Skip to playerSkip to main content
rt316
  • 14 minutes ago
Transcript
00:11Muzyka
00:29This week on TNA Explosion, the Don West, you've got to be kidding me, top five trending topics of the
00:36week.
00:36In case you missed it, and in our main event, it's Cedric Alexander of The System up against TW3.
00:44But first, with the return of Destination X presented by iHeartRadio on Sunday, November 15th,
00:51live on Pay-Per-View and TNA Plus in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
00:55we revisit a pair of four-way matches that highlighted past Destination X events.
01:00Starting with this one from 2011, after a series of preliminary tournament matches in the weeks leading up to the
01:07event,
01:07Austin Aries, Jack Evans, Low Key, and Zima Ion advanced to face each other with an exclusive TNA contract on
01:16the line.
01:16This is From the Vault, presented by TNA Plus.
01:24And while these guys can all fly, the submission training, the combat submission wrestling background,
01:32they have it.
01:33And certainly we've seen Jack Evans just innovate time and time again with some amazing maneuvers.
01:38And that's really what you can't expect to train for or prepare for, if you're any of the three opponents
01:43in this.
01:43And again, we see nose-to-nose Low Key and Aries, obviously the past history between these two.
01:52Oh, the exchange with chops, lighten up the chest of their opponent.
02:00Double chop by Key, answered by the kick to the midsection, and the double sledge from behind by Aries.
02:10Up into the air, goes Low Key, remember that brain buster that worked so well for Aries to qualify.
02:15Great kick by Low Key from behind, then the bridge in 10.
02:19Wow, where did Evans come from?
02:21Now it's Evans, watch this, Evans on top.
02:26Evans now going to try and pin Aries.
02:31Door open for Zima Aiyan to slide in behind Evans and elevate him over.
02:37Knee caught Evans in the face, pin.
02:39That time, right on the verge of victory was Zima Aiyan.
02:43He calls that the hostile makeover, just flipped him right over his head, almost like a belly-to-belly,
02:48where his opponent lands right squarely on the knee.
02:51Not good for the face.
02:53Zima Aiyan.
02:57Incredible non-stop action from the opening bell, with all four men in this first pin, first submission match.
03:05And because of what's at stake, we are seeing all four men put it on the line with that impact
03:10wrestling contract going to the victim.
03:14Doubly effective move.
03:16Pendulum elbow by Aries follows.
03:18Aries on top, and Low Key, big double boots to the back.
03:21That's one way to break up a pin.
03:26Here comes Key, on top, stacks up Aries, that's just two.
03:33Aries writhing in pain, just got double stomped square in the back.
03:40Has to knock the wind out of him.
03:47Striking of Low Key, the knee for Evans.
03:49He's shot off into the ropes, and then comes flying back up onto the shoulders of the Low Key.
03:54How about that?
03:55Twisting around.
03:57Sending Low Key out to the floor with his leg strength.
04:02Jack Evans.
04:04Going to fly for Low Key, but Zima Aiyan pulls down the rope.
04:12Got to be impressed with the kid from the Philippines, hanging in here and competing with the three more experienced
04:18competitors.
04:19He's going to fly that time, and got cut off in mid-move by Aries.
04:22And Aries was lying and waiting there, anticipating that maneuver.
04:27Heads up, no question about it.
04:29That's what it's going to take to get the-
04:30Aries pin.
04:37I don't know if the X Division has ever seen one as confident.
04:40Somebody with the arrogance as Austin Aries, as we heard earlier.
04:44But no question, he can back it up.
04:47He just got rocked.
04:49Wait for the suicide dive.
04:50Low Key with the kick.
04:51And the pin.
04:52And the two-kill.
04:57And Aries went full speed and was met in the forehead by one of those devastating kicks by Low Key.
05:05So impressive, Mike.
05:06All four.
05:10Wow.
05:11Impact of the running kick by Low Key.
05:14Sends Aiyan into the corner.
05:15Twisting kick off the top by Jack Evans.
05:20Oh, Evans does some showboating.
05:23And gets caught by Austin Aries.
05:26He wasn't to his feet for less than a tenth of a second and was just met right in the
05:31face by a spinning elbow by Austin Aries.
05:36And all four men are down right now, Mike.
05:37This is the moment of truth in this matchup.
05:40All four are giving it their all.
05:42You'll see these bodies strewn about.
05:44Right now, it comes down to heart.
05:47This is Austin!
05:50And it's Austin Aries.
05:52First hand.
05:53Goes for the cover on Jack Evans.
05:55Not able to put him away.
05:58Going to turn his attention to Low Key for two.
06:01Sight them all!
06:02Sight them all!
06:04Sight them all!
06:05Sight them all!
06:05Sight them all!
06:05Sight them all!
06:06Aries rolls over to Zima Aiyan.
06:07Quick roll-up by Zima Aiyan.
06:09Could he get it?
06:10Sight them all!
06:11Sight them all!
06:12Sight them all!
06:14Sight them all!
06:16Sight them all!
06:17Sight them all!
06:19Sight them all!
06:20Sight them all!
06:21Sight them all!
06:21Sight them all!
06:21Sight them all!
06:22Sight them all!
06:22Sight them all!
06:22Sight them all!
06:22Sight them all!
06:24Sight them all!
06:26Sight them all!
06:27Sight them all!
06:28Sight them all!
06:30Sight them all!
06:30Sight them all!
06:31Sight them all!
06:31Sight them all!
06:31Sight them all!
06:32Sight them all!
06:33Sight them all!
06:35Sight them all!
06:41Sight them all!
06:44Sight them all!
06:46Ares charges into the corner. Taken outside.
06:50Watch this, watch this, going to go spitting.
06:52Neckbreaker!
06:55The back of the head. I've seen the eye on.
06:58Snaps off the ring ropes.
07:00Just kind of clothesline the back of that neck.
07:05Ares ain't afraid to go to the top rope as well, Mike.
07:08He can fly with no question about it. He can fly.
07:13Low-key has other thoughts.
07:18Ares rocked by that sensational heart-wheel style kick by Low-key.
07:23Low-key, Low-key, Low-key, Low-key, Low-key!
07:27Low-key on Ares. Here's one, here's two.
07:36Boy, the conditioning of these four men.
07:39Really coming into play.
07:44Low-key drags Ares back out towards the center of the ring.
07:49Remember Low-key went to the top with the Warriors' way.
07:51That's how he qualified.
07:54Jack Evans instead cuts him off and snaps off the top rope.
07:57Her up and run.
08:02Evans crawling, hands and knees into a cover.
08:04Oh, here's one, here's two.
08:08Six thirty!
08:14Evans positions Low-key to the corner.
08:18We saw Jack Evans use the six thirty Thursday night.
08:24Zima Ion cuts Evans off, takes him out, high risk time, oh Zima Ion 4.50 off the top, here's
08:34two, Aries in to make the save, Zima Ion slid out to the floor by Aries, meanwhile Jack Evans can
08:46he go for the 6.30 again, oh he went for it and low key got the knees up, but
08:52it hurt low key
08:52also, the kick by Aries, just delivered right to the head, Aries now, full speed drop kick, could go brain
09:02buster, low key up, dropped on his head, brain buster, Aries covers, gets two, Aries gets the contract. Your winner,
09:12Austin Aries. And Mike it was anyone's match to win at any point during that, certainly the crowd appreciative of
09:21the effort put forth by all of
09:22these guys, any four of them, in my book, would be great additions to the X Division, however, Aries gets
09:27the contract, an incredible matchup.
09:34Still to come in our main event, the former X Division champion, Prime, Cedric Alexander, is in action against TW3.
09:42But up next, we look back at Impact, where the TNA World Champion, Leon Slater, teamed up with the TNA
09:49Hall of Famer, and reigning X Division champion, Amazing Red, to form a dream team, to challenge the Nemeth Brothers,
09:57for the TNA World Tag Team titles, in the return of the Champions Challenge.
10:01It's in case you missed it, next on Explosion.
10:09Welcome back to TNA Explosion, as we check in on Impact, where the TNA World Tag Team Championship, was on
10:16the line.
10:17It's in case you missed it, presented by TNA Plus.
10:22We're back here on TNA Thursday Night, Impact on AMC.
10:26This is a special Champions Challenge match.
10:28The TNA World Tag Team titles are on the line, the Nemeth Brothers defending against the reigning TNA World Champion,
10:36Leon Slater, and the TNA Hall of Famer, the reigning X Division Champion, Amazing Red.
10:42Oh, Red, there we go, slip through!
10:44Tag's been made, in comes Leon Slater, we're joined on commentary by Slater's Destination X opponent for the World Title,
10:51Trey Miguel.
10:52You know what else I think needs an honorable mention? Has anyone said anything about Nick's hair?
10:58Looks great. It looks amazing. It's so shiny.
11:01Trey, I love the fun spirit that you've had, but can you go from the treehouse to the penthouse at
11:07Destination X?
11:09I, you know, I think if there's any time to do it, it's most important right now.
11:14You know, Leon, there's something special about Leon, and when you look at him, it's like you know the world
11:19is possible for him.
11:20And I think for me, people don't see that.
11:22I think they think that my back is always against the wall, and those things aren't possible for me.
11:26They are very possible.
11:28I don't think anyone's ever taken a look at me and said, this kid's gonna do it, or he has
11:32the ability.
11:33That's what everyone feels about Leon, so I have to prove everything when I go up against him in Destination
11:38X.
11:42Ryan Nemeth was down middle of the ring.
11:44Nick Nemeth dragged Leon Slater down off the top turnbuckle, but prevents Slater's offense.
11:49That opening door for Ryan, shoulders down, and the titles remain intact for now.
11:55What a lot of chaos in this ladder, half of the matchup, and now the world champ in a bad,
12:01bad way.
12:02One week from Sunday, November 15th, live on pay-per-view with TNA Plus in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
12:08It'll be Slater against Miguel for the TNA World Championship, but remember, Nick Nemeth is still owed a contractual rematch
12:15for the TNA World title.
12:17He got involved in your ladder match, Trey. He went after Elijah in a fit of rage.
12:22Yeah, and then he tried to come for me, too, and it didn't work, and, you know, against the odds,
12:27I made my way up that ladder.
12:29I claimed my spot, and in the main event at Destination X against Leon.
12:33And to the point I just made, this has been made official for next week on TNA Thursday Night Impact.
12:39Elijah is gonna get to go one-on-one with Nick Nemeth and so much more as this Champions Challenge
12:45match continues.
12:47You can't exactly blame the actions of Nick Nemeth.
12:51They're here, cover to retain the title.
12:53Ryan Nemeth.
12:53To the leg.
12:54Leon Slater gets the left shoulder up in time.
12:56You just said it moments ago. Nick Nemeth is owed a rematch for his title.
13:01Santino Morella totally sidestepping.
13:03That's the Hardys, too, back at their 35th anniversary celebration.
13:06Totally sidestepping that fact.
13:09Nick Nemeth is getting overlooked.
13:10The man was just world champion.
13:14I think we should put some respect on the fact he's probably blind in that one eye right now, and
13:18he's a part of the team that's in control.
13:21That man sees more with one eye than most do with six.
13:23That's a great point.
13:26Look at Ryan Nemeth's chest.
13:27Speaking of that, right.
13:31Ryan Nemeth the...
13:33Oh, that's all we needed.
13:35Two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion leveled by Leon Slater.
13:39Slater needs a tag here, though.
13:42Wants to get a tag to the Hall of Famer, the X Division Champion.
13:47Tags been made.
13:48There we go.
13:48It's Nick Nemeth to meet Amazing Red in a TNA ring in 2026.
13:56Wants to win this matchup on his head, but right now we're looking at a bit of a two-on
14:03-one scenario.
14:05Amazing Red who just successfully defended his X Division Championship against Cedric Alexander.
14:10The system last reach here on Impact.
14:13Incredible innovation still in 2026 from The Amazing Red.
14:18All Red connects with the DDT, but wasn't enough.
14:21Look to the leg, trying to win the titles and a kickout.
14:24Could you imagine if Amazing Red was a Hall of Famer, an X Division Champion, and a Tag Team Champion,
14:30all at the same time this year?
14:31Take a look at this innovative offense, swinging around, managed to fit, finally get that DDT, not quite enough to
14:40put the wanted man away.
14:42Code Red.
14:42Wait, wait, wait.
14:42Going for Code Red, slips down the back, makes a tag, Leon Slater's legal, Nick Nemeth, there's no one to
14:49tag.
14:51Nemeth standing alone, Slater standing up top.
14:56Crossbody by Slater, cover to win the titles, and a kickout by Nemeth.
15:03I think we're going to need that Swanton 450 to put down the former champ.
15:07Just in time.
15:10Tag's been made, Amazing Red is legal.
15:13Quick tags here from Red and Slater, smart move.
15:18Now looking for the double team, Ryan Nemeth making the save just in time.
15:25And now Ryan and Nick Nemeth turning things around.
15:28Leon Slater's left shoulder first into the steel post.
15:32The world champ is in a bad way.
15:36Great combination by the Nemeth brothers.
15:39It's enough.
15:43Oh, Amazing Red able to kick out.
15:46Amazing Red's got that fight in him.
15:48And after 16 years in between these reigns, that man is just, nothing's changed.
15:54He's timeless.
15:55There's no doubt about it.
15:57What a decision by our director of authority, Santina Morella, to create this special Champions Challenge match.
16:05It's our main event.
16:07Nemeth has been incensed ever since losing that TNA World Championship.
16:12Looking to maybe take it out now on the Amazing Red, looking for Danger Zone.
16:16Right.
16:17Held on to the top roll.
16:18Takes a shot at Ryan Nemeth.
16:20And a super kick.
16:21But Slater now, in to take the head off of Nick Nemeth.
16:26Slater avoiding Ryan Nemeth.
16:28He's bobbing.
16:29He's weaving.
16:30Trying to send everybody to the outside.
16:35Well, Ryan Nemeth grabbing all of one of the tag title belts.
16:39Look at this.
16:40Nemeth in front of our table here.
16:41Slater.
16:42We got lining him up.
16:42Poisoned on the apron.
16:44Oh, and a big forearm shiver.
16:46Down goes Nemeth.
16:49Leon Slater banged up through the course of this matchup.
16:52He went shoulder first into the steel post moments ago.
16:55Leon desperately needs some time to recover here.
17:00And Red, we're gonna take advantage.
17:07Now Red takes down Nemeth.
17:10Is it enough to win the titles?
17:12Here we got it here.
17:13Ryan Nemeth back into the fray though.
17:15Right under the official Dana Spencer.
17:18That's right, the referee's down now.
17:23Ryan Nemeth driving Slater into the official to break the ring.
17:28Pick up the count.
17:31Everybody in the match is down, including the referee.
17:40I don't think this is where Leon and Amazing Red want to be.
17:44No, this is not the situation they wanted to find themselves in.
17:48Tag team titles on the line.
17:53And now Slater trying to fight off Ryan Nemeth.
17:59And Slater and Red have no choice, Trey.
18:01They've got to keep fighting.
18:02They've got to try and win the titles.
18:04We saw Slater trying to bring the referee back, too.
18:06And this is what I said, right here.
18:08Ryan Nemeth using the title belt.
18:11The referee was down, he didn't see the illegal contact.
18:14Right to the dome, but look out.
18:16Red's taking his eyes off of the Knick for way too long.
18:18Got to turn around, looking for this super kick.
18:21Here we go.
18:21Wait, wait, wait, Red with the roll up, but the referee is still out.
18:25Oh, Slater could have won the tag titles right there.
18:29But the referee still coming to, still out of it after that collision.
18:35That should have been it.
18:37Should have, but wasn't.
18:38Red has to turn his attention back to Nick Nemeth.
18:42Slater and Red could have been double champions just right there.
18:49Now, can he keep his pedal to the metal here, looking for the code red.
18:55The Hall of Famer trying to set up for Ryan Nemeth with a title belt again.
18:59Another shot with the title, and Nick Nemeth, danger zone.
19:06That's gotta be it.
19:08And now the referee in possession, the Nemeth brothers escape, Brandon Slater.
19:16Here are your winners, and still the TNA World Time Team Champions,
19:24Ryan and Nick Nemeth.
19:27You may not like it, but the Nemeths stick together and always find a way to win.
19:39Take a look back here, Leon Slater, boom, hit here by Ryan Nemeth.
19:43The referee was down, did not see that shot with the title belt, and then this.
19:47And then it was again in perfect position.
19:49The referee's still down, and then danger zone from Nick Nemeth to the Amazing Red, and a 1-2-3.
19:58The best brother tag team stays on top of the tag team world.
20:05What a way to promote your own movie.
20:08And a movie star, that's right.
20:11Now that's a little nefarious.
20:15Now that's a little nefarious.
20:15Wait a minute.
20:18Oh, wait a minute.
20:21Elijah is here.
20:22The notorious attraction, he's got a match with Nick Nemeth next week, whoa.
20:27Ooh, Elijah nearly took Nick Nemeth's head clean off.
20:33The Drifter didn't want to wait, but he'll have to, but next week he'll get his hands on the wanted
20:40man.
20:41The Nemeth brothers survived the champion's challenge on our way towards Destination X.
20:48But Nick Nemeth has to answer to the Drifter in the wake of the ladder match from weeks ago.
20:55There will be hell to pay next week on Impact.
21:01And now, here on TNA Explosion, it's time for the Don West, you've got to be kidding me,
21:07top five trending topics of the week in honor of the late great TNA Hall of Famer, Don West.
21:14At number five on Impact, we saw the tag team debut of Avery Styles and the Call Your Shot gauntlet
21:22trophy holder, Frankie Kazarian.
21:24Frankie Kazarian has vowed that Styles and Heath will one day call their shot for a TNA World Tag Team
21:30title shot.
21:31Kazarian and Styles picked up the victory in their first match as a duo.
21:37At number four, there was family business to be settled within the system.
21:42Bear Bronson had put the challenge to Eddie Edwards that if Bronson were able to defeat Edwards one-on-one,
21:48Bronson would take over control of the system.
21:51But ultimately, Eddie Edwards was able to put down Bear Bronson and there was a sign of respect after the
21:58match.
21:58But how long will it last?
22:02At number three, we thought we were going to see the righteous initiation ceremony of Harley Hudson.
22:08However, Hudson was sacrificed at the hands of Vincent and Dutch to their newest member, the former TNA Knockouts world
22:16champion, Zia Brookside.
22:19A shocking turn of events.
22:21The righteous have evolved.
22:25At number two, after Jeff Hardy was taken out in the vicious Slaughterhouse Six match, Matt Hardy and Moose have
22:33vowed to take out six on Jeff Hardy's behalf.
22:36Hardy and Moose will team up against Shaw and Sawyer on Sunday, November 15th, live on Pay Per View and
22:43TNA Plus in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at Destination X.
22:48Get your tickets now via TNATickets.com.
22:51And at number one, the main event of Impact saw the return of the Champions Challenge match.
22:57Trey Miguel joined us on commentary to scout his Destination X opponent, the TNA World Champion Leon Slater.
23:04Slater teaming up with the TNA Hall of Famer and reigning X Division Champion Amazing Red.
23:09Those two came up short, unfortunately, against the Nemeth brothers who managed to retain their TNA World Tag Team titles.
23:16What is next for all five of these stars with Destination X looming?
23:21Still to come in our main event, Prime Cedric Alexander of the System is in action as he goes one
23:28-on-one with TW3.
23:30But up next, it's another classic four-way showdown from Destination X, this time with competitors from around the world
23:37facing off in an international X Division four-way match.
23:41It's more from the vault presented by TNA Plus when we return on Explosion.
23:51Welcome back to TNA Explosion as we jump back two decades to Destination X 2006 where Chris Saban of the
23:59United States,
24:00Petey Williams of Canada, Sanjay Dutt of India and Tuma of Japan faced off in an international X Division four
24:08-way match.
24:09It's more from the vault presented by TNA Plus.
24:14Puma back up to his feet, reels off a series of shots, right bench, chopped right into the chest of
24:20Petey Williams.
24:20What a smart move.
24:21Just took him down.
24:22Captain just drilled him with the drop kick in the knee.
24:25That's such a devastating move, you nail the knees like that.
24:27You send him going the other direction, and look at this.
24:30He's got that ankle placed right there with Roseman.
24:32Sanjay Dutt does the blind tag that time, and he gets himself in there.
24:35Good.
24:36Petey Williams did it two times.
24:38Turnabout in fair play.
24:39Get Sanjay in as the legal man.
24:40Going to spring back.
24:41How smooth.
24:41How smooth was that?
24:42Did the moves off cover?
24:43No.
24:43Two count only.
24:47Again, these guys are athletes.
24:48Again, you can see A1 moving in the background back there.
24:51I don't trust him for a second.
24:53Nice kick to the face right there again by Sanjay.
24:55Thrilled him with the drop kick.
24:57Goes to the lateral press, but Puma rolls the shoulder at two.
25:02Right back up to his feet.
25:04Puma rolls Sanjay.
25:06Variation of the headlock there, the cravat move.
25:08Boom, and it's reversed in a great bolo-like forearm shot by Puma.
25:13Drop Sanjay Dutt.
25:14Tag in Petey Williams.
25:15Drop kick right between the shoulder blades.
25:17Now, that was one of those moves, and hopefully it won't cause Puma,
25:20where he had to get himself out of there.
25:21He got kicked in the face.
25:23Obviously, he was dizzy, and he actually went over to Petey Williams to get the tag.
25:27And that's one advantage you do have.
25:29But it can also be something that can go against you if somebody hits the pin.
25:34Sanjay hooks in the corner.
25:36Sabin now, Lee, go!
25:37Oh, man, I love that hesitation drop kick.
25:40He thinks he's suspended in the air.
25:42He's gonna pull him back into the middle of the ring.
25:44Here's the cover.
25:44Here's two.
25:45Nope.
25:47Yes, they were tag-team partners.
25:49They were tag-team partners.
25:50Oh, he just stopped at mid-air and then nailed him.
25:53What a shot.
25:54What a move by Sabin in the back of the head.
25:57Got him with another kick.
25:58And another cover, and another two-count for Sabin on Sanjay.
26:06Got him neutralized here.
26:08Great positioning for Chris Sabin.
26:11Slows down the action.
26:12Gonna work on the lower back and the arms of Sanjay Dunn.
26:17Surfboard submission hold applied.
26:19Referee Slick Johnson checking to see if Sanjay gonna be able to fight through that pain.
26:22Look at that.
26:23He's even using his head right there.
26:25Trying to get some leverage.
26:27But Sanjay turning it into his favor.
26:29And look at this.
26:29Now he's got it.
26:30And now the arms are backwards for Sabin.
26:32And now he puts him down to the mat.
26:34And puts that knee right there into the back.
26:38Sabin now.
26:39His chance to try and fight through that pain that we just saw earlier from Sanjay.
26:44Mirror images of these two men.
26:46Yes, who were tag team partners last month and against all odds.
26:50But it is every man for himself.
26:52Four-way international exhibition matchup.
26:54You see that now their opponents this month at Destination X.
26:58Pin attempt here.
26:59Sanjay just another two count on Sabin.
27:03Look out.
27:03Oh, right into the turnbuckles right there, Mike.
27:06Sanjay Dunn.
27:07Now this is his chance to get Sabin reeling.
27:09And oh, man, just a knife that's chopping.
27:11You can hear it all the way through the building.
27:14Oh!
27:14Goes right up into him and puts that hip right into the stomach.
27:18Flying hip attack into the chest of Sabin.
27:23Tag in.
27:23Puma now legal.
27:24Oh, what a kick right there.
27:27Caught him from behind and just cut him down like a tree.
27:30And now Puma, he was able to get out of the ring earlier.
27:33Catch his breath.
27:34Smart move.
27:35It didn't hurt him on that move earlier on.
27:37Oh, nice kick to the back.
27:39Off the drop kick.
27:40Here's the pin attempt.
27:41Puma cover.
27:42Near fall on Sabin.
27:45Puma's inspiration for professional wrestling.
27:47The original Tiger Mask from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Satoru Sayama.
27:51He tries to mirror many of the offensive moves.
27:55The Tiger Mask who really revolutionized the sport of professional wrestling
27:58back in the 1980s.
28:00I mean, Tiger Mask was X Division before anybody even thought about the X Division
28:04and Sabin just drilled him with a chopper.
28:06Class was in session right there with the professor, ladies and gentlemen.
28:11Petey Williams on the offensive.
28:13The series of shots and Sabin face first into the corner.
28:16Look at Petey putting the boots right into the gut.
28:19Just one shot right after another, and that's what you've got to do.
28:23These two know each other so well.
28:24You mentioned it earlier.
28:26These two former X Division champions both training in the same area.
28:30That's the key.
28:31Now the old Canada right there.
28:32And what that does, though, is he applies that pressure right there in that groin area.
28:36And having that excruciating pain.
28:38You can see it on the face of Chris Sabin.
28:40That'll take your head right out of you.
28:42Don, you just made a great point.
28:43And it's something that, you know, we often point out when you see Sabin and Petey Williams in the ring
28:48at the same time.
28:49You mentioned that they trained for professional wrestling at the same time, at the same school.
28:53They obviously, their careers have gone in divergent paths ever since then.
28:58But what they have in the back of their minds is the hours and hours of training that they had
29:04together.
29:05So they know each other's moves inside out.
29:09There's Sabin trying to fight to the speed.
29:11Nice elbow right there.
29:12And that one right after another.
29:14You've just got to do that to break the hold.
29:15And that's what it did.
29:16And it worked.
29:18Mid-ring exchange.
29:19Let's see who gets the better of it with these forearm shots.
29:22Swing it.
29:23Yeah, Puma in.
29:24He's now legal.
29:25Should be Puma.
29:26And Petey Williams.
29:28I don't know if referee Slick Johnson saw the tag or that.
29:29Yeah, Puma's in.
29:32Oh, elevation.
29:33Sabin headed up to the apron.
29:34Petey Williams just dropped him down to the floor.
29:38Here comes Petey going right over the top.
29:40Oh, he catches him.
29:41And his nails are hurt.
29:42He's going on him.
29:43Right there on the back right corner of the rim.
29:45Wow.
29:46What an athlete.
29:47I'll give that to him.
29:48This guy is a phenomenal athlete.
29:51Look out, Puma.
29:52Oh, Puma catches both of them.
29:54Oh, you've got to keep your eyes on Sanjay.
29:56Wait a minute.
29:57Sanjay, is he going to fly?
30:00Oh wait, Puma come in to cut him off.
30:02And he cut him off with the pass.
30:04Just drilled him and decked him with the claw.
30:08Look at this.
30:09Here comes Puma.
30:10Watch out, he hits both of them.
30:12Right on the shoulders and have caught their heads to collide.
30:15Two for the price of one.
30:16Back live, it's Sabin and Puma.
30:17He's caught.
30:18Like Spider-Man.
30:19Look at that, what a move.
30:21Like Spider-Man, he just hooked the ropes.
30:23Spider-Man.
30:24Sabin, the look on his face, you can.
30:27He's suicide died, so he misses Puma.
30:29But he catches the Canadian Destroyer right in the head.
30:33Oh, man, what a strike.
30:34Look out, here comes Puma.
30:36Oh, again, he does a little acrobat.
30:39Oh, but he forgot about Sanjay Godd.
30:41Turned his back on Sanjay.
30:43Got caught with that drop kick, and now Sanjay.
30:47Oh, my.
30:48Hit it.
30:49Oh, to the top floor.
30:50He goes.
30:50Look out below.
30:51Oh, what a beautiful move.
30:53And he even landed on his feet.
30:55I'm just gonna say that.
30:56That was one hell of a landing.
31:01Look at this.
31:03Look how smooth he glides through the air and takes out all three of them.
31:07Yeah, with the greatest of ease until he came crashing down into all three opponents.
31:12Sabin tossed back in.
31:14Sanjay can feel it.
31:16But he's hooked from outside.
31:17Puma just dragged him right down on the floor.
31:19Now it's Puma's opportunity.
31:20Oh, wait a minute.
31:21Cradle shock.
31:22Oh, but he fights out of it.
31:24No, it was so close.
31:25Didn't get to the face of Puma hook.
31:28To the back of the head by Puma.
31:30How impressive has he been?
31:32He shows he belongs.
31:34Side brushing leg sweep by Williams on Puma.
31:37But he got drilled in the back.
31:39Sanjay cutting with the ends.
31:40And Gary, what a kick in the face by Sabin.
31:43What a match.
31:44What a match.
31:46You talk about international exhibition, Ed.
31:49You got what you paid for right there.
31:53Man, a lot.
31:55This is awesome.
31:58This is awesome.
32:00Yep, it is awesome.
32:01What a brain buster by Puma.
32:03That hurt.
32:04Slingshot in.
32:06What a kick by Sabin.
32:07I mean, you can feel the force.
32:10And he just slings him back.
32:11Yeah, just snapped off.
32:13The suplex.
32:14Beautiful.
32:14A snap by Sanjay.
32:16They're tearing it up in this great four-way.
32:19Spinning neck breaker by Dunn on Sabin.
32:21Sanjay taken overhead by Petey Williams.
32:24The action just doesn't stop.
32:26And look at that move by Petey Williams right there.
32:29As he's got it.
32:30Look at him pulling in.
32:31He's going for the sharpshooter.
32:33And he's got him settled in the middle of the ring with the move.
32:36Submission hold applied.
32:38Puma's going to tap out.
32:39He's going to try it.
32:41Get to the room.
32:41Oh, he won't let him.
32:42He pulls him back in the middle.
32:44Going to submit here.
32:45Going to tap out.
32:45No.
32:46Saved by Sanjay.
32:47And that's a smart move.
32:48We pointed it out all during this matchup.
32:50It keeps him alive.
32:51Well, he had to.
32:52I mean, you could see when Petey pulled him back in the middle.
32:55Then eventually Puma was going to tap out.
32:57Sanjay Dunn telegraphed him.
33:03He's going to go for the destroyer.
33:05He's going to reel him in.
33:06That's usually the sign.
33:07He's got him.
33:09Here he comes.
33:10Here he goes.
33:11Wait a minute Sanjay.
33:12He's countering it.
33:14Sanjay's countering it.
33:15Great move.
33:16Right on his head.
33:18Count one, two.
33:20Saved by Saban.
33:21Just in time.
33:24Just in time.
33:25And now the former tag partners look at each other.
33:28They come face to face and they exchange chops.
33:30Well, after the action they've gone through.
33:32It's all about the competitiveness of this match.
33:35And they all want.
33:36Look at the power of Saban.
33:38Take him up again.
33:39Another one.
33:40Spinning power ball.
33:41One, two.
33:42Puma cuts it off just in time.
33:45Woo.
33:46Catch your breath.
33:48There goes Saban.
33:49Swinging a miss with the clothesline.
33:51He's gonna go.
33:52Could he set him up?
33:54No.
33:56Reversal.
33:57Puma.
33:57Look at those knees.
33:58Potting with that one.
33:59And double underhook.
34:01Oh, took him overhead.
34:02Great counter by Puma.
34:03One, two.
34:05Oh, Sanjay got again.
34:07In the split second, that would have been over.
34:09They've been so close to victory on so many occasions.
34:12But the saves at the last split second keep all four men alive.
34:16Sanjay lands on his feet.
34:19Here goes Puma.
34:21Petey Williams just sends him out.
34:23He turned around a little too nonchalantly.
34:26Sanjay Dunn maybe was gonna go for the Canadian Destroyer it looked like.
34:30Man, Petey Williams dropped him down throat first on that top steel cable.
34:34Here comes that sick flip.
34:36He hits it.
34:37He hits it.
34:39God, he's standing on his head.
34:41But wait a minute, look at this.
34:42Save it.
34:43Cradle shock.
34:44Cradle shock.
34:45And he fights out of it.
34:47They know each other so well.
34:49Another Canadian Destroyer, but here comes Puma.
34:53What a shot by Puma.
34:56What a kick.
34:58What an instant hurry.
34:59Now he's got the Cradle shock.
35:01Now Sanjay.
35:02Can he hit it?
35:03He's up.
35:04Bam.
35:05Cover.
35:05Can he get it?
35:06Dude, done.
35:07What a man.
35:09Ladies and gentlemen, your winner, Chris Saban.
35:15Wow.
35:17Yeah.
35:19Don West is on his feet.
35:20They're standing in the impact zone.
35:23You wanna know what separates TNA from everybody else, from every other wrestling promotion?
35:30You just witnessed it.
35:33Up next, it's our main event.
35:34TW3 stands in the way of the former X Division champion, Prime Cedric Alexander of the System.
35:41This match is next on Explosion.
35:56The following contest is scheduled for one call.
35:59Introducing first, from Louisville, Kentucky, weighing in at 200 pounds, TW3.
36:06We're set for action here at Boeing Center at Techport in the Countdown City, San Antonio, Texas.
36:13You know why they call it the Countdown City?
36:16Please, you're not gonna stop until you tell me.
36:19Because the area code is 210.
36:22And then Countdown, that's real clever, Texas.
36:26TW3 ready for action yet again in a TNA ring.
36:36You can't beat the system.
36:51And his opponent representing the system from Charlotte, North Carolina, weighing in at 220 pounds,
36:58Cedric Alexander!
37:02The former X Division champion, the self-proclaimed record taker, the dream crusher.
37:10Cedric Alexander ready for singles competition here on Explosion.
37:16TW3 just had the soul, the wind taken out of his sails.
37:21The minute Cedric Alexander walked through that curtain.
37:25He's not just a self-proclaimed record taker.
37:28He literally was the record taker.
37:30The man who stopped the phenom, Leon Slater, from accomplishing an incredible, incredible feat.
37:38That is exactly who Cedric Alexander is.
37:41Cedric Alexander will live in infamy here in TNA Wrestling.
37:46TNA fans will never forget that night.
37:50So here we go.
37:51TW3 up against Cedric Alexander here on Explosion in San Antonio, Texas.
37:56Well, maybe this was just my experience, but Cedric Alexander was in a pretty foul mood earlier on today.
38:02What did you see?
38:04He's perfectly pleasant to me.
38:05I don't know about you.
38:08But he likes and respects me, Tom.
38:11As most of the system do.
38:13Who do you think you are?
38:15I am forever SMU the champion.
38:19Well, apparently, just like you, TW3 is not on the good list of Cedric Alexander.
38:27Ooh, TW3 responding.
38:29Kick upside the head.
38:36He's gonna need all of it here against a multi-time champion in the world of pro wrestling here in
38:42Cedric Alexander.
38:44Sent out to the apron.
38:46Kick right to the head.
38:48Tee calling for the fans in San Antonio to back him up.
38:51Oh, and there's Alexander to cut him down.
38:54There's the experience of Alexander.
39:00Alexander dropping TW3 on the apron.
39:05Stiff STO on the hardest part of the ring.
39:09Alexander not done.
39:10Turn him inside out with the suplex where steel meets wood.
39:15Comes home to the system.
39:20The system have taken to calling themselves the gatekeepers of TNA Wrestling.
39:27Alexander, take another look back here at that X-Plex.
39:31The exploder onto the apron there.
39:34TW3 in a bad, bad way.
39:36Come on.
39:37Come on.
39:39Tony, come on.
39:41Tony, come on.
39:43Alexander just absorbing, just punishing TW3 here.
39:48Sending a point to anybody who should dare step to the system.
39:55I don't know if Cedric Alexander has ever been more powerful from a physical standpoint.
39:59You can see how much, how strong he's gotten during his time here.
40:05Obviously, his years and years of professional wrestling, but I don't know if he's ever had more strength inside the
40:10ring.
40:11More strength and then with all that experience you just mentioned, in addition to the system backing him up, he's
40:16never been more confident.
40:17And confidence in the hands of someone like Alexander.
40:22Yeah, look at that sick smile.
40:24Telling TW3 to show me some fight.
40:27It's a dangerous thing.
40:29And Cedric Alexander is a dangerous man.
40:33Cover.
40:34Cover here.
40:35Kick out by TW3.
40:36You wanna fight now, huh?
40:40Huh?
40:41It's Alexander.
40:43He's been talking trash this whole time.
40:47That is the level of just absolute confidence, sincerity from Cedric Alexander.
40:54And he knows when he's got a contract for him.
40:58See, ducks underneath.
41:00Hitting there with a forearm shiver, however.
41:03Alexander lighting up the chest.
41:05Wait, wait, look at this.
41:06Hold on, trying to surprise Alexander with a backslide here on referee Michael Romo in great position.
41:12Alexander cuts him down.
41:13Another cover and a power out by TW3.
41:18Glimmer of light there, a glimmer of hope for TW3, but it's all getting literally choked away.
41:23And Alexander getting frustrated here.
41:26Broke before the referee's count of five.
41:28Risk disqualification right there.
41:30He had to give, you know, a little bit of a smack back there for that cutesy little roll-up
41:36attempt there from TW3.
41:38You gotta let him know that kind of thing ain't gonna work.
41:41And this has been the issue that many in the TNA locker room have with the system, trying to keep
41:46down young stars.
41:48I mean, if you can't take the spot that you want, you don't deserve to have it.
41:53That's just kind of the truth of this business, the hard, hard truth.
42:05Those fans in the front row getting quite the view of this beatdown.
42:14Alexander's sending TW3 back inside the ring, for the referee's order.
42:22That's again, TW3 valiantly trying to stay in this fight.
42:27Swinging like his life depends on it.
42:30Now TW3, oh, but for the crossbody, it took Alexander off his feet.
42:35That surprised Prime Cedric Alexander.
42:38Surprised me too.
42:39There's a cover.
42:40Covered us for a moment.
42:42Alexander does not want to end the match there, however.
42:44Alexander's ticked off.
42:46You can tell, yeah, that crossbody caught him by surprise, caught us by surprise.
42:51And Alexander not gonna let that fly.
42:53I think Alexander has ticked off at the world tonight, as I mentioned how he appeared earlier on this evening.
42:59And now he's making a statement to the fans here in San Antonio.
43:06Staring a hole through the front row here in Texas.
43:13Look out, TW3.
43:15Ooh!
43:15Back elbow there by T.
43:20I'd be careful with that.
43:22Using those long legs, saving himself.
43:26Still on wobbly, a wobbly base here.
43:28TW3 though starting to come to life.
43:35Four arm shiver.
43:38Pick up the pace.
43:40Drop kick there.
43:43Can he turn this around somehow on the veteran?
43:46Cedric Alexander, another drop kick, takes Alexander off his feet.
43:53TW3 has a window of opportunity here on Explosion against the former X Division champion, Cedric Alexander.
44:02What a win it would be if he could get this victory over someone the caliber of Alexander.
44:09Sent out to the apron once more.
44:11Tick to the head there by TW3.
44:17Off the top, dropping Alexander, scrambling into the cover, tucking the arm, Alexander on it too.
44:25It's a rare window of opportunity for TW3.
44:29He better put his pedal to the metal foot on the gas.
44:32Super kick!
44:34What?
44:35Super kick!
44:37And Alexander is out flat on his back.
44:40You better go.
44:42You better take advantage right here, right now.
44:45Biggest opportunity of TW3's TNA career.
44:50Rolling through.
44:51Alexander gonna deny it though.
44:53Went for the windmill kick.
44:57My God!
44:59Alexander lashing out with authority.
45:04Chuck and TW3 like a sack of potatoes.
45:08You ask for this?
45:09You ask for this?
45:10You ask for this?
45:11You ask for this?
45:12We all know how this ends.
45:14Uh-oh.
45:15Machinoco driver, middle of the ring, and Alexander's locked on.
45:19There's only one way this ends.
45:25Lombar check!
45:27Good night, TW3.
45:31One, two, three!
45:36Here is your winner, Cedric Alexander!
45:43Cedric Alexander came out here in a foul mood, and it felt like a predator playing with his food.
45:51Alexander had a point to make, and he made it loud and clear.