Saturday, November 30, 2024

TNA Turning Point 2024 11/29/2024

TNA Turning Point 2024 11/29/2024


Pre-show thoughts: This show really shouldn't be happening. It's happening during Thanksgiving weekend so less people will be around. There's a lot of competition from basically every other sport. There's also two other wrestling shows on during this plus Survivor Series is getting all of the attention this week. The card is really weak and the build to it was not good with the go home show having a bunch of old dark matches from earlier in the year. I'll never really get why TNA does these Friday shows when Sundays are free of other shows.

They are at a small and dark arena here. I don't know what happened here but the lighting is not good and definitely not up to standards.

Frankie Kazarian vs Mike Santana

Kaz armdrags him. Mike rolls and headflips out of a wristlock and they stare down. Mike shoulders Kaz over and they trade armdrags. They try to armdrag each other at the same time. Mike asai moonsaults him and topes him. Mike basement dropkicks him for 2. Mike superkicks him.

Kaz legdrops his neck over the middle rope then knocks him off the apron. Kaz hiptosses him then legdrops the arm. Kaz keylocks him. Mike backdrops him. Mike chops him in the corner and hits a senton.

Kaz pulls Mike's throat down over the top rope and slingshot ddt's him on the apron. Kaz slams him in the ring and springboard legdrops him for 2. Kaz goes up top and takes a belly to belly suplex. Mike enzugiri's him then backrolls into a cutter on him. Kaz is caught on a death valley driver on a leapfrog attempt.

Kaz swinging neckbreakers him for 2. Kaz slingshots and is caught with a nothern lights suplex. Mike then magic screws him for 2.

Mike is slingshotted in and takes a cutter for 2. Mike knees him in the face then rolls him into a spinning lariat. Mike then picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was longer than it needed to be and not the best choice for an opener. I don't think anyone was real excited to see this and the match was really average as expected with these two. I'm not real sure what beating Kaz did for Mike. 

The System do a promo. Brian says they are the most decorated team in all of wrestling. Brian says he won't wear the turkey suit tonight and says Eddie will become champ. Moose says Laredo Kid gets a chance to be relevant tonight, but it will put him against The Franchise. He says he will beat him up, take his mask and give it to his kid. Eddie says Nic Nemeth is proud of himself and says his title dream ends tonight. He says he will become a 3x TNA champ and says he will learn that you always trust The System.

Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl Match - Rhino vs. Eric Young vs. Brian Myers vs. John Skyler vs. Hammerstone vs. Joe Hendry

Skyler talks as he enters. He insults the crowd and said its a monumental occasion as its the return of the TNA Turkey Bowl. He says it has nothing to do with the fat pigs stuffing their faces with leftovers. He says he gaurantees that someone else is leaving the building in a turkey suit, courtesy of these good hands.

Everyone pairs off and fights to start. Eric lariats Hammer over the top. Skyler pounds on Joe. Joe shoulders him over. Joe delay suplexes him. Rhino hits chops then lariats and back elbows him. Eric knocks Myers over with a punch. 

Eric dropkicks Hammer and Hammer appears to have hurt his ankle. Myers flying knees Eric. Eric takes a double suplex. Skyler legdrops Eric and stomps on him. Eric gets triple teamed by the heels. Eric makes a comeback. 3 people are on the buckles for a double superplex. Hammer back elbows Joe. Rhino spears Hammer. Rhino does the powerbomb on a tower of doom spot.

Joe hits 3 opponents then lariats them. Joe fallaway slams 3 people including Hammer. Myers hits a big lariat on Joe and takes a slingshot spear from Skyler. Rhino spears Hammer and Skyler. Myers spears Rhino. Joe hits a standing ovation on Myers and pins him.

Thoughts:
It was a total waste of Joe Hendry. This is the best they could come up with for TNA's biggest star? It was a short and nothing match. There were just too many people involved and they were not guys who were going to fly around and do wild spots.

Joe tries to put the turkey suit on Myers after. Myers tries to leave but gets surrounded by the faces. Rhino belly to belly suplexes Myers and Joe hits an AA on Myers. Rhino then spears Myers. The faces then put the turkey suit on Myers.

Rosemary does a promo in the back. We can't hear most of it. She says something about Masha Slamovich and her match tonight. She says they can take everything good in their lives and says there's nothing you can do to stop her.

TNA X-Division Title Match - Moose (c) vs. Laredo Kid

They shove each other. Kid hits leg kicks and takes a knee to the body. Kid hits more kicks and slaps him. Kid tries to walk up the ropes and is pushed off the top to the floor. Kid is sent hard into the rails.

Moose tries to rip Kid's mask. Kid hits step up enzugiri's and Moose pump kicks him. Moose rips the mask more and stomps on him while he's in tree of woe. Alisha Edwards rubs Kid's face into the mat.

Kid rolls him up for 2 then hurricanrana's him. Moose uranages him. Alisha tries to rip Kid's mask off. Moose slaps him then chops him down. Kid hits a top rope dropkick then flip dives him off the post.

Kid slaps him outside. They get on the buckles and Moose blocks a top rope hurricanrana. Kid hits a top rope spanish fly for 2. Moose gets his knees up on Kid's 450. Moose hits a rolling spear then hits another one to wind.

Thoughts: I didn't like this. It was stupid that Moose could block a hurricanrana but then right after, could not block a top rope spanish fly. The spanish fly ended up meaning nothing here and Kid lost this one as expected.

No Disqualification Match - Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin

Steve is wearing skull style facepaint. They hockey fight to start. Josh facekicks him then is lariated over the top. Steve then topes him. Josh is thrown into the steps then has his head banged off the apron. Steve back elbows him and hits lariats to the back of the neck. Josh hits germans on him then Steve hits his own german.

Steve chops him in the corner then takes a german into the ropes. They fight on the outside and Josh hits punches to the head. Steve takes a back body drop on the floor. Josh then takes a death valley driver through a table. 

Josh gets hit with a trash can lid. Josh hits forearms and elbows. Josh goes for the ankle lock but Steve breaks it up by hitting him with a trash can lid. Steve takes a slam on the apron. Josh hits him with a trash can. Josh puts the can on Steve's head then hits him with a piece of the table. Steve is sat on the apron and Josh crossbodies his back. Josh hits him with a trash can.

Josh grabs a door and Steve dropkicks it into him. Steve then elbow drops the door onto Josh on the floor. Steve hits Josh with a piece of a table. Josh hits Steve's knee with a door and table pieces. Josh bangs Steve's knee off the mat. Two chairs are put across from each other and Josh takes an alabama slam through them.

Steve hits lariats on him then hits mounted punches of the thesz press. Steve uranage backbreakers him. Josh hits corner spears and Steve pumping knees a chair into Josh's head for 2. Steve comes off the top and Josh throws a chair in his face. Josh then picks him up and torture rack drops him through a table. Steve takes a bad landing on his arm and face and I don't know why they thought this was a good idea.

Josh ankle locks him and Steve rolls him into a trash can between the buckles. Josh is put in tree of woe and takes crosshairs spears. Steve hits a KIA for 2 but pulls him up. Steve brings in bullet shells. Josh kicks him in the crotch.

They slap each other and forearm flurry each other. Steve hits a 2nd rope KIA on the shell-casings and wins.

Thoughts: This went long at 23:46. I wasn't a fan of it. It was a slower match. They did too much here with both guys going through tables and Josh taking two KIA's. Josh worked on Steve's leg for a while but it was forgotten about. The first half of this was also almost all weapons shots which wasn't super interesting to watch either. 

Zack Wentz says Trey Miguel had travel issues and couldn't be here, in typical TNA tradition. He said he called The Shaman and says the bro is in the building. Matt Riddle then comes out. 

KUSHIDA, Matt Riddle & Zachary Wentz vs. Ace Austin & The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy)

Ace takes down Wentz and Wentz goes for la magistral. Wentz hits him in the gut. Ace cartwheels over him and armdrags him. Wentz headscissors him and ducks a spin kick. They stand off.

Jeff and Wentz go at it. Wentz waistlocks him and Jeff slides out. Wentz chases him and Matt Hardy nails Wentz from behind. Wentz takes a chest shot + backdrop. Matt Hardy side headlocks Wentz then shoulders him over. Wentz kips up and bakflips out of a wristlock then armdrags him.

Wentz corkscrew crossbodies Matt off the buckles. Kush bangs Matt Hardy's arm off his shoulder then surfboards him. Matt Hardy bangs Kush's arm off his shoulder. Jeff works Kush's arm then Ace works Kush's arm as well. Kush takes an armdrag and Ace armlocks him.

Kush basement dropkicks Ace. Riddle is tagged in. He hits karelins' lifts on Ace and fisherman suplexes him. Ace takes a PK and senton. Riddle is thrown out. Jeff hits corner spears on Wentz then sends him into the buckles. Matt 2nd rope elbow drops Wentz's arm. Matt bangs Wentz's head off the buckles. Wentz's throat is catapulted into the ropes. Ace comes in and chinlocks Wentz. Wentz boots him out of the corner and tags in Riddle. Riddle does a pele kick on Wentz then pumping knees Matt Hardy. Riddle exploders Ace then sentons and PK's him. Riddle powerbombs Ace and knees him in the face for 2.

Wentz hits boots on Ace. Kush hits kicks to Wentz's arms then they high kick each other down at the same time. Jeff and Wentz get in. Jeff knocks him down a few times, atomic drops him and legdrops him low. Jeff then basement dropkicks him. Wentz hits a jumping knee.

Jeff hits a whisper in the wind on Wentz and Kush. Jeff jumps off Matt's back and splashes Wentz in the corner. Ace superkicks Riddle and Wentz handspring knees Ace. Matt hits a side effect and Jeff spin kicks Kush. Everyone is down.

Jeff and Riddle trade shots. Jeff canadian destroyers Riddle. Kush hiptoss cartwheel basement dropkicks Ace. Kush handspring double back elbows The Hardy's. Kush forearms both Hardy's down. Kush takes a twist of fate into a neckbreaker. Jeff hits a tope rope swanton on Kush and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like this being a face vs face match. I also didn't like Riddle debuting here nor did I like him losing in his debut. I'm not sure why Riddle agreed to this. It was a different match with both teams being faces and The Hardy's kind of having to be more heelish here. It wasn't what it should have been and was about average.

TNA Knockouts World Title Two Out Of Three Falls Match - Masha Slamovich (c) vs. Jordynne Grace

1st Fall - Masha wristlocks her. Masha throws her over by the arm and JG hammerlocks her. JG headscissors her and they stand off. JG boots her then shoulders her over. JG lariats her then spinebusters her for 2. Masha hook kicks her then gori specials her into the ropes.

Masha facekicks her on the ropes. Masha knees her in the her face and lariats her. Masha hits snapmares then corkscrew topes her. Masha legsweeps her then PK's her. JG package piledrivers her on the apron.

They fight outside and reverse tombstone attempts. Masha then piledrivers her on the floor. Of course it's only worth a 2 count. JG hits slams. Masha head kicks her twice and JG hits an air raid crash for 2. They try pin attempts and JG gets a pin.

2nd Fall
- Masha hits an upkick and a step up knee and facekick in the corner. Masha koppo kicks her for 2. Masha throws her over by the arm and pulls on both arms. JG puts her in a full nelson. Masha goes for a sleeper and is dropped backwards for 2. JG lariats her over for 2. 

Masha rolls her and double stomps her. Masha then sleepers her. JG hits a vertebreaker for 2. Masha tornado ddt's her then guillotines her on the mat. JG hits a vader bomb and Masha cradles her. Masha gets the pin.

3rd Fall - JG hits mounted shots. Rosemary is in the aisle way. Masha and JG trade forearms. Masha spin kicks her then kicks her from the mat. Masha knees her in the face and does a deadlift sitout powerbomb. Masha package piledrivers her and wins.

Thoughts:
I didn't like this. The 3rd fall was short and pretty weak which makes no sense since the third fall is the most important fall. The match wasn't that great. The crowd is not mic'd up well here and the pacing was just not that good. I also didn't like the vertebreaker meaning nothing here.

TNA World Title Match - Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Eddie Edwards

They roll on the ropes. Nic takes him down and rolls him for 2. Eddie goes out to stall. Nic side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Eddie trips him and Nic headscissors him. Nic hits punches and goes into the buckles chest first. Eddie hits mounted punches. Nic gets sent chest first into the buckles again. Eddie side headlocks him.

Nic headbutts him then takes a lariat. Eddie chops him. Nic hits a dropkick. Nic neckbreakers him and hits elbow drops. Eddie eye pokes him outside and Eddie's head is banged off the rails. Nic headbutts him then superkicks the timekeeper when Eddie moves.

Eddie punches him in the entrance way. They get back in and Nic hits a top rope elbow drop for 2. Nic goes for the superkick and Eddie backbreakers him. Eddie knee drops him. Eddie lariats him for 2. Eddie chinlocks him. Nic headbutts him then they double clothesline each other. They trade punches. Nic headbutts him. Alisha trips Nic and Eddie knocks Nic over. The ref ejects Alisha for tripping Nic. Nic hits corner punches on Eddie.

Nic thesz presses him and hits mounted punches. Eddie hits a blue thunder for 2. Eddie hits a backpack stunner for 2. Nic hits a fameasser for 2. Alisha Edwards comes back out after being ejected. The ref sees her an ddoesn't care. Alisha tries to hit Nic and Eddie ends up getting pushed into her. Alisha hits Nic with the TNA title and Eddie gets a 2 count off of it. Eddie hits a shining wizard for 2. Nic hits a danger zone for 2.

Nic lariats him over the top and goes down with him to the floor. Brian Myers comes out in the turkey costume and gets in the ring. JBL then comes out. JBL hits a big clothesline on Brian. Eddie pops Nic up then takes a headbutt. Nic superkicks him then hits a danger zone and gets the win.

Thoughts:
It wasn't that interesting as expected. Alisha was ejected, came back out and the ref did nothing about it. JBL and Brian Myers came in the ring and the ref didn't care either. I don't think anyone bought that Eddie was winning this one and he lost as expected. The work wasn't awful or anything but it got off to a slow start and didn't have a lot of exciting parts to it.

Overall thoughts: I didn't like this show. The lighting was bad. The crowd wasn't mic'd up well so you couldn't hear them even though they seemed to be into it. None of the matches had a great build to them either. The main and semi main didn't really deliver and Maclin/Alexander was a long and dangerous match with weak selling. Joe Hendry got wasted in a turkey suit match, Riddle lost in his debut and Santana/Kaz was not a good way to get this off and running. TNA just did put out the best effort possible for this and it was just not a good show. I would give this one a 4 out of 10 and would not recommend it.

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