Sacrifice was another terrible PPV offering from TNA. The entire show was for the most part a bore and most of the matches featured ridiculous nonsensical endings. This show will put even the most diehard TNA fans to sleep in a hurry.

 

Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed) and Eric Young vs. Motor City Machineguns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) and Sheik Abdul Bashir

 

You know that you’re dealing with a bad PPV when the match of the night is a contest that was just announced the day of the event and was the opener of the show. This was a good solid opener, about what you would expect from the men involved. The Guns saved the opening 7-8 minutes of this match from being a complete bore by hitting many double team moves, mostly on Creed. Once that period of the match is over, everyone was pretty much all in the ring at once and the match started to get really wild. A cool spot happened when Creed got kicked off the ring apron and landed right on the guardrail. After the Guns take out Eric Young late in the match, Bashir is able to hit a frog splash to him before hitting Lethal with the WMD Driver for a near-fall that is broken up by Creed. Young then connected with a double Death Valley Driver on the Guns, but Bashir throws him out of the ring. As Bashir was holding onto the ropes, the ref knocks his hands off, allowing Lethal to roll him up for the win for his team. A pretty decent opening match.

Match Rating: 6/10

 

 

Monster’s Ball: Daffney w/ Abyss vs. Taylor Wilde

 

The first ever women’s Monster’s Ball match was a complete disaster. It lasted just 3 minutes and hardly anything happened. Daffney slammed Wilde onto a trash can before getting dominated for the rest of the match. Wilde puts another can over Daffney’s head before hitting her with a hockey stick. Wilde gets the win after a Death Valley Driver onto a trash can. After this, Stevie Richards instructs Abyss to chokeslam Wilde onto thumbtacks. Lauren comes out to try to convince Abyss not to do it. After Stevie threatens her, Abyss snaps and chokeslams Stevie onto the tacks. Horrible match.

Match Rating: 1/10

 

 

TNA X Division Championship: Suicide (c) vs. Daniels

 

This match was the biggest disappointment of the evening. Who would have thought that a match between Christopher Daniels and Kaz would be so boring? Absolutely nothing was going on in this match throughout the first 5-10 minutes before Daniels attempts a springboard split legged moonsault to the outside and is met with a kick to the gut from Suicide. The two then brawl on the entrance ramp and Suicide connects with rolling fireman’s carry slam. With Suicide back in the ring, the Guns come out. Sabin distracts the ref and Daniels by talking to them outside the ring, while Shelley hits Suicide with a Codebreaker-like maneuver. After they leave, Daniels rolls up Suicide to win the title. However, Daniels asks the ref for a 5 minute overtime period because he did not like the way the match ended with the interference. What??? Anyway, the match actually picked up from this point. These two started to hit many more high flying moves and there were many near-falls and roll-ups. Suicide goes for a pin but only gets a two-count as the time expires. This means that Suicide is the champion. Huh? That just brought down the match rating.

Match Rating: 4/10

 

 

TNA Knockouts Women’s Championship: Angelina Love (c) vs. Awesome Kong

 

For the most part, this was wrestled like a squash match. Kong basically dominates the whole thing by chasing Love around the outside of the ring and punishing her. Love is able to get a brief advantage by hitting some kicks to Kong’s midsection but Kong quickly goes back to work. Love is able to get a hold of some perfume late in the match, and sprays it in Kong’s face while the ref is distracted. She then rolls up Kong to retain her title. After the match Kong did a couple Implant Busters to her. Another terrible match. Match Rating: 2/10

 

 

Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe

 

Yawn. Another match with pacing issues. I will give credit to Samoa Joe for showing some more athleticism than we have seen from him since he made his return with this Nation of Violence character. He was actually moving around pretty fast and hit a nice kick to the back of Nash’s head as well as some maneuvers off the top rope. Nash was also busted open a couple minutes into the match.  After Nash had taken control of the match momentarily, Joe locks in the Coquina Clutch to force Nash to submit. Thankfully this match only lasted about eight minutes as it was very poor in quality.

Match Rating: 3.5/10

 

 

Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament Finals: Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) vs. The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams) w/ Rob Terry

 

If Beer Money wasn’t such an entertaining tag team that knows how to work the crowd so well, this match would have been garbage. Instead it ends up being alright. Beer Money was pretty much in control throughout the bulk of this match. Rob Terry tried to interfere numerous times on his team’s behalf but was thrown out by the ref. I appreciated that Beer Money tried some new things in this match, such as James Storm hitting a hurricanrana off the top rope.  The British Invasion clearly need a lot of work as Magnus is still terrible and Williams showed he is still very green by hitting a very weak looking German uppercut. Late in this match, British Invasion tried to use their stolen Feast or Fired case as a weapon, but Beer Money ends up winning the match after Williams takes a superkick from Storm and a shot from the Feast or Fired case from Roode. Not too bad of a match but there is no excusing British Invasion’s horrible in-ring work.

Match Rating: 5/10

 

 

“I Quit” match for the TNA Legends Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs. Booker T

 

This probably would have been match of the night if not for a terrible ending sequence. This match was very similar to the I Quit match between Matt and Jeff Hardy at WWE’s Backlash in that the two men focused more on submission holds to try to get each other to quit rather than using weapons. Booker and AJ seem to have some chemistry in the ring and each worked over the other’s arm throughout the match. Many arm bars were utilized, and AJ was also able to connect with a Pele and a flying forearm at one point. This match was going along great with the mat wrestling, until the finish came. AJ flips over Booker and locks in an armbar that he holds in for quite some time. As Sharmell tried to will Booker to break the hold, Jenna Morasca comes out to the ring and throws in the towel for Booker. What???? Throwing in the towel is bad enough, but she’s not even Booker’s manager! This match would have been pretty good if not for this. Instead it just ends up being average.

Match Rating: 5/10

 

 

Four Way Ultimate Sacrifice for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (only if Foley is pinned): Mick Foley (c) vs. Sting vs. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett

 

In this match, the world title was only at stake if Foley was to be pinned. This match was entertaining in some parts but mostly very sloppy. The match started off with all four guys brawling in the ring, and Sting almost locks in the Scorpion Deathlock on Foley before those two brawl outside the ring. There was some good stuff going on between Angle and Jarrett, as Jarrett had a figure four locked in at one point, and Angle put on the Ankle Lock. While Jarrett was in the Ankle Lock, Foley re-entered and gives Jarrett Mr. Socko. Sting then returns to the ring and Foley exits to go to the announce table and commentate with Tenay and West. This is beginning to feel like an iMPACT main event.  Angle is able to put the Ankle Lock on Jarrett and Sting before leaping over the announce table onto Foley and hitting him with an Angle Slam. After hitting a second slam on Jarrett, Sting traps him in the Scorpion Deathlock. Foley comes back in the ring and puts a double Socko on Jarrett and Sting. After the ref is knocked out, Angle puts the Ankle Lock on Foley while Jarrett hits Sting with a guitar. A chair is set up in the ring as Jarrett brawls with Angle. Foley and Sting fight outside the ring while this is going on. Jarrett connects with a Stroke on Angle off the top rope onto the chair, and Sting suddenly leaps into the ring to get the pin on Angle and win leadership of the Main Event Mafia. Foley keeps his title since he wasn’t pinned. A somewhat exciting but also very sloppily executed main event. There was a lot going on but the whole thing felt rushed. Match Rating: 5.5/10

 

Overall PPV Rating: 4/10