On Wednesday, December 17th, 2003, NWA-TNA presented NWA-TNA PPV 75 from the TNA Asylum in Nashville, TN.
We see footage from backstage after last week’s show, where NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett is refusing to put the title on the line against Sting.
Don Callis tells Jarrett he’ll get it sorted out. If Jarrett has a problem, then they all have problems. Jarrett doesn’t want to put the title on the line against Raven, either.
Speaking of Raven, they show a pre-tape promo by Raven behind a cage with CM Punk and Julio Dinero. Raven has the chair that he smashed over Abyss’s head last week. Raven promises to put Abyss’s head between the cage and squeeze on his head.
Don Callis tells the Red Shirt Security that they’ll take the fall if they don’t get the job done next week. Callis wants them to be killers.
Kevin Northcutt tells Callis that it will be done in the cage. Raven tells us that he’s coming for Jarrett and the NWA World Championship.
Jeff Jarrett says he’s not putting the title on the line, and Sting will be his next victim. Backstage, Erik Watts is holding a meeting and says that Jarrett and Callis are a pain in his a**.
Watts isn’t going to let them mess with his power. Watts has come through in a big way. Watts notes that he has given the guys the matches they wanted. D’Lo Brown vs. AJ Styles: a dream match?
Watts says that Jarrett has thrown an injunction to prevent the championship from being on the line against Sting. Jarrett will have thirty days between title matches.
However, on January 7th, Jarrett will defend against Raven if their team wins tonight. Styles chimes in and says he’d like the title match.
D’Lo Brown wonders why he wouldn’t get a title shot if he won his match tonight. Goldylocks wants to know what the board is all about.
Goldy thought that Watts was controlling the business. AMW says they aren’t focused on titles but rather on payback and tonight payback will be a b**ch.
NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett and Don Callis come out to the ring, cut a promo, and Jarrett claims a victory over Erik Watts and the board of directors. Jarrett reveals that he’s not defending the championship.
Jarrett says that if this were a football game, he’d be up 45-0. Jarrett thinks that Watts is working on borrowed time. Watts and Goldylocks make their way out to the aisle to confront Jarrett.
Watts is still trying to get over the fans calling Jeff Jarrett Triple J, Jeff Jack@$$ Jarrett. Watts reveals that Jarrett will defend the title on January 7th.
Jarrett tells Watts to stop lying to the fans and himself. Jarrett wants Watts to stop lying to Goldylocks and suggests that she’s a gold digger. Jarrett thinks he’s going to come back later tonight for the main event, but Watts tells Jarrett he’s wrestling right now.
NWA-TNA PPV 75
Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Sting
Non-title match
Sting chases Jarrett through the fans. Jarrett backs away and returns to the ring. Sting hammers away on Jarrett in the crowd and hits Jarrett with a trash can.
Jarrett hits Sting with a steel chair in the crowd and continues with right hands. Jarrett hits Sting over the back with a chair. Jarrett hammers away on Sting as they head up to the upper deck.
They trade more strikes with Sting getting the better of the exchange. Sting drops Jarrett over the guardrail and rams Jarrett into the wall.
They battle back to the entrance ramp, and Sting hits a snap suplex on Jarrett. Sting brings Jarrett to the announcer’s table and rams Jarrett into the announcer’s table.
Sting hits Jarrett over the back with a steel chair. Sting stalks Jarrett back into the ring, but Jarrett pokes Sting in the eyes and runs the ropes to low blow Sting on a leapfrog. Jarrett rams Sting into the corner headfirst a few times.
Sting and Jarrett collide shoulders, and Sting falls face-first into Jarrett’s groin. Sting battles back with several strikes and a bulldog off the ropes.
Sting hits a Stinger Splash in the corner. Sting goes for the Scorpion Death Lock and has it locked in the middle of the ring.
Red Shirts Security come in, but there is a miscommunication, and they drop to the floor. AMW and Red Shirts Security brawl on the floor.
Jarrett has the guitar from Kid Kash, but AJ Styles grabs it and drops Jarrett over the top rope, allowing Sting to hit the Scorpion Death Drop on Jarrett goes for a Pinfall and gets the 1-2-3!
Winner: Sting
After the match, Jarrett has a bit of a temper tantrum, arguing with the referee. Jarrett argues with Borash and yells at Mike Tenay and Don West. Tenay shoves Jarrett, and Jarrett shoves Tenay back. Jarrett grabs Tenay by the neck!
Backstage, Scott Hudson interviews the Gathering. If Raven wins tonight, he can get a shot at Jeff Jarrett on January 7th.
Punk says their goal is to ensure Raven gets what he deserves. Raven doesn’t dispute the claim that his soul is dark and empty. Raven has a never-ending circuit of rage, fury, and chaos. Raven tells Jarrett that a final conflict is heading his way.
NWA-TNA PPV 75
Chris Sabin vs. Christopher Daniels
Daniels has a wrap on his head since he was busted open last week and has stitches, I believe. Daniels keeps wrist control on Sabin for a moment, but Sabin counters.
Daniels is tripped by Sabin, and Sabin takes Daniels over with an arm drag. Sabin arm drags Daniels again, followed by chops.
Daniels rams Sabin into the corner a few times headfirst, followed by strikes. Daniels chokes Sabin with his knee, then follows up with chops.
Daniels dumps Sabin to the apron, but Sabin sends Daniels to the floor with a missile dropkick. Sabin takes Daniels out with a crossbody off the top to the outside.
Sabin hammers away on Daniels, but Daniels stops Sabin with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Daniels tosses Sabin through the ropes to the floor.
Christopher Daniels continues with strikes on the floor and drives Sabin back-first into the apron. Daniels rams Sabin into the corner back-first to keep control, followed by chops. Sabin elbows Daniels in the corner and runs into a big boot. Daniels spears Sabin from behind.
Daniels bends Sabin over his knee with a hammerlock on Sabin, but doesn’t get a submission. Daniels plants Sabin with a Blue Thunder Driver for a two-count.
Daniels slams Sabin to the mat and heads to the top rope. Daniels goes to the top rope, but Sabin stops Daniels to hit an overhead suplex!
Sabin chops Daniels a few times to keep control of the contest. Sabin drops Daniels with a discus chop. Sabin spikes Daniels with a brainbuster, leading to a near fall.
Daniels slams Sabin and signals for the BME. Daniels hits it and nearly wins the match. Sabin counters Angel’s Wings, managing a two-count.
Daniels tries for a powerbomb, but Sabin counters with a kick to the head. Sabin trips Daniels to the mat and goes to the apron, but Elix Skipper hits Sabin from behind! Daniels plants Sabin with the Angel’s Wings, goes for a pinfall, and gets the 1-2-3!
Winner: Christopher Daniels
After the match, Skipper does the Triple X sign with his arms. Backstage, NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett is with the troops, telling them they’d better win their matches tonight.
Jarrett wants Raven taken care of tonight. Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger enter the scene and tell Jarrett that they are going to run through Styles and Brown.
NWA-TNA PPV 75
America’s Most Wanted vs. Glen Gilbertti & David Young
Street Fight
They start off with brawling around ringside, with AMW getting the better of the exchange. Gilbertti clotheslines Storm in the ring to get the advantage.
Young sends Harris into the guardrail. Young and Gilbertti double-team Storm with a drop toe hold/elbow drop combo. A trash can is wedged into the corner, and Storm is sent headfirst into it.
Harris leaps off the top rope, Gilbertti with a crossbody. Harris pummels Gilbertti with left hands, but Young stops Harris with a spinebuster. Gilbertti and Young have kept control with strikes in the corner.
Gilbertti is sent into a trash can in the corner. Storm kicks a trash can into Young’s face. Harris and Storm deliver trash can shots. They go under the ring and grab a ladder.
Young misses a baseball slide and gets the ladder smashed into his face. Storm catapults Young into the ladder face-first.
Harris continues to beat on Gilbertti as they go into the fans. Harris hits Gilbertti over the back with the chair while Storm stomps on Young.
Storm puts the ladder in front of Young’s groin and hits the ladder with a steel chair into Young’s groin. Harris is fired up, beating Gilbertti while Storm kicks the ladder into Young’s groin.
Gilbertti fights back with right hands on Harris, but Harris stops Gilbertti with a clothesline. Storm dumps a drink onto Young.
Harris sets a table up on the floor while Young sends Storm face-first onto the ladder with a drop toe hold. Young lays Storm onto the ladder and hits a springboard moonsault.
Harris grabs Gilbertti and tries for a powerbomb through the table, but Young stops Harris. Gilbertti decks Harris with a right hand and sets a ladder up in the corner.
Harris clotheslines both men to get the advantage. Storm misses a spear and hits the ladder as Gilbertti moves out of the way. Young and Gilbertti drop Harris with a ladder shot for a two-count.
Young rams Harris face-first into the ladder and brawls around the ringside. Storm slams Young on the floor. Storm lays Young onto the table and heads to the top rope.
Gilbertti stops Storm from behind with a right hand. Harris spears Gilbertti into the ladder. Storm hits a top rope swanton bomb on Young, putting him through the table, and gets the three count.
Winners: America’s Most Wanted
After the match, Red Shirt Security attacked AMW. They handcuff Harris to the top rope. Northcutt has a steel chair, but Storm superkicks Northcutt to save his partner.
Jeff Jarrett slides into the ring and attacks Storm from behind. Jarrett whacks Storm with a chair a few times. Northcutt and Legend spike piledrive Storm onto a steel chair! Harris is helpless in the corner. Jarrett smashes Harris over the head with a guitar and taunts the crowd.
Backstage, Scott Hudson is with AJ Styles and D’Lo Brown. The man who wins the fall will get their dream match. Styles says they have mutual respect for each other.
Styles is fine with either of them getting the title match. Brown chimes in, saying he dreams of becoming the World Champion. That dream will become a reality when they win tonight.
NWA-TNA PPV 75
AJ Styles & D’Lo Brown vs. Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger
Styles and Diamond kick off the match. Diamond takes Styles to the mat, but Styles gets control with an arm drag. Styles misses a splash in the corner, and Diamond Monkey flips Styles out of the corner.
Styles takes Diamond over with a kip-up hurricanrana. Styles maintains arm control, but Diamond knee-lifts Styles. Swinger beats on Styles with stomps in the corner, followed by right hands.
Styles avoids Swinger in the corner, leading to a two-count with a rollup. Brown gets tagged in and shoulder blocks Swinger after missing a clothesline.
Brown hip tosses Swinger, followed by an arm drag. Brown clotheslines Swinger in the corner and plays to the crowd. Swinger low blows Brown and tags in Diamond.
Diamond works over Brown with a back elbow strike for a two count. Brown is worked over in the corner as Swinger beats on Brown with right hands.
Diamond chokes Brown while the referee is distracted. Swinger stomps on Brown and chokes Brown. Diamond returns to the match and Styles connects with a dropkick to send both men to the floor.
Brown fakes a dive to the floor, and AJ Styles hits a twisting dive to the floor. Styles drops Diamond with a dropkick and gets a two-count.
Diamond knee lifts Styles, but Styles takes Diamond over with a head scissors and a knee drop for a two count. Styles slams Diamond and tags in Brown.
Brown and Styles splash Diamond for a near fall. Styles keeps control of Diamond, but is met with a gutbuster on a slingshot crossbody attempt.
Swinger sends Styles into the guardrail. Swinger rolls Styles into the ring and delivers a few shoulder rams. Styles fires back with right hands on Swinger.
Swinger takes Styles down to the mat and tags in Diamond. Diamond is met with a dropkick to the knee. Styles hits Diamond with a pele kick.
Brown gets the hot tag and heel kicks Swinger. Brown backdrops Swinger and slams Swinger to the mat. Brown delivers a leg drop to Swinger as Styles works over Diamond in the opposite corner.
Diamond superkicks Styles, and all four men are down. Tenay and West are unaware that Diamond hit a superkick.
Brown and Styles hit stereo slams and go to opposite corners. Brown hits a frog splash. They try to cover that as Jarrett gets involved, but that’s not the case. Styles slipped and crashed to the floor. Diamond and Swinger hit the Problem Solver on Brow to get the 1-2-3.
Winners: Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger
Backstage, Scott Hudson interviews Low Ki. Low Ki says that Daniels bought Michael Shane one week ago. Low Ki says tonight is about the size of the fight, not the size of the fighter.
Elix Skipper enters the scene and wants to reform Triple X. Low Ki tells Skipper that the group is dead. Skipper tells Low Ki they are family before they walk off in opposite directions.
NWA-TNA PPV 75
Michael Shane (c) vs. Low Ki.
They trade strikes until Shane works over Low Ki in the corner, rubbing his eyes on the ropes. Shane jabs Low Ki a few times to get control of the contest.
Shane sends Low Ki into the ropes, but Low Ki swings his legs and kicks Shane in the midsection. Low Ki comes off the ropes to deliver an elbow drop for a two count.
Shane eye pokes Low Ki, but Low Ki chops Shane to the mat and delivers a few kicks to knock Shane down. Low Ki kicks Shane in the chest several times.
Low Ki tries for another kick, but Shane bails to the floor. Low Ki kicks Shane from the apron to the floor. Low Ki chops Shane in the corner several times to keep control, followed by an uppercut.
Low Ki forearms Shane on the apron and tries for a dragon sleeper, but Traci Brooks gets involved. Shane forearms Low Ki off the apron to the floor.
Shane sends Low Ki into the guardrail shoulder-first. Shane tries for a cover, but Low Ki easily kicks out at two. Shane continues to beat on Low Ki with right hands.
Low Ki fights back with chops. Low Ki gets a rollup for a two-count, and Shane nails Low Ki with a clothesline. Shane controls Low Ki on the mat with a chin lock.
Brooks grabs Low Ki’s boot from the floor, and Shane knocks Low Ki to the floor. Shane slams Low Ki and delivers an elbow drop for a two count.
Shane jabs Low Ki a few times to maintain the advantage. Shane drives his knee into Low Ki’s upper back. Shane knee lifts Low Ki and delivers several chops.
Shane pie faces Low Ki before delivering more chops. Low Ki nails Shane with several chops. Low Ki comes off the ropes to clothesline Shane, followed by a kick.
Shane eye rakes Low Ki to regain control of the contest. Low Ki connects with a springboard kick to drop Shane to the mat and gets a two count.
Shane gives Low Ki a knee lift, but Low Ki fights back with a kick to the chest and almost wins with a rollup. Shane drops Low Ki over his knee and delivers a stomp to the face.
Shane heads to the top rope and hits an elbow drop for a two count. Low Ki grabs Shane with a go-behind and hits a German suplex for a two count.
Low Ki tries for the dragon sleeper, but Shane blocks the move. Shane hits Low Ki into the corner several times. Low Ki misses a kick, but nails Shane from behind. Low Ki goes to the top rope and hits a twisting 450 splash, but Shane counters with an inside cradle and gets the 1-2-3!
Winner: Michael Shane
After the match, Low Ki takes on Douglas and Brooks, but Douglas gets strikes on Low Ki to make the save. Brooks appears to have injured her knee.
Douglas tells Low Ki that he’s messing with the new franchise. Brooks doesn’t appear to be hurt. Douglas says that 2004 will be the year of the new franchise.
Elix Skipper comes out and stands over Low Ki. Skipper decks Douglas with a forearm and drops Douglas with a clothesline. Chris Sabin and Christopher Daniels get involved, and they brawl.
Skipper and Douglas brawl through the crowd. Low Ki and Daniels trade strikes. Shane and Sabin are brawling as well. Security runs into the ring and breaks up the fight.
Erik Watts comes down to try to cool things off between the four men. Watts has been thinking of something all night. Watts mentions the Ultimate X match and says there doesn’t need to be only two people in the match.
Watts reveals there will be four men in the Ultimate X match. Michael Shane is not happy about this happening on January 7th.
Backstage, Scott Hudson is with the NWA Tag Team Champions 3LK. Hudson tries to speak some slang, and they look at him weirdly. BG wishes everyone Happy Holidays. They will have a new single released on January 7th.
Backstage, Scott Hudson interviews Don Callis, Abyss, and the Red Shirts. Jarrett comes into the scene and tells them they better get the job done tonight because Watts is too close to getting too much power.
NWA-TNA PPV 75
Raven, CM Punk & Julio Dinero vs. Abyss, Kevin Northcutt & Joe Legend
Steel Cage Match.
There are weapons in the steel cage, such as tables, chairs, and cooking sheets. Abyss and the Red Shirts control the opening moments by choking the Gathering and delivering weapon shots.
Legend sends Raven into the steel cage and is met with a weapon shot. Abyss hits Dinero over the head and pummels Dinero with right hands.
Raven and Dinero are both busted open. Abyss hits Dinero with a trash can lid. Northcutt rubs Punk’s face into the steel cage. Punk is bleeding.
The Gathering has now all been busted open within a minute of the start of the match. Raven gets a few shots on Legend, but that is short-lived.
The crowd is silent for this beating. Legend rams Punk into the cage face-first. Gathering, fight back with stereo jabs and discus clotheslines.
They also deliver superkicks. Raven low blows Abyss and delivers a superkick along with Dinero and Punk. Dinero has a chain and beats Northcutt with it.
Raven chokes Abyss for a few moments. Abyss nails Raven with a big boot. Northcutt tosses Dinero with a release German suplex.
Legend comes off the ropes to kick Raven in the face. Abyss grabs Punk to hit the Shock Treatment. Northcutt hooks Dinero and rams Dinero into the cage back-first.
Northcutt has been busted wide open. Red Shirts setup a table. They stack another table on top. Dinero is laid onto the top table. Legend climbs to the top of the cage.
Punk follows up the cage to stop Legend. Punk tosses Legend off the top of the cage to the mat. Raven pulls Dinero off the table. Kid Kash has bolt cutters and opens the cage.
Wait, that Gilbertti. Kash is climbing the cage as Erik Watts attacks Gilbertti. Don Harris brawls with Kash through the crowd. Jeff Jarrett climbs the cage and tosses handcuffs into the ring.
Punk is on top of the cage, and he drops Raven through the tables! Styles beat on Jarrett until Sting comes out again and sends Jarrett into the cage. Sting splashes Jarrett against the cage. Styles delivers a running splash against the cage, too.
Northcutt hits Dinero, Punk, and Raven with a pair of handcuffs. Raven handcuffs Northcutt to the ropes, and Legend is handcuffed.
Abyss is moving the table, but he’s out of it. Gathering beat on Abyss with the right hand. Abyss plants Raven with the Black Hole Slam! Punk is sent into the steel cage by Abyss.
Raven hits Abyss over the head with a steel chair. Punk and Dinero have steel chairs and hit Legend and Northcutt with them.
Raven tries for the Raven Effect on Abyss, but Punk and Dinero hit Raven with steel chairs. That allows Abyss to go for a Pinfall on Raven, who gets the 1-2-3!
Winners: Kevin Northcutt, Joe Legend & Abyss
After the match, Punk and Dinero stand over Raven, doing his arm taunt in the ring. Tenay is shocked that they
ruined Raven’s destiny and cost him a title shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. NWA-TNA PPV 75 goes off the air.
