Dixie’s invitation, and Taz says he knew nothing. By the way, Mick Foley made his return last night as well, and wouldn’t you know it, but he’s got history with ECW as well!

We go backstage to Sarita and Madison Rayne, who are laughing over the beating Sarita handed Taylor Wilde, and then Madison starts making fun of Velvet Sky, but Velvet just happens to walk in with Lacey. Velvet gets in Madison’s face and Lacey tries to calm them down, and they both tell her to shut up. They keep fighting and Lacey keeps trying to get them to make up, and they keep telling her to shut up until finally Madison and Sarita walk out.

Backstage, Dixie Carter is yelling at the TNA agents and asking them what the hell happened last week, and they said they had no idea what was going on and Dixie said “you’re agents, you don’t need to know what’s going on!” Can’t argue with that logic. Finally Simon Diamond gets up and slams the door on the cameraman as Dixie continues lambasting them.

Back to the ring for Knockouts action…

Angelina Love & Taylor Wilde vs Madison Rayne & Sarita

Winners: Angelina Love & Taylor Wilde

Kurt Angle vs Hernandez

Winner: Kurt Angle

Jeff Jarrett makes his way to the ring. Kevin Nash says that he’s had a week to think about it, and he says that Jarrett’s really good at what he does. He almost had Nash convinced that Sting left a log in the punch bowl, but he’s known Sting for 20 years and he let Nash sleep at his place because he was broke, and he’s not sure it was Sting that left the log in the punch bowl, he thinks it was Double J. Nash says there’s a group of guys who look up to him in the back as a veteran, and those guys are the victims. Jarrett says he has no idea what Nash is talking about and he’s not buying it and he’s sure the fans aren’t either. Jarrett says it was Nash that screwed Hulk and Eric when he brought in Hall and Waltman, and that hurt this company. Jarrett says Nash can spin his tale any way he wants, but he knows Nash and so to the fans, and it’s been well documented over the years. Nash says forget the history lesson, he knows it and has come to accept it, but he has a question for Jarrett: when his three daughters grow up and realize that their father is a selfish prick, he can chuckle that in his sleep. Nash walks out. Okay, that still made no sense.

Meanwhile, Dixie Carter is backstage, and she’s…PACING! Kurt walks by and gives her a kiss on the cheek and asks what’s going on, and Dixie says Kurt needs to just trust her. Kurt says to be careful what she’s getting into because these guys have a reputation, and Dixie says she knows and to just trust her. Kurt kisses her on the cheek again and walks off.

Samoa Joe vs Jeff Hardy

Time Limit Draw

Matt Morgan vs Ken Anderson

Winner: Ken Anderson

Motor City Machine Guns vs Beer Money

Winners: Beer Money

Backstage, Brother Devon walks in on Brother Ray and says he’s not here to talk about all their issues with Jesse, but he wants to know where he was last Thursday. He needed to let the ECW guys know he has their back, and asks if Brother Ray has their back, too. Ray says they have nothing to prove with those guys and don’t need to have their back, then walks out.

Christy is backstage with Rob Van Dam and says he has a history with ECW, and asks how it felt to be with those guys again. RVD said it was great, and he’s proud of everything he did…back then. But he’s evolved and now he’s the Whole F’n Show and the World Champion, so having these guys back is like having the best of both worlds. Christy wants his thoughts on Dixie’s speech tonight, and RVD said he’s excited to see what the news is but he has no info on what it’s going to be. While RVD is happy to see all this coming together, he can’t forget that Abyss wants the belt so he’ll have to keep his eyes out for him too.

We go to Mike and Taz, who filibuster for time for the upcoming announcement. Mike thinks that Dixie owes us an explanation, and Taz thinks that as the owner, she’s not accountable to anyone. From there we go to a video package recapping the history of the ECW angle culminating in last week’s brawl to lead us into tonight’s announcement, which will be up next. Meanwhile, Dixie Carter is backstage, and she’s…WALKING SOME MORE!

It’s main event…uh…promo time, and here comes Dixie Carter, complete with entrance music. She starts by kissing the fans’ butts by saying TNA has the best fans, and she’s always said this company is going to be for the fans. She’s loved meeting everyone and hearing what they have to say, and puts over her Twitter. There’s been one common theme brought up time after time, and that’s the fans’ love for extreme, hardcore wrestling. At this time, she’d like to introduce some men who made hardcore wrestling popular, and out come Tommy Dreamer, Rhino, Stevie Richards, Mick Foley, and Raven. She says she wants the ECW guys to tell the fans what they meant to this industry. Foley says this is the first time he remembers Dixie cutting a promo, and Dixie says it’s not a promo it’s her being real, and says that what Hogan meant to the 80s, ECW meant to the 90s. She pauses as the crowd starts an ECW chant. Dixie says it’s not about being hardcore, it’s about honor, dedication and respect, and not doing it for fat paychecks, but doing it because they love the business, their fellow wrestlers, and the fans, and they always gave the fans what they asked for and the fans will never forget that. Dixie has a history with four of the guys up here and she has a lot of respect for them and thanks them for setting the bar high. Foley says it should be them thanking her because last time he was here, he got fired, and he wants to thank her for giving them another chance. Foley points out Tommy Dreamer and says he’s as good an ambassador as there’s ever been in this business, and hands the mic off to Tommy. Tommy says he’s watched TNA since the beginning when they were in Nashville, and watched TNA grow. His friends kept telling him to quit his job and come to TNA, but he has a wife and kids and was scared to leave the security of his job. He saw many similarities between ECW and TNA: where unknowns became legends, where legends came to reinvent their career, and before Samoa Joe was dumping people on their heads, there was Taz, the Human Suplex Machine, doing it in the 90s. What Ric Flair did for Jay Lethal, Terry Funk did for him and Mick Foley. There was Francine and Beulah, and he when Dixie invited him to Slammiversary, he got to see what TNA did for passion, for the love of the business, and what they do for each and every one of the fans. Tommy has to thank Dixie for reigniting his passion, because at One Night Stand, he got his closure…and then they brought it back, and he had to witness his friends get fired, get destroyed, and all for what…(silence from the crowd)…Tommy says exactly. It bothered him so much that he had to quit his job at 38 years old because he couldn’t stomach watching what they did with that company. Everyone else in the ring would talk to him, and Foley showed him all the similarities between what happened and they put this plan together, and only one person could make it happen: Dixie Carter. It’s not about an ECW invasion or them taking over, it’s about men and women who lost their jobs, it’s for the fans who chant it and the friends who lived it, so their legacy is not destroyed, and he begs Dixie for one night to show what they can do so their legacy is not destroyed forever. Dixie says that if everyone wants to do this, then we’ll do it…with one stipulation: Tommy and his people plan it and do it the right way, it’s got to be real and nothing that has to do with TNA. Sabu chant starts as Tommy tells the Impact Zone that we’re going EXTREME.

And that’s it for this week. Thanks for reading, and you Elite members make sure to check out the Impact Postgame Show in the Elite section with myself and Dave Scherer a little later tonight.

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