TNA Bound For Glory 2024 10/26/2024

TNA Bound For Glory 2024 10/26/2024

Note - Kaz won the pre-show Call Your Shot gauntlet for a title shot. I have no idea why that was on the pre-show since it was obviously important. I won't be covering it since it was an intergender match.

We are in Detroit, Michigan.

They have a singer named Ilona singing the national anthem.

TNA X-Division Title Match - Mike Bailey (c) vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

Vik = El Hijo del Vikingo

They do a karate stand-off to start after missed kicks. Mike crucifixes him and Vik rolls him over. Vik rolls into a backslide on him and they trade basement dropkicks. Vik does a corkscrew headscissors then he topes Mike. Vik does a sequence and the ref checks on Vik's knee. Mike does a figure four variation on him.

Mike chops Vik and facekicks him. Mike uses the ropes and double knee drops him. Mike hits kicks and chops. Vik superkicks him. Vik hits a springboard dropkick.They go outside. Vik walks the rail with Mic's arm and does a hurricanrana off of it. Vik slides under Mike and Mike corkscrew moonsaults him off the top. 

Vik crossbodies him in the ring and Mike spanish flies him off of it. Mike PK's him and Vik spin kicks him. Vik hits a high kick and does a triangle.

Mike dragon screws him. Mike ki krushers him and hits a top rope ssp. Mike superkicks him, goes for a tornado kick and takes a corkscrew kick off of it. They trade chops and Mike hits kicks. Vik hits slaps and Mike crane kicks him. Mike standing moonsault double knees him then superkicks him. Mike hits his tornado kick then hits ultimate weapon for 2.

Vik canadian destroyers him. Vik meteora's him in the corner then rope walk corkscrew moonsaults him outside. Mike legsweeps him on the apron and misses a moonsault double knee there. Vik gets on the post and canadian destroyers him on the apron. Mike hits a flipping fisherman suplex off the top for the win.

Thoughts: They did too much here with canadian destroyers in the ring and on the apron meaning absolutely nothing. They did some cool moves though Vik didn't bust out the whole arsenal here. It was a flippy, indy style match and not something I enjoyed.

TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Title Match - Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) (c) vs. Rosemary & Wendy Choo

Choo rolls out of a lariat and takes Jody down. Choo crawls and gets booted. Jody corner lariats her. Dani slams Choo then slams Jody onto her. Dani takes a double suplex.

Dani corner lariats Rose then exploders her. Dani sliding lariats her. Dani suplexes her. Rose takes a double sequence ending in a sliding elbow and a low crossbody. Rose is thrown in the corner but Choo saves her with a pillow. Jody takes the pillow and suplexes it out of the ring. Choo twists Jody's neck with her feet. 

Choo facekicks Jody then Rose hanging headscissors Jody over the top rope. Jody and Rose trade shots. Jody is in tree of woe and takes a basement dropkick. Choo chinlocks Jody. Jody lariats her out of the corner.

Dani lariats Rose over when they get in and slams her. Dani single leg dropkicks her. Dani top rope dropkicks her. Dani powerbombs Rose. Dani topes Rose outside. Dani takes a double ddt on the floor. Jody flip dives off the top onto both opponents. Rose spears Dani and pulls her up on the count for some reason. Dani powerbombs both opponents off the buckles together.

Jody fights off both opponents and pump kicks Rose. Choo codebreakers Jody. Rose nails Choo on accident. Choo and Rose are sent into the ropes and Jody attacks both there. Jody then tries a double german on them. Choo is thrown into a sitout powerbomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was an average match. Jody really tried here though and put out a good effort but it wasn't anything too special.

Rose spears Choo after, turning on her.

Kaz is reading Earl Hebner's book and Gia interrupts. He says he's studying because he's the ref tonight. Gia congratulates him on winning the Call Your Shot gauntlet. He says he's prepared and says he will raise the hand of the real TNA champ tonight.

Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin

Steve attacks Josh as he enters and they trade shots. Josh comes out alone then is thrown into the steps. Steve jumps off the steps onto him. Steve topes him. Steve gets sent into the post. Josh chops Steve outside and figure fours him around the post.

The match then officially starts. Josh boots Steve in the corner. Steve lariats him over then back elbows him. Steve uranage backbreakers him. Steve miss a 2nd rope headbutt then Josh powerbomb backbreakers him. Josh hits knees to the gut. We get a "walking weiner" chant for Josh.

Josh knees Steve in the gut. Josh hits a bunch of germans then Steve hits a bunch of germans. They trade forearms on their knees and get up and trade. Josh is put in tree of woe and Steve misses his crosshairs spear. Josh slams him on the apron then crossbodies his back on the apron. 

The crowd chants "walking weiner" again at Josh. Steve hits an olympic slam/backdrop. Steve hits a superplex then death valley drivers him for 2. The ref gets hit on accident. Josh low blows Steve. Josh zip ties Steve's hands together. Josh gets on the buckles and Steve rams him. Josh ends up in tree of woe and Steve hits his caught in the cross hairs move. Steve topes him with his hands behind his back and running knees him. Josh tombstones Steve for 2. Josh germans Steve. Steve no sells it and headbutts Josh. Josh then ankle locks Steve. Steve passes out due to pain and is tapped out.

Thoughts: The ziptie spot was a neat idea but it looked silly when Josh couldn't put down the man who couldn't his hands. It was longer than it needed to be and a little slow at times. They did beat the crap out of each other though as they had a stiff match here. I liked it as much as I didn't like it.

TNA Digital Media Title / International Heavyweight Title Monster's Ball Match - PCO (c) vs. Matt Cardona

Matt came out in a Ghostbuers outfit that says "Deathmatch Busters" on it. PCO chases Matt around the ring. PCO lariats him then is sent out, flipping onto the floor. Matt dropkicks PCO through the ropes. PCO is sent into the post. PCO is sent into the steps.

Matt hits PCO with the steps. PCO hits Matt with a trash can. PCO takes a back body drop onto the steps. A door is broght into the ring and Matt takes a back body drop through it. PCO goes for a tope outside but Matt hits him with a trash can and PCO lands on his head on the floor.

Matt hits PCO with the trash can. Matt puts chairs and doors in the ring. Matt bridges a door on two chairs and puts more chairs underneath. PCO hits corner punches then is powerbombed through the door with the chairs.

Matt puts tacks in PCO's mouth then he facewash kicks him with the tacks in his mouth. PCO's head is banged off the tacks. Matt sticks tacks in PCO's face and head. PCO hulks up. Matt hits radio silence for 2.

Matt grabs another door and PCO spears into the door. PCO then smashes the door over Matt's back. PCO brings more tacks out. Matt low blows PCO. Matt grabs a green barbed wire baseball bat and hits PCO with it. PCO chokeslams Matt on the tacks. PCO tope rope moonsaults Matt while he's on the tacks. PCO then gets the win.

Thoughts: It was odd that Steph de Lander didn't come out for this. I didn't expect her but she could have added a lot to it. It was a hardcore match with them having to do a lot of set-up between the spots and slowing the match down because of it. There was not a lot but various spots in this one. PCO took some awful bumps on his head here. It was average.

Moose vs Mike Santana

JDC is with Moose. Mike enters through the crowd. They go out early and Mike hits punches and chops. Moose is sent into the rails. Mike facekicks Moose on the rails. Moose is pulled out and Mike topes JDC when Moose moves. Moose apron powerbombs Mike then JDC throws Mike into the steps.

Mike is sent hard into the buckles. Mike enzugiri's Moose. Mike's cannonball is caught in the corner and Moose powerbombs him for 2. Moose chinlocks Mike. Moose uranages Mike. They slap each other. Mike hits a flurry of slaps and chops. Moose runs up the buckles and misses then Mike backrolls into a cutter for 2. Mike top rope dives on JDC and Moose outside.

Moose catches Mike's cannonball outside but ends up taking a hurricanrana. Mike asai moonsaults outside. Mike his doi fives on Moose and single leg dropkicks him for 2. Mike death valley drivers Moose in the corner. Mike 450's Moose off the top for 2. 

JDC distracts and Moose crotches Mike up top. Moose hits like a top rope sky high for 2. They fight on the apron. Mike facekicks him and Moose apron powerbombs him. JDC tries to hit Mike with a chairn but misses. Moose then spears Mike for 2.

Mike rolls up Moose for 2, takes a facekick then Mike spinning lariats him for the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like the JDC interference here as it should have been a DQ. It was an average match and the finishing run to this wasn't good. It also got more time than it needed. At least Mike won here as they need to establish some new stars but this was an odd way to have Moose lose.

TNA Knockouts World Title Match - Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Masha Slamovich

JG wristlocks her and Masha headflips out. JG headscissors her. They do a double knuckle lock. JG shouldered over and flips her out of the side slam position. Mash boots her in the head and hits a lariat. Masha topes her.

JG legsweeps her on the apron then 2nd rope double stomps her on the apron. JG rolling death valley drivers her on the floor. JG works her leg and hits knees to the gut. Masha hurricanrana's her for 2. Masha hits high kicks. Masha guillotine chokes her. JG jackhammers her for 2.

JG hits a world's stronger slam and misses a vader bomb. Masha walks up the buckles and hurricanrana's her. Masha hits a northern lights bomb for 2.  Masha clubs on JG. JG chops her. Masha 2nd rope twisting corssbodies her. Masha koppo kicks her for 2. JG alley oops her off a tombstone then hits an air raid crash for 2. They fight on the ropes and both fall down off of them.

Masha is caught on the buckles and backslides her into a knee. Masha burning hammers her. Masha hits kicks to the head. JG catches a spin kick into a suplex then hits a juggernaut driver for 2.

They fight on the buckles. Masha hits headbutts and superplexes her. Masha half-package piledrivers her and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like this one. It went longer than it needed to. It was slower than it should have been. They did too much. There were no real faces or heels here and the crowd wasn't good. The build up to this was a last minute job that wasn't that good and this was not a great way to end Grace's long reign. I think they tried to have a classic here but this wasn't it.

Ace Steel talks to Mike Bailey before his match. Ace tells him it took him 10 years to get her and says "we believe".

We get a video of Joe Hendry getting ready in the morning and walking around outside. Joe then comes out with a chainsaw, suspenders and a mask, I guess for Halloween.  

TNA World Title - Special Ref: Frankie Kazarian - Nic Nemeth (c) vs Joe Hendry

Nic has colorful new tights on with purple and yellow skulls and gold. Kaz has a referee pattern hoodie on. Ryan Nemeth is in the crowd.

Joe side headlock takeovers him and is put in a headscissors. Joe armlocks him then flips out of a wristlock. Joe then throws him over by the arm. Nic rolls him up then dropkicks him. Kaz breaks them up and yells at both of them. Joe shoulders him over then suplexes him. Nic neckbreakers him.

Joe blocks a jumping ddt and suplexes him off of it. Joe lariats him over then fallaway slams him. Nic sleepers him. Joe pop-up powerbombs him then ankle locks him. They fight on the buckles and Joe 2nd rope fallaway slams him. Both are down. Kaz stops counting and goes to cash in his "Call Your Shot" title shot. Joe goes outside and tells him he's gonna call the match.

Joe gets back in and takes a fameasser. Kaz fast counts Joe for 2. Joe running lariats Nic. Joe goes for a powerbomb and takes a ddt off of it. Nic is caught on a top rope crossbody, Joe backrolls and hits an attitude adjustment for 2. They trade shots. Joe pump kicks him to the apron. Joe cutters him on the apron.

Kaz starts counting both and grabs his "Call Your Shot" trophy. He calls for another ref to come out. JBL then comes out instead. JBL hits a big lariat on Kaz. JBL goes out and talks with Joe. JBL then lariats him down. Ryan Nemeth confronts JBL then JBL knocks out Ryan with a punch. Nic hits a danger zone. Another ref comes down and Joe kicks out at 2.

Joe stops a superkick and Nic superkicks him. Nic hits a danger zone and wins.

Thoughts: This is why TNA is TNA and why it stands where it does on the wrestling totem pole. Yeah, the channel they are on sucks, but screwing the fans out of the big happy moment has been the priority since the Jarrett days. The whole route to get here sucked with Moose beating Nic for no reason then losing to Nic in a multi-man match for the title in match where Joe could have maybe won. They teased that Joe could pull it off again here but again, he fails. Joe's TNA's biggest star. You have to be a total idiot to try to screw with that yet TNA has done it twice now. The decision here was absolute garbage and would have been the worst of the year if not for WWE trying to do Rock vs Roman until the fans complained.

The match wasn't that good as expected. Joe's not a good in-ring guy and doesn't really get the pacing of a match. Nic's pretty vanilla and there was a bunch of shenanigans going on with Kaz and JBL. I don't know where they go from here and I honestly don't even care. This was another classic LOLTNA moment.

Nic and Kaz argue after. 

They show some clips of the TNA Hall of Fame inductions of Bob Ryder and Rhino. Santino puts them over.

They also announce some upcoming shows.

TNA World Tag Team Title Full Metal Mayhem Match - The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) (c) vs. The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) vs. ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)

The weapons (including some tables) and the mat are all painted Jeff Hardy style.

The System get beat up on to start. Matt gets on all fours and everyone jumps off his back onto The System. Bey tope con hilos out. They go over the rails and fight. Brian has a chair thrown at him by Jeff. Eddie's head is banged off the seats by Matt. Matt chairs Eddie and Ace sets up a table. Brian is put on it and Ace top rope splashes Brian through it.

Matt climbs a ladder and legdrops Eddie through a table. Bey and Jeff trade shots. Bey takes a twist of fate into a neckbreaker by The Hardy's. The Hardy's climb a ladder together and get pushed into the ropes. Bey jumps off Ace's back to euro Jeff. Jeff is tripped into a chair then gets his face double stomped into it.

Matt takes a double enzugiri from ABC. Matt is put on a ladder on the 2nd rope and Bey top rope double stomps him off the top. Jeff hits ABC with a ladder. Jeff has a special ladder that can be extended into a longer ladder. Jeff takes a double suplex on that ladder. Ace tries to climb the special ladder with help from Bey but Jeff breaks it up and the ladder goes into the ropes.

The Hardy's set up a ladder and put the special ladder inside of it, making a bridge on the ropes. Bey and Matt climb the ladder. Ace and Jeff climb on the bridged special ladder with chairs. Bey and Matt get chaired. Ace and Jeff duel chairs. Ace and Jeff then fall onto the bridged ladder together.

The System use chairs on their opponents. The System set up tables. Brian chairs Matt. Matt and Jeff take side effects off apron through tables. Ace hits shots on Brian then takes a chair and a spear. Bey chairs Eddie and Brian. Brian takes the 1-2-Sweet and the fold by ABC.

Eddie blue thunders Bey. Eddie and Ace fight on the ladder. Bey does an assisted springboard cutter on Eddie while he's on the ladder. Ace bounces the ladder closer to the tag titles. Bey is stuck hanging from the titles when the ladder is moved. Brian climbs the ladder and spears him as he hangs in the air.

Eddie is hit with a chair by Matt and takes a twist of fate with the chair on his head. Jeff hits twists of fates on Brian. Jeff has an apron angled from the floor to the apron. Jeff tries to slide down it with a chair but it doesn't work and he just dropkicks Brian. Jeff chairs Brian.

Brian is put on a table and Jeff climbs a ladder. Jeff hits a swanton on Brian off the ladder through tables and appears to hit his head off the ladder in the process. Ace climbs the ladder and Alisha Edwards comes out and pushes him off into the ropes. Alisha takes off her neckbrace. Matt comes in the ring and hits a twist of fate on Alisha.

Matt climbs a ladder and takes kendo stick shots from Eddie. Eddie climbs a ladder and has chairs thrown at him by The Hardy's. He then gets double powerbombed through a ladder outside. The Hardy's then climb the ladder and grab the belts to win.

Thoughts: It was a long and slow ladder match. One team was always on the side of this one selling. There was a lot of breaks between the various spots and it honestly was boring at times. They covered The Hardy's weaknesses well here and they did a bunch of a big spots for this one. The heat suffered some for this as the crowd was down about Joe losing in the prior match. I liked it overall but this was not a classic original TLC ladder match. I'm not really surprised by The Hardy's winning. What else were they going to do?

Overall thoughts: It was a long PPV at 3 hours and 20 minutes. Joe Hendry not winning the title was the big story here in what was a classic LOLTNA moment. Most of the matches on this show went too long and suffered some in quality because of it. I probably liked the main event the best but it was not a perfect match. I wouldn't recommend this one and I can't see anyone whose been watching the show regularly not come out feeling disappointed. The show was average overall and I'd give it a 5 out of 10.