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Jeff Hardy starts off tonight's show. He feels something is off about the deal Matt Hardy made to Ethan Carter III, and asks him to come to the ring. He does. Jeff knows he and Matt have become famous out of taking huge risks, and owes Matt so much, but he feels uneasy about tonight's main event. Matt feels he's let everyone down, but says tonight is the night for this. He knows Ethan Carter III uses his ego to get around, and decided to beat him at his own game by putting his TNA career on the line. He plans to beat EC3 at his own game and make everyone proud. Jeff understands, and says Matt still has a chance. Suddenly, Tyrus shows up and says that their dreams will become nightmares. He says Matt has made a mistake and that EC3 will take care of him, but says that Jeff made an even bigger mistake by insulting his intelligence, and challenges him right then and there. Hardy agrees, and they have their match right now.
Jeff Hardy beats Tyrus by disqualification after Tyrus shoves the ref down outside of the ring. After the match, Jeff Hardy hits a Twist of Fate from out of nowhere.
The Feast or Fired match happens next week!
The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) have come out on top in TNA for the last two years...and they want Beer Money (Bobby Roode and "The Cowboy" James Storm) in a match. Suddenly, they are attacked by a crazed Crazzy Steve and by Abyss.
Thanks to Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne fending off the rest of The Dollhouse (Jade, Marti Bell, Rebel), Gail Kim retains the TNA Knockouts Championship against Awesome Kong.
Beer Money (Bobby Roode and "The Cowboy" James Storm) show up and call out Eric Young and Bram. Instead, they get Eli Drake and Jessie Godderz. Eli Drake says Beer Money's time has come and gone, and Jessie Godderz plans on breaking the both of them. Beer Money go to town on the both of them and immediately get this match started.
Beer Money (Bobby Roode and "The Cowboy" James Storm) beat Eli Drake and Jessie Godderz.
It is announced that Jeff Hardy has re-injured his leg.
Reby Sky, Matt Hardy and son Maxwell meet up with Jeff Hardy. Matt tells Jeff to get medical treatment for his knee, and says he'll be fine in his match tonight.
Kurt Angle shows up. He thanks the fans, and says that his match against Drew Galloway last week was wonderful, and that it was the kind of match he'd like to have on his farewell tour. When he asks who's next, Lashley appears. He says he respects Angle more than anyone else in the business for discovering him and helping him get into professional wrestling. He also remembers their match from this time last year, and even though Lashley lost, he says the match was incredible. He has looked back on it frequently, and he wants another match with Angle. Angle doesn't know if he can beat Lashley again, but he's up to challenge and grants him a rematch. Lashley then says "I'm gonna beat your ass, Kurt."
Lashley meets Raquel backstage, who tells him "your pain is my pleasure."
"The Miracle" Mike Bennett beats Pepper Parks. After the match, Bennett says that the audience has just witnessed a real life miracle and that he is building "a kingdom of miracles."
Ethan Carter III tells Matt Hardy that this ends tonight, as he says that Hardy cannot beat him. The camera zooms out to reveal that EC3 and Tyrus are sitting in an ambulance, and EC3 says that Hardy will be leaving in it tonight.
Matt Hardy beats Ethan Carter III in a Last Man Standing match with help from wife Reby Sky and from a turncoat Tyrus to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship! During the match, Hardy uses unsavory tacts to beat EC3, causing Hardy to turn heel and Ethan Carter III to turn face.
After the match, Matt Hardy says he beat the unbeaten Ethan Carter III and win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for Matt Hardy. She then calls the fans "gnats," "ants," and "insignificant," then puts his wife Reby Sky on a pedestal and says Tyrus made the right business decision by turning on EC3. After saying that this is the beginning of "Big Money Matt," he places EC3 head on top of a steel chair, then smacks him in the head with another one before he, Reby and Tyrus head to the top of the entrance ramp and lift Matt's arms high in victory to end the show.
The show begins with Jeremy Borash hosting a contract signing for the Lethal Lockdown match between TNA and GFW between Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett appears first with his wife, Karen, followed by Dixie. Both sides are allowed a few words, starting with Dixie. She finds it sad that the situation has come down to this, and insists that she never removed Jeff Jarrett from power and that Jeff left, and that she was hopeful they would together rewrite the ending for this company, but it is now all in the past. She's at the table for TNA, the fans and the roster that she's willing to invest in, and signs her contract. Karen tells Dixie she's delusional, and Dixie retorts by saying "And I'm not speaking with you." Jeff says that tonight is a moment in history, and that tonight the professional wrestling business forging forward. He brings up Eric Young allowing Chris Mordetzky to beat Drew Galloway last week, saying that EY is investing in him and Karen while he was still under TNA contract. Jeff says that the first dollar invested in TNA was his, and he has the right to be at the table. But he insists that Dixie Carter made a fatal mistake in removing him from power, and setting the wheels in motion for the hostile corporate takeover, which he plans to complete tonight with the Lethal Lockdown victory so he can assume the mantle of two professional wrestling companies. He plans to send Dixie Carter back to the outside of the wrestling business looking in, then signs his contract. After both contracts are placed in the briefcase, Jarrett grabs the briefcase, but Jeremy Borash says that the briefcase will be in a safe location until there is a winner. Jarrett then attacks Jeremy Borash, and Karen tells JB to keep the briefcase as she and Jeff will be coming back for it later.
Jeff Hardy brings Ethan Carter III and Tyrus to the arena. EC3 has another gift for him in the back, and Hardy takes it. The whole time, EC3 has Hardy do every little thing for him.
Bigfoot is in the front row during Mahabali Shera's entrance for a plug for Alaska Monsters on Destination America.
Mahabali Shera beats Abyss after avoiding a attack from Abyss with Janice and an interference attempt from "The Cowboy" James Storm.
Ethan Carter III and Tyrus watch a cat video as EC3 says they plan to "party hardy at a Hardy party with Jeff Hardy."
Jeff Jarrett fires up the troops of GFW backstage.
Ethan Carter III and Tyrus show up. After talking about how he makes the TNA title look good, EC3 brings out Jeff Hardy, who is now in a suit with EC3's face plastered all over it as he carries the giant EC3 face on a stick to the ring. The fans chant "Hardy," and Hardy is told to ask the fans to stop chanting for him, and he does with little effort after initial reluctance, after EC3 tells him he needs the personal assistant job to support his family. Suddenly, Rockstar Spud appears and talks about how the current situation looks familiar, and says he'd wear the suit Hardy is wearing if it didn't have EC3's face on it. He says he came to EC3 for a job in TNA and did everything he had to do, but reminds him that his new personal assistant is, of course, Jeff Hardy, and says that he's garbage compared to Hardy. As the fans chant "You are garbage," he asks Spud if garbage is an undefeated TNA champion who has beaten everyone in his path and is something the company is built on, then hits Spud in the head with the mic. EC3, Hardy and Tyrus leave, but Spud attacks again as they do. Tyrus and EC3 attack Spud again, then EC3 orders Hardy to hit Spud...and he does, with Hardy telling Spud that he's sorry before he hits him.
Jeff Jarrett and Drew Galloway argue backstage, with Jarrett saying that the future of TNA rides on the Lethal Lockdown match tonight, and that he has a fifth man waiting in the wings.
Gail Kim beats Brooke, Awesome Kong and Lei'D Tapa with a Sunset Flip reversal on Brooke to win the TNA Knockouts Championship for the fifth time. Brooke and Gail Kim show respect after the match.
Team TNA (Drew Galloway, Lashley, Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) meet backstage. They know that they are TNA's last stand, and know what they have to do to win.
Ethan Carter III and Tyrus meet with Jeff Hardy. EC3 is incensed that he has to defend the World title next week against Rockstar Spud. Hardy asks EC3 if he's afraid, and EC3 says he isn't as he has Hardy in his corner.
Team TNA (Davey Richards, Drew Galloway, Lashley, Eddie Edwards, Bram) beats Team GFW (Sonjay Dutt, Eric Young, Brian Myers, Chris Mordetzky, Jeff Jarrett) in a Lethal Lockdown match, allowing Dixie Carter total ownership of TNA. During the match, GFW's fifth man for Lethal Lockdown is revealed to be Eric Young, while Team TNA's fifth man is revealed to be Bram. After Team GFW leave, Team TNA receives the briefcase from the beginning of the show and Dixie Carter celebrates with Team TNA.
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Jeff and Karen Jarrett shows up with various members of the Global Force Wrestling roster. The stars of GFW square off against the stars of TNA!
Jeff and Karen Jarrett enter the ring to start the show. He is surprised by what has transpired since the phone call from Dixie Carter. He talks about his founding of Global Force Wrestling, and how it is competition at the highest level...which is what tonight will be like now that he is in charge. He plans to create a new rivalry, now that he's asked Dixie to bring Global Force Wrestling back, and he's doing it for the fans. For the first time ever, GFW takes on TNA. and Sonjay Dutt of GFW taks on Tigre Uno of TNA. TNA's Awesome Kong takes on GFW's Lei'D Tapa. The Wolves defend the TNA Tag Team titles against Trevor Lee and Brian Myers. Jarrett also mentions that he will defend the TNA King of the Mountain championship tonight, but as he does, Eric Young shows up. EY says he doesn't care about the fans or Jarrett; he only cares about himself. He calls himself the King of the World, saying he beat Kurt Angle twice and took Chris Melendez's leg off because he felt like it. He then demands he play promoter and make a match between him and Jarrett for the King of the Mountain title, with every intention of taking the title as well as Jarrett's dignity and career. Jarrett says he doesn't work for him, and he damn sure doesn't work for EY. He says that the King of the Mountain is neither a GFW or a TNA title, and that the first-ever interpromotional King of the Mountain match is tonight. He gives EY a spot in it, then leaves. EY attacks Jarrett as soon as Jarrett turns his back. Members of the GFW chase EY out of the ring, and EY is joined by some TNA wrestlers. Men from both sides brawl against each other.
Jeff Jarrett tells his roster to win his matches and says this is not an invasion.
Royal Red introduces himself and re-introduces Lei'D Tapa to the TNA audience before the next match, and says that all who challenge her will bow down.
Awesome Kong vs. Lei'D Tapa ends in a double count-out. Both women brawl after the match, but Awesome Kong brings it to a quick end.
We meet PJ Black (formerly Justin Gabriel). He prepares for King of the Mountain like he does the rest of his matches, and he's here to show the world what PJ Black is all about.
Drew Galloway is no stranger to the King of the Mountain match, and he plans to get the job done for TNA and himself after being in such a match once before at Slammiversary XIII.
Bobby Roode is here. He says that to say that things are getting crazy around here is an understatement. There are a lot of unanswered questions with a lot of unknowns around here, and he's frustrated. Roode is also frustrated that he wasn't even considered for tonight's King of the Mountain match, and says if Jarrett has a problem with it, he should say it to his face. He also calls out Rockstar Spud for ending Austin Aries' TNA career last week, and Spud shows up. He says that that match is proof that anybody can come in and beat anybody at any time. Roode then sarcastically thanks him for a job well done. Spud says he'd never thought he'd be in the same ring as Roode and that Roode could be such a condescending prick. After talking about all the times he's proved people wrong, from becoming a wrestler to facing Kurt Angle to beating Austin Aries and ending his TNA career, and how he's been an underdog his entire life, he tells Roode that unlike other "little guys," this little guy fights back. Roode tells Spud he's right, but says that if he was in the ring with Spud and not Aries, he'd make sure he'd end Spud's career, and he'll take his aggression out on anybody that he likes. Spud then get the first shot on Roode, but Roode gets the upper hand and beats Spud up, hitting him with the microphone, throwing him into the steel steps and choking him with own jacket before putting him in the Crossface.
Jeff Jarrett confronts Bobby Roode for his actions towards Rockstar Spud. Roode calls it a wake-up for Jeff Jarrett and TNA management.
Lashley beats "The Man" Jesse Godderz to qualify for the King of the Mountain match later tonight.
Drew Galloway has been found knocked out backstage in the same area Bully Ray was knocked out last week...
Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett and Dixie Carter meet up to figure out what to do about the mystery attacks. Jeff pledges to keep an eye on the show while Dixie heads to the hospital to check on Drew Galloway.
Ethan Carter III shows up. He talks about what the TNA World Heavyweight Championship means to him: a culmination of his life work and proof that he's better than any other person in any locker room. He goes on to make fun of Matt Hardy's loss to him and says that he will be world champion here, now and forever. Matt Hardy shows up and congratulates EC3 for beating him in a match that he and brother Jeff Hardy made into a TNA specialty, but tells EC3 that he is not going away as long as he is champion. EC3 admits that nobody has ever hit him as hard as when Hardy leg dropped him through the table, but he can't decide if he gets another shot at the World championship and lets the fans do it. The fans want it, and Hardy wants it, but EC3 ultimately says no and Tyrus clocks Hardy before holding him down so EC3 can hit him with the World title.
Tary Terrell asks Jade and Marti Bell to fight her in a cage and end her forever so Gail Kim won't be able to lay a finger on her again. This match is official for next week.
Chris Mordetzky calls King of the Mountain Global Force Wrestling's chance to outshine TNA, and his own chance to walk out as the best man and become King of the Mountain.
The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) beat Trevor Lee and Brian Myers.
Lashley says that he can go into any match and beat anyone they throw at him. He plans to defend TNA in the King of the Mountain match and defend TNA well by destroying anyone thrown in his path.
Tigre Uno beats Sonjay Dutt.
Jeff Jarrett meets Ethan Carter III and Tyrus and tells EC3 he's proud of him, but EC3 thinks this is some sort of facade and tells him he's got his eyes on him. He tells him to watch the King of the Mountain match tonight, as the winner gets a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Mr. Anderson's recent feud with Bram has made him come to the conclusion that he's quitting when he's good and ready. Next week, Anderson takes on Bram in an Open Mic Challenge. Whoever grab the microphone gets to use it as a weapon.
Robbie E replaces Drew Galloway in the King of the Mountain match after Drew Galloway was attacked earlier in the night.
PJ Black beats Robbie E, PJ Black, Chris Mordetzky and Eric Young to win the TNA King of the Mountain Championship! Ethan Carter III can be seen holding up the TNA Heavyweight Championship at the top of the entrance ramp.
Mike Tenay hosts the contract signing for Ethan Carter III vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. After both men get in the ring, they get a chance to have their say prior to the bout. Ethan Carter III lays some sweet poetry about whom Kurt Angle has beaten in his career before telling him that unlike all those legends, he hasn't been beaten and that he will be Angle's endgame. Angle says the best matches are made for him, and that this one will be no different, especially when he plans to make this match a nightmare for EC3. According to the contract, both men will have "tune-up matches" prior to the match that will happen in 14 days' time, and EC3 finds out straight from Angle that he's facing Lashley.
Before The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) and The Dirty Heels (Bobby Roode and Austin Aries) face off in Match 4 of their Best of Five Series, The Wolves say that the tag team titles are what counts as they signify who is the best tag team in the world, and that they have proven that before with every tag team that's been thrown in their path. After they call The Wolves call The Dity Heels out, Bobby Roode shows up and says Austin Aries isn't medically cleared due to his match with Kurt Angle last week, and that he and Aries call the shots. The Wolves then challenge Roode to a singles match, and Roode almost doesn't want to do it until he comes up with a grand idea in order to see how badly The Wolves want him in the ring: whoever wins the match gets to pick the stipulation for the fourth match in their Best of Five Series. They like the idea, and Eddie Edwards challenges Roode to a match, right here, right now. Roode accepts the challenge.
Eddie Edwards beats Bobby Roode when Austin Aries suddenly shows up and tosses a steel chair to Roode only for Davey Richards to take it from him, leading to Edwards stacking Roode up off the distraction. Richards and Edwards immediately pick Full Metal Mayhem as the stipulation for Match 4 of their Best of Five Series.
Jeremy Borash runs into Joseph Park, who has fallen on hard times since his ugly exit from Impact Wrestling. He plans to make a comeback by challenging Bram tonight.
Bram is backstage. He doesn't like cameras, apparently.
Bram beats Joseph Park after putting him through a table.
Taryn Terrell has set up a stipulation for tonight's tag match between The Dollhouse (Taryn, Jade, Marti Bell) and the team of Brooke and Awesome Kong. If Brooke and Kong win, they both get a shot at the Knockouts title. If they lose, they can never get a Knockouts title shot for as long as she holds the title.
The world is burning. Playtime's over...
Brooke and Awesome Kong beat The Dollhouse (Jade and Marti Bell) to secure title shots at Taryn Terrell and the TNA Knockouts Championship.
Chris Melendez shows up. He's not happy at all that Eric Young ripped his prosthetic leg and disrespected him and everything he represents. He calls out Eric Young, who shows up promptly. He shows impressive respect for Melendez' military career, but says he doesn't care about him, the fans or anybody except himself. As for ripping his leg out and choking him with it, he came up with the idea on the spur of the moment. When he asks how badly Melendez wants him alone in the ring next week, Melendez makes it clear he wants him very badly. The match is on for next week.
Jessie Godderz beats DJ Z with the Boston Crab. After the match, he tells DJ Z that his attack on him was no mistake, and tortures him as he puts himself on a pedestal, saying he's the reason that he and Robbie E won the tag team titles twice. As he goes for a press slam on DJ Z, Robbie E shows up and brawls with Jessie, forcing Jessie to retreat.
Magnus shows up and threatens to crack open some heads until "The Cowboy" James Storm comes out. Security shows up, followed by Storm. Storm tries to sow distrust between Magnus and Mickie James and make himself look like the bad guy, then pulls out a baby stroller that he plans to use as an "insurance policy" against Magnus. Magnus goes after Storm, and decks the security guards that hold him back only to find out that the stroller only has a doll inside and not his son Donovan. Storm runs away and Magnus gives chase.
Ethan Carter III beats Lashley despite three referees having to make the count due to Tyrus attacking all of them.
Eric Young is in the ring demanding who the special guest referee for his World title match against Kurt Angle is, and says he will be World champ one way or another. Out of nowhere, Bully Ray shows up, and says it's him.
The shows starts with Ethan Carter III entering to the ring with Tyrus, saying he's doing this for the fans and that he plans to beat Anderson as a gentlemen's champion of arm wrestling.. Mr. Anderson shows up, tells EC3 to shut up, then reveals that his Falls Count Anywhere stipulation beat Ethan's Arm Wrestling stip 85% to 15%.
Ethan Carter III beats Mr. Anderson in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
Kurt Angle asks Bully Ray if he's going to call the match down the middle. Bully Ray replies "Do you know who I am?"
Gail Kim talks to Awesome Kong in the back. She wants to know if they're on the same page tonight. Kong walks away.
The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Kenny King, Low Ki) show up in masks. MVP says Homicide can't be here tonight because he's been injured and needs shoulder surgery, and blames it on The Rising (Drew Galloway, Eli Drake, Micah). He then tries to make the BDC look like the good guys to no avail as they call out The Rising. They show up, say that anybody could have jumped Homicide, then shifts the blame onto Kenny King. MVP isn't down with this, and says that he doesn't care about the fans; only the money and the power. MVP challenges Galloway to a match, and he's all too eager to oblige.
Drew Galloway beats MVP. After the match, Galloway is attacked with a steel chair by Eric Young, and Kenny King and Low Ki attack Micah and Eli Drake.
James Storm has a gift for Mickie James...
James Storm shows up in the ring with a gift-wrapped box. He then introduces Mickie James to the ring. After calling Mickie an amazing wrestler, mother and friend, Mickie gets a chance to open the present, and inside is a guitar. Storm and Mickie take a selfie, then Magnus shows up. Storm has a gift for him: a helmet signifying the Brutus Magnus gimmick. Magnus and Mickie leave, but Storm has a gift for their son: a doll for when he goes to sleep at night. This gets Magnus' goat, and he gets back in the ring and smacks the guitar right into Storm's head. Mickie and Magnus leave, and as Storm gets back up, he is smiling, revealing that this is part of Storm's dark plans.
Gail Kim confronts Taryn Terrell in public, and almost makes a scene.
Eric Young asks MVP, Kenny King and Low Ki for their help to take the World title from Kurt Angle.
The Dollhouse (Taryn Terrell, Marti Bell, Jade) beat Gail Kim and Awesome Kong. After the match, Gail and Kong lay out Marti Bell.
Matt Hardy sits backstage with the TNA World Tag Team Championships.
Mickie James is at odds with Magnus over what he did to James Storm earlier.
Jeremy Borash interviews Matt Hardy in the ring. Jeff Hardy may be injured from a motorbike accident, but he and Jeff are the best tag team in the world. He then vacates the TNA World Tag Team Championships, then says it's time to go home and figure out what's next. As he leaves, The Dirty Heels (Bobby Roode and Austin Aries) show up. Aries hasn't forgotten Eric Young, and will get his revenge after tonight. He then focuses on the tag team titles, saying that he and Roode have won it before and they're two of the best on the planet. Roode agrees, Davey Richards shows up, saying they should be on the waists of the best in the world, and the best are the Wolves. He then reveals that his tag team partner, Eddie Edwards, is back. Edwards shows up and says he's medically cleared. After proclaiming The Wolves (Richards, Edwards) are the best, he then challenges The Dirty Heels to a Best of Five series for the titles. The Dirty Heels accept.
Angelina Love is in the ring, and all she cares about is herself. As she talks, Velvet Sky suddenly returns with colored streaks in her hair and a more rugged look. Angelina tries to suck up to Velvet, but it doesn't work. Angelina then snaps and says to a stone-faced Velvet that she made her, and without her, she's nothing. Velvet snaps and attacks Angelina.
Bully Ray tells Eric Young he's playing the World title match really loose, and that he's going to let him and Kurt Angle tear each other apart.
Despite interference from The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Kenny King, Low Ki) and Chris Melendez and The Rising (Drew Galloway, Micah, Eli Drake), Kurt Angle retains the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Eric Young.
Kurt Angle shows up and calls out Eric Young, who shows up. Angle wants to know which Eric Young he'll get, and EY tells him he'll get the best one - the real one - thanks to Angle keeping him from turning into a darker shadow of his former self. Austin Aries shows up, says the real EY turned on Bobby Roode and should not be trusted, then announces Angle will be defending against him and tells Eric Young to wait his turn, before telling Angle to prepare for an awesome match.
Brooke beats Madison Rayne, Gail Kim and Angelina Love in a four-way dance to become #1 contender for the TNA Knockouts Championship.
Micah is representing The Rising (Drew McIntyre, Eli Drake, Micah). Who represents the Beat Down Clan (MVP, Homicide, Kenny King, Low Ki)?
The Rising (Drew McIntyre, Eli Drake, Micah) meet up with The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Kenny King, Low Ki). Micah steps up for his team while MVP steps up for his. As he takes off his jacket outside of the ring, Kenny King attacks Micah, meaning King is stepping up instead, revealing that this was a dirty trick by MVP to get a few shots in on Micah.
Micah beats Kenny King, despite Drew Galloway and Eli Drake being booted from ringside and the constant cheating by The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Low Ki). After the match, MVP, King and Low Ki attack The Rising, and Homicide finally shows up with a baton to turn the tide in favor of The BDC. Low Ki then attacks Drew Galloway with a pipe.
Mike Tenay interviews Rockstar Spud...and Spud has come a long way.
In The Dollhouse's (Jade and Marti Bell) debut (which starts by them forcing Christy Hemme to announce them together as The Dollhouse), Laura Dennis (better known as Cherry Bomb) beats Jade by disqualification after Marti Bell attacks the referee for ejecting her for tripping Dennis. After Christy Hemme annouces Dennis is the winner, The Dollhouse take their anger out on Hemme by sending her into the steel steps and putting the jawbreaker they were licking on in her mouth.
Kurt Angle talks to Eric Young in the back. He's tired of waiting for the title match and doesn't even know if he wants to be in TNA anymore.
Magnus thanks the fans for their support, then introduces his fiancee Mickie James into the ring. Mickie James says she's going home to be a mother, and thanks the fans for their support over the years. "The Cowboy" James Storm shows up and tries to talk her out of retirement, but Mickie has made her mind up. Storm then tries to rally her - and the fans - for one more match. Mickie decides to go for it. Magnus is a bit stone faced.
Backstage, Davey Richards reminds Magnus not to let "The Cowboy" James Storm deceive him and his family like he almost deceived him.
Davey Richards beats Manik. After the match, Abyss and Khoya attack Richards from behind, but The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) rush in and save the day.
Ethan Carter III announces #EC32015 as Tyrus holds balloons.
Ethan Carter III announces he is the next TNA World Heavyweight Champion. As he says that "the amount of unemployment and lazy millennials will go down" and that the United States will be united under Ethan Carter III, he says he will defend the title on the moon and on Mars. Mr. Anderson shows up, and says that he considers him so much of a pathological liar that he should run for president with Anthony Weiner as his running mate before criticizing him for having Tyrus do his dirty work. This starts a short brawl between Anderson and EC3, and EC3 quickly retreats when Anderson goes for the Mic Check.
Taryn Terrell makes her match against Awesome Kong a no-disqualification match.
Taryn Terrell retains the TNA Knockouts Championship in a no-disqualification match against Awesome Kong thanks to the surprising assistance from The Dollhouse (Jade and Marti Bell), who attack Kong with kendo sticks and help Taryn put Kong through a table. Taryn's demeanor changes, and she reveals that she was in cahoots with the Dollhouse all along.
Austin Aries says he's cashing in to raise the bar around here...then runs into Eric Young, who is on his way out of the building.
Magnus asks the camera crew to keep an eye on Mickie James.
Austin Aries is attacked from behind by Eric Young before he can face Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He hits a few piledrivers on Aries, including one on the steel steps, before officials and Kurt Angle try to get him out of the ring. Eric Young punches out a security guy, then attacks Kurt Angle when he tells him to get out. EY removes Angle's protective knee brace, then hits the previously injured knee with a steel chair and puts the Figure Four Leg Lock on him to end the show.
The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) retain the TNA World Tag Team Championships against The Revolution (The Great Sanada and Manik) and The Bro Mans (Jessie Godders and DJ Z).
Austin Aries shows up. He's been out of action for a little while and without his World title shot briefcase thanks to The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Samoa Joe, Kenny King, Low Ki). He calls them out, and Samoa Joe and Low Ki show up. Aries has an idea: a match for the briefcase...and the X Division title that the BDC also stole from him. Low Ki sics Samoa Joe on him, and he tells Aries he'll have to go through Joe first.
Austin Aries beats Samoa Joe by disqualification after interference by Low Ki. After the match, Joe and Low Ki try to attack Austin Aries with his briefcase, but Austin Aries gets Low Ki to whack Joe with it by mistake and attacks Low Ki, getting his World title shot briefcase back. As he leaves, Rockstar Spud enters with his X Division title shot briefcase and cashes it in, picking the bones and winning the TNA X Division Championship from Low Ki. Spud then has to run back to the back so Low Ki and Samoa Joe don't beat him up.
Magnus and Bram brawl backstage...and the brawl heads to the ring, where officials have a handful trying to separate them. Mickie James shows up and also gets in some shots on Bram, then Magnus power bombs Bram into the entrance ramp as the latter tries to crawl back to the backstage area.
Taryn Terrell retains the TNA Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim and Awesome Kong in a three-way dance.
"The Cowboy" James Storm has dangerous plans in mind for Matt Hardy...
Kurt Angle knows what he's up against in Lashley, but he's up to the challenge tonight.
"The Cowboy" James Storm beats Matt Hardy in a no-disqualification match thanks to assistance from the rest of The Revolution (The Great Sanada, Manik, Abyss, Khoya). After the match, Storm knocks out Matt Hardy with the cowbell.
Kurt Angle beats Lashley with an Ankle Lock Submission to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion!
The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Samoa Joe, Kenny King, Low Ki) show up. Kenny King calls out Drew Galloway, stating that the BDC wants to rip him apart. MVP gives Drew an opportunity to explain himself in the ring and apologize. Galloway shows up in the crowd and gives them a voice, telling the BDC that they are screwing him him and the fans. King gives Galloway two choices - give up or get destroyed. Galloway says he's here to fight, and tells MVP to bring the boys to the back so he can fight him one-on-one. Kenny King steps up, telling the rest of the guys to leave so he can do this solo.
Drew Galloway beats Kenny King, then escapes the wrath of the rest of the Beat Down Clan (MVP, Samoa Joe, Low Ki).
Bobby Roode shows up. He's still standing after what Eric Young has done to him, and plans to be #1 contender for the World title. Kurt Angle shows up and says he's the one that will be beating Lashley. Angle says they don't have to wait to fight tonight, and as Angle approaches the ring, Eric Young attacks Bobby Roode only to be knocked out of the ring shortly after Angle pulls him off of Roode.
James Storm talks to Bram outside, trying to enlist him into the Revolution...and it seems they have a few things in common...
Bram hits the DDT that is now known as The Brighter Side of Suffering to beat Matt Hardy. After the match, Bram pulls out a metal turnbuckle from underneath the ring and is about to attack Matt Hardy with it when Magnus makes a surprise return, giving Bram a beatdown and telling him he's going to give him the beating his dad should have given him a long time ago.
Rockstar Spud tells Mr. Anderson that he's going to end this feud with Ethan Carter III tonight.
Rockstar Spud says the last few months have been the worst of his life, and thanks the fans for getting him through them. He then calls out Ethan Carter III, telling him to come alone. EC3 shows up, and Spud tells him he wants a one-on-one fight. EC3 accepts, on the condition that he gets to shave Spud's head if Spud loses. Spud says that's fine, but then makes it a Hair vs. Hair match, and Spud gets to cut EC3's hair if EC3 loses. EC3 accepts the challenge, but tells him that in this world, "the bad guys win." Spud reminds EC3 of when he told him he was fierce and that he was a lion and a gazelle, admitting he is none of those things and that he is, in fact, a man, before telling him he's going to shave his head bald.
Taryn Terrell beats Awesome Kong by disqualification and retains the TNA Knockouts Championship after Kong puts her hand on referee Earl Hebner. After the match, Kong tries to destroy Terrell, but Gail makes the save and Kong takes out her aggression on her instead.
Thanks to the help of Matt Hardy, The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) beat The Revolution ("The Cowboy" James Storm and Abyss) to become TNA Tag Team Champions!
Kurt Angle beats Eric Young and Bobby Roode after Eric Young hits Roode with a steel chair as the ref is down. Angle shows respect to Roode after the match, then Lashley shows up and stares down with Angle to end the show.
All matches take place inside a steel cage. Six Sides of Steel Match rules are in effect. There are no disqualifications, and there are three ways to win: pinfall, submission, or escaping the cage.
The Revolution ("The Cowboy" James Storm and Abyss) retain the TNA World Tag Team Championships against The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) thanks to a blue mist attack from The Great Sanada. After the match, The Revolution (Storm, Abyss, Sanada, Manik, Khoya) try to put The Hardys through tables. Matt goes through one, but Jeff fights back only to be conked in the back of the head by Storm's cowbell and falls off the top of the cage door, leading to him landing on the steel steps neck first and being knocked unconscious.
The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Low Ki, Samoa Joe, Kenny King) set up a game plan for tonight. MVP says he has an offer Kurt Angle can't refuse.
MVP, Eric Young and Kenny King are in the ring. MVP talks about how the six-sided cage can be dangerous while making light of Jeff Hardy's recent injury, and says it will be a bad night for anyone who crosses his path and that of the Beat Down Clan (MVP, King, Low Ki, Samoa Joe). After Eric Young says he'll make Bobby Roode bleed, MVP calls out Kurt Angle so they can have a conversation like men. Angle shows up with Austin Aries and Gunner, and MVP offers that they throw the match and save his partners' careers or else Angle will never walk again. Angle refuses, saying his team won't leave until they kick some ass. His team gets in the cage, and both sides brawl, with the end result being Gunner's arm getting wrecked after Samoa Joe takes a steel chair to it as the Beat Down Clan hold it against the steel cage door.
Gunner still plans on participating in the match between Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Gunner, Austin Aries) vs. The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Samoa Joe, Low Ki, Kenny King), and Kurt Angle tries to appeal to Bobby Lashley for help again.
Awesome Kong beats Havok.
Two weeks ago, Velvet Sky told Angelina Love about her being fired. Angelina Love is more relieved and happy about Velvet's sudden exit than Velvet would ever suspect.
When Lashley hears that Kurt Angle is looking for him, Lashley makes it known to Angle that he's not too hard to find.
Bobby Roode beats Eric Young, making good on his promise to make EY bleed.
Kurt Angle tries to get Lashley to join Team Angle, again to no avail.
Tyrus beats Rockstar Spud and Mandrews thanks to Ethan Carter III picking off Mandrews' ankle from ringside, causing Mandrews to hit the steel steps headfirst. After the match, EC3 tries to cut his opponents' hair, but Jeremy Borash cuts the power to the electric razor, causing EC3 to come after him.
Brooke beats Robbie E in a competition involving spinning around a baseball bat three times, climbing up the cage, getting in the ring and returning back to the start.
Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Austin Aries, Gunner) beats The Beat Down Clan (MVP, Kenny King, Samoa Joe, Low Ki) in a Lethal Lockdown match thanks to Team Angle gaining a sudden fourth member: Lashley, who has a change of heart and teases a backstab to set the stage for evened odds.
