TNA house show report
April 17, 2009
Elmira, N.Y.
Report by Jim Bennett, PWTorch reader

Attendance was roughly 1,500 out of 4,000 they could get for a wrestling show.

(1) Hernandez defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir with a sitdown powerbomb. Lots of stalling, not much else.

(2) Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) & Eric Young defeated Team No Limit & Brutus Magnus when the Machine Guns hit the Made in Detroit finisher for the win. Note: Team No Limit member Naito appeared to injure his left knee legit very early in the match and was not tagged in for the duration of the match. He did come back in for a house-clearing at the end of the match and did not put much weight on his left leg at all. Interesting to see how this affects the PPV if at all.

(3) Knockouts champion Awesome Kong defeated Taylor Wilde with a double underhook face drop. Taylor got in a few nice dropkicks, but Kong rag-dolled her.

(4) Abyss defeated Matt Morgan with the Black Hole Slam. Borash told us we didnt have to wait until Sunday to be treated to the "Battle of the Giants," so we got this match. Morgan pretty much dominated the action until Abyss threw him into a chair propped in between the ropes, then hit the Black Hole Slam for the win.

(5) TNA tag team champions Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode & James Storm) defeated Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed) with the DWI. Lots of trash talking by Storm got the crowd all riled up. Funny spot where Storm fought with Earl Hebner resulted in Creed and Hebner switching spots and Hebner got the best of Storm, and then did a goofy Flair like strut. Lethal consequences were very over as the crowd hated Beer Money.

(6) Legends champion A.J. Styles defeated Booker T with a roll up. Booker tried to skip out on the match by saying the Elmira crowd was too fat for him to perform in front of, but as he left Foley came out and forced him back into the ring. Some decent back and forth until Styles hit a rollup out of nowhere for the win. The ending looked botched as it appeared Booker clearly kicked out, but the decision was final. This led to Booker challenging Foley to restart or he was going to "kick his ass." This got the crowd riled up, but once Foley enetered the ring, Booker left.

Foley then ended the show by thanking everyone and hyping the PPV.

Overall, the show was about what I expected, definitely a fun time, but there was not much in the ring as you wouldnt want to get guys hurt two days before a PPV, though I'm pretty sure Naito did.

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