Sunday, April 08, 2007

Arena Report: TNA Cornith, MS 4.07.07 by KF Jones

*Chris Sabin beat Sonjay Dutt to retain the X Division Championship after Dutt missed a Hindu Press and got the Cradile Shock. Lots of Sabin chants, and crowd was on fire for the match.

*Chris Harris and Gail Kim beat James Storm and Jackie Moore after Gail Kim hit a missile dropkick on Moore and pinned her. Crowd was on fire for this match as well, definitely behind Harris and Kim.

*Christopher Daniels beat Petey Williams after the Angels Wings....Crowd was hugely behind Daniels and was booing Williams big time...Daniels got on the mic and insulted Corinth and told them that he don’t need their cheers, but if anybody needed cheers it was Williams...towards the end of the match Williams dives over the top rope and caught Daniels on the floor with a Hurricanrana...crowd def. got behind him after that...after the match Daniels comes back in the ring to do another Angels Wings on Williams, but he reversed out and gave Daniels the Canadian Destroyer.

*Brother Ray beat The Naturals in a handicap match after powerbombing Chase Stevens through a table and pinning him. Table didnt break on 1st attempt on the powerbomb, so Ray quickly does it again. Biggest reaction of this match was when The Naturals got pissed at the ref, attack him, throw him into the ropes, the ref, ducks a double clotheline, and gives the Naturals a double clotheline. Crowd went nuts.

*Rhino beat AJ Styles in a Mississippi Street Fight...match was everywhere, involving chairs, and trashcans, finish saw them fight up onto the stage, Styles sets up for the Clash, but Rhino backdrops AJ off, and Gores him on the stage for the pinfall

*Kurt Angle beat Abyss in the quietest match of the night...Angle got a good reaction for coming out, but it got quiet after that, with a few boring chants towards the beginning, crowd got loud again at the end when abyss put a chair on angles chest, went to jump down, but Angle turned the chair sideways and rammed it into Abyss' crotch then rolled him up for the pinfall.

*Main event and match of the night - Christian Cage beat Samoa Joe to retain the NWA heavyweight title ...big joe chant, and some small joe's gonna kill u chants directed to christian...Joe is a must see wrestler, his timing, and connection with moves will leave u in aww..finish saw Joe lock in the Kokita Clutch, Christian finally grabs the rope, as Joe argues with the referee, Christian comes up behind him and rolls up Joe with his feet on the ropes for the win...after the match AJ Styles, Christian, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Rhino, and Abyss brawl, Angle hits the Angle Slam on Styles, Rhino gores Abyss, and Joe gives Christian the Muscle Buster to finish the amazing show.

----Crowd was near 750 paid with a gate close to $24,000…It is funny how local promotions only draw like 20 people for this town…Local Wrestlers spotted - Keylo Green, Prime Time Nick Grymes, Chris Styles, Tony Dabbs, Anita Page, The Hitman, Josh Matthews, Omega, Justin Outlaw, Hollywood Jimmy, and Rodney Grimes…Chris Rocker, Alex Krisis and Chris O’Neal were backstage actually handing over DVD/tapes to TNA management…Jeff Jarrett and Senshi were both announced on the radio, but were not there...I was told the gimmick tables were selling tons of stuff.

**Special note for those that do not know. "----" is comments made by me and rest of the report was sent in by KF Jones.