1/23/13 TNA Live In Glasgow, Scotland: Aries/Storm/Roode, Blossoms v Tara/Gail, Cage Main Event

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TNA house show results
January 23, 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Report by Daniel Brown, PWTorch correspondent

Hard to judge the crowd size, but it was probably two-thirds full, so about 2,000 in attendance.

(1) TNA tag champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez beat Daniels & Kazarian to retain the Tag Titles. The challengers came out in Scottish wigs, hats, kilts, and facepaints in order to run down Scotland. Standard tag match with the face champs winning.

(2) Marty Scurll beat Rockstar Spud in a British Bootcamp Battle. I thought the finishing sequence was tremendous. The crowd didn't really get behind Marty, playing the face, but he's from England. If Spud were eight inches taller, TNA would be able to print money with this man. He might still be able to get it done anyway.

(3) Blossom Twins beat KO champion Tara & Gail Kim with Velvet Sky as special referee. Blossoms did a really nice job of building to a hot tag and getting crowd behind them. I think they would be a be a great fit in the Knockouts division. For the finish, Gail hit Eat Defeat, but Gail and Tara argued over who should get the pin. "Twin Magic" led to an inside cradle for the win.

(4) X Division champion Rob Van Dam beat Zema Ion to retain the X Division Title. RVD, who was quite over, did some very funny stuff like getting hold of Zema's hairspray and using it on ref Earl Hebner, himself, and some front row fans, including a bald guy, which drew a big laugh. Standard RVD match.

[Intermission]

(5) Austin Aries beat Bobby Roode and James Storm in a three-way match. Fun match. As you would expect, Aries and Roode were sort of teaming, sort of bickering.

Magnus came out and said he would like to say how great it is to be back...except he can't because this is Scotland. (Boo!) He whined about Scotland in general (big heat) and picked out a Granny that was pictured at a TNA event last year. (She went for Bully Ray in Manchester last year.) This year, Bully came out to defend her honor. Ray said that Dixie Carter agreed to lift his suspension for one night.

(6) Bully Ray beat Magnus in a No DQ match. Bully quickly used the old lady's cane as a weapon. Magnus then took control, but but Bully "Hulked Up" and put Magnus through a table for the pin.

[Intermission while they set up the cage for the main event. This took about 20 minutes.]

(7) Kurt Angle & Sting beat Aces & Eights (TV champion Devon & D.O.C.) in a steel cage match. A&E came down the aisle, not through the crowd or anything. Sting came out, then Angle, but A&E trapped Sting in the cage. Eventually, Angle got in. A big A&E guy (it looked pretty obvious that it was D-Lo Brown), came in with the hammer. After he used, Sting retrieved it, battered everyone, and got the pin. Devon, D.O.C., and Knox sold being unhappy with Masked Man, threatened to de-mask him, but then decided to hug instead. Huh? Overall, just like Dublin on Monday, the match was quite short and very dull. Not at all worth the wait or the hype for a cage match.

Second detailed report that I thought was also really strong:

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Arena_Reports_10/article_68107.shtml

TNA house show results
January 23, 2013
Glasgow, Scotland at Braehead Arena
Report by Tony Cottam, PWTorch correspondent

First things first, I was at the TNA show in Glasgow last year, and this year's, while good, fell short. A lot of empty seats - the entire top level was empty - and it was jam-packed last year. Plus, a cut-down roster. The amount of kids I saw were disappointed that Hogan, Robbie E. and Robbie T, Samoa Joe, Joseph Park, and, of course, Jeff Hardy weren't there was amazing. It doesn't bode well for next year when TNA moves their annual show to the new Glasgow Hydro that can theoretically have twice the capacity.

Also, Jeremy Borash and his boundless enthusiasm was badly missing. No backstage pass giveaways, either. I don't know why policy changed on that, as everyone loved it. The people that were there put on a great, if truncated card, though.

(1) TNA tag champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez beat Daniels & Kazarian to retain the Tag Titles. Kazarian and Daniels came out in kilts, Braveheart facepaint, and "See You Jimmy" tartan hats and ginger wigs and looked to be having an absolute ball winding up the crowd. They got into a face-to-face argument with one guy at ringside, who Chavo subsequently hugged and drank beer with. Just a fun tag team match, as Daniels & Kazarian playing the heels brilliantly, but of course Chavo and Hernandez retained their titles.

Earl Hebner was introduced and did his usual Bret Hart mocking routine with glasses and "Damn Right I Did" t-shirt. Maybe too many kids there to fully get the significance, as there was no "You Screwed Bret" chant like last year to play off.

(2) Marty Scurll beat Rockstar Spud in a British Bootcamp Battle. They announced Spud as the winner of the British Bootcamp, and he got a great reaction - until he cut an awesome heel promo and turned the crowd on him. Scurll came out and got a really good face reaction. Really good fast paced match, and Scurll took the win although for me, Spud looked the more polished.

(3) Blossom Twins beat KO champion Tara & Gail Kim with Velvet Sky as special referee. Has to be said, Gail Kim and Tara absolutely dragged the Blossom Twins through this match. They are far from the finished article, but there's potential. The Blossom Twins took the win after a Bella style "Twin Magic" switch. Post-match, Velvet Sky disposed of Gail Kim and Tara and posed with the Twins. Velvet was by far the most over in the match.

(4) X Division champion Rob Van Dam beat Zema Ion to retain the X Division Title. Ion really impressed me, as his gimmick with the hairspray was amazingly over here. RVD was...well, RVD. It's the same schtick he's been doing for years, but it works, so why change? He had a funny spot where he stole Zema's hair spray and sprayed guys in the crowd, including a bald guy. Really good, fast-paced match, but again, RVD retained, as expected.

[Intermission]

Back from intermission, there was the usual speech about how Dixie Carter loves us all, and texted to say thanks and see you next year, now go buy some merchandise!

(5) Austin Aries beat Bobby Roode and James Storm in a three-way match. By far match of the night, incredible stuff from all three. James Storm was amazingly over with the crowd, as was Aries. Roode played the heel all the way through, with Aries flitting between the two. Storm played face in peril most of the match and Aries took the win after a beer spitting mix up with Roode. Great match. Storm posed and celebrated with the fans afterwards.

(6) Bully Ray beat Magnus in a No DQ match. Magnus cut an awesome heel promo, totally turned the crowd on him, and then Bully Ray came out. Bully Ray was by FAR the most over guy here. The reaction was insane, and he cut a promo that nearly bought the house down. Bully hugged a granny in the front row after using her cane to beat Magnus with, then there was a table spot and everyone was happy. Magnus looked good, but Bully was just on fire.

(7) Kurt Angle & Sting beat Aces & Eights (TV champion Devon & D.O.C.) in a steel cage match. After a long delay to build the cage, we got the much vaunted cage match. The cage was hardly used during the match, and Angle was protected all the way through. Mike Knox attacked Angle before he got in the cage and the entire match was basically a two-on-one with Sting. Angle eventually got the upper hand, fought his way into the cage and fought off another masked member of Aces & Eights with a hammer, and Sting & Angle picked up the win.

After the match, there was a tease of the three named Aces & Eights turning on the masked guy who messed up, after a lot of threatening to unmask him, they all hugged and taunted the crowd. No idea who was under the mask.

Overall, still a great show, just felt like a step down from last year. The empty seats must worry TNA management, though.

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